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Been Quiet Recently–Here’s Why

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For the benefit of my regular readers I wanted to share why things were a bit quiet of late. The past couple weeks were spent preparing for a series of meetings in Denver, Colorado. Overall, the meetings were very productive and the trip worthwhile. In some of my spare time, I took some pictures in [...]

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How Long, Before You’re Legitimately Experienced?

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This is a question you probably have asked yourself, at some point in your life. Odds are you have asked the question more than once. Once for each new job, each new profession, each new…

The question tends to be ‘professionally’ oriented when it is being asked. How long until you can consider yourself an experienced…whatever it is you are?

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[My 13 year-old child, working around a current grounding]: “I’m a child. There’s a loop-hole for every rule.”

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Social Media & Product Management (Pt. 5)

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A Big Time Suck, or No? Pouring tons of effort in, getting little out, is perceived as a, ‘time suck.’ Social’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon, and you need to have a plan.

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3 Reasons Websites Won’t Die

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Websites are dead (and so is my fax machine). Here are three real simple reasons why websites are not going away any time real soon.

No matter what the pundits, analysts, and zealots would have you believe.

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4 Ways iBooks is One of iPad’s Best Apps

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For those of you having followed me a while, you know I do a fair number of book reviews. In the interest of continual self-improvement I am constantly reading new books. Shortly after I finish each (business) book I generally post a review.

My favorite tool streamlining the process is iPad’s reader application. Elegantly implemented, simple to use, iBooks is more than ‘just a reader’ application. It is also a tool you can leverage to really make life easier.

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The Making of Squishy History

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Squishy history is what you get when you add 3 parts text, with one part digitization. As more of the text we read becomes digital, the temptation to fiddle, tweak, and change becomes irresistible.

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Happy New Year!

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I’m tickled to have all of you with me as we venture into this new year. Thank you, to each of you, my readers and subscribers, for having been with me in 2011. You have probably already noticed, JTPEDERSEN.NET’s seen significant change over the past week or so.  It was time.  Nearly 3 years since [...]

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Social Media & Product Management (Pt. 4)

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Part (4) of a series on Social Media & Product Management. Not just for Advertising, tools like AdWords can be creatively used for more than lead generation.

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Social Media & Product Management (Pt. 3)

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Part (3) of a series on Social Media & Product Management.
Looking more closely at the Media bucket: networking, aggregators, and outposts.