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The Premise / Goal / Timing of This Weekly Feature
Premise. If you like the content in this blog, maybe you'll also like the content I regularly read, study, and curate from the Web.
Goal. On a weekly basis, I'm going to publish links to three (3) articles I find interesting. I'll include a brief explanation why I decided to curate them.
Timing. I'll publish this content every Saturday.
The Three Articles I Bookmarked in Evernote
1. Personal Cloud to Replace PC by 2014, Says Gartner (Wired). In contrast to last week's curated content describing my skepticism that the concept of the PC is dead, I do agree with Gartner's proposed personal computing model. The article describes the personal cloud as "the hub" and the connected devices as "the spokes" (i.e., laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.).
The article describes the trend to move manage, share, and secure more applications / conten within the cloud.
Five (5) Megatrends are driving this phenomenon:
2. For Young Workers, the Future is Here Already (Fortune). Today's young workers, "the digital natives," are driving the aforementioned consumerization megatrend. This younger demographic communicates with multiple devices. They're entering the workforce in droves so enterprises must deal with this demographic's communication needs to maximize their productivity.
This development is driving the phenemomenon of "unified communications" (direct quote from the article):
"One area which enterprises have begun exploring in recent years is the concept of unified communications – the process of turning multiple channels of communication into a single, seamless conversation. Unified communications uses the concept of presence to help assess which way is best for one user to reach another. It then translates messages and directs them to whichever device the end user is most likely to be using at that time."
3. How Higher Education Helps the Economy (OnlineUniversities.com). It's that time of year when high school seniors receive the results of the university application process (e.g., acceptance / rejection / wait listed). Here's a cool infographic from the Staff Writers at OnlineUniversities.com on the ROI value proposition of a college education:
Via: Online Universities Resource
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The Premise / Goal / Timing of This Weekly Feature
Premise. If you like the content in this blog, maybe you'll also like the content I regularly read, study, and curate from the Web.
Goal. On a weekly basis, I'm going to publish links to three (3) articles I find interesting. I'll include a brief explanation why I decided to curate them.
Timing. I'll publish this content every Saturday.
The Three Articles I Bookmarked in Evernote
1. Why The PC Will Die Soon (Fast Company). I suppose the real question to ask is "what do you mean by soon." I'm not completely sold that the PC or MacBook will completely go away (at least not yet).
But, I acknowledge consumers' desires to be "untethered" (I'm one of them). Consumer demand will continue driving advancements for better mobile and cloud applications enabling "heavy-lifting" content creation from a tablet (maybe even our smartphones someday).
Why I haven't purchased an iPad? Convenience in content creation is the determining factor.
I purchased a MacBook Pro about a month ago (and I LOVE IT). My MacBook Pro provides the essential capabilities for heads-down content creation (i.e., word processing, spreadsheets, infographics, presentation slides, etc.) that an iPad can't conveniently deliver (at least presently).
Plus, my MacBook Pro:
Yes, I'd love to read my favorite technology content from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune, Fast Company, and Wired all from an iPad. Plus, I'd look really cool at the airport or a coffee shop by doing that with an iPad 3.
But, my laptop already does all of the above.
"To cut costs without sacrificing impact, Mr. McDonald said P&G is using technology to shift spending from more traditional vehicles like TV to digital and mobile advertising and more efficiently target consumers, "allowing us to build one-on-one personal relationships with every consumer." He also expects to use more multibrand efforts to spread spending more efficiently among brands. He cited the kickoff of P&G's Summer Olympics program in January, which he said delivered more than 2.5 billion impressions in traditional and social media the first month alone and produced a bigger overall impact than the brands could have had by spending individually."
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The Premise / Goal / Timing of This Weekly Feature
Premise. If you like the content in this blog, you may like the type of content I regularly read and study on the Web.
Goal. On a weekly basis, I'm going to publish links to three (3) articles I find interesting. I'll include a brief summary with some bullet points explaining why I think the content is worth consuming.
Timing. I'll publish this content every Wednesday / Thursday. Okay, I didn't exactly hold up my end of the deal last week and this week. 🙂
The Three Articles I Evernoted
2. Why the Job Search is Like Throwing Paper Airplanes Into the Galaxy (Knowledge @ Wharton): This article highlights why today's job search can be so frustrating for applicants.
3. Lessons I Learned Reading Over 200 Books (Julien Smith's In Over Your Head Blog): I love reading. And, I envy the reading comprehnsion abilities of talented folks like Julien Smith. For the past five (5) years, Julien made it a personal project to read a book every week. And, he continues that personal development excercise yearly.
Here's what I love about this list:
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I started using and paying for Evernote when Yahoo signaled its intent to "sunset" its Delicious Bookmarking services in December 2010. Since then, I've curated roughly 1000 articles and other content items in Evernote. And, the number continues growing.
I often share this content on Google+ or Twitter. But, the real-time speed of these information streams makes locating content an oftentimes fleeting exercise.
The Premise / Goal / Timing of This New Weekly Feature
Premise. If you like the content in this blog, you may like the type of content I regularly read and study on the Web.
Goal. On a weekly basis, I'm going to publish links to three (3) articles I find interesting. I'll include a brief summary with some bullet points explaining why I think the content is worth consuming.
Timing. I'll publish this content every Wednesday / Thursday.
This Week's Three Evernoted Articles
1. (Bloomberg Businessweek) Amazon's Hit Man: Larry Kirshbaum was the ultimate book industry insider — until Amazon called: Describes how Amazon, Jeff Bezos, and Kindle-Nation are completely disrupting New York City's publishing dynasties. And, how Amazon recruited Larry Kirshbaum, a well-connected, influential, and veteran of the New York publishing machine.
2. (The New York Times) The Bookstore's Last Stand: The timing of this article's publication signals an ongoing public relations battle between Amazon and the New York City publishing dynasties. This piece positions Barnes & Noble as the last major ally the major publishing houses have against Amazon.
3. (TechCrunch) Why Every Entrepreneur Should Self-Publish a Book: A great article by James Altucher. Altucher goes into great detail about the many lessons he's learned both as a self-publisher and as an author who's worked directly with the aforementioned publishing houses.
The entire thesis of his article is "to pick yourself." His how-to commentary covers a lot of ground:
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