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The world and the internet are full of sycophants and megalomaniacs. I get it, oh know not another cliche. No wait I get it. I have never read any one of Seth Godin’s books, but I admit after visiting his blog today,
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Seth Godin always brings smart insight to his post so he was the inspiration for me behind my post. Delete the scoop?
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Happy Friday everyone! I wanted to take a minute to pause to give thanks and to reflect. I am so happy to have made so many wonderful connections online. It amazes me how close intellectually I feel with so many wonderful people in the curation community, and I want to take a quick post to first say well Thank you! Thank you to all of the hard working content producers who produce amazing work, of with without we would have nothing to curate. I think we all understand how challenging it is to create amazing content day in and day out. You guys and gals make it look easy.
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After having spent the better part of four years curating content from renowned bloggers, journalists and authors as well as building a platform here on Internet Billboards, which has evolved into a wonderful community of content curator’s, I believe the future of digital, mobile, publishing as well as content marketing is beginning to become crystal clear.
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Read my orignal article "Why Content Curation and Crowd sourcing will Change Everything". This is futurism ideas and leadership in business #curation #crowdsourcing 
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June 14, 5:17 AM
¡Muy interesante reflexión del futuro que tiene la Curación de contenidos y el Crowdsourcing!!! Delete the scoop?
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Risk offers a purpose. Death is a magnificent thing; it gives your life, and this very moment, a very special and unique meaning. With each day you’re closer to the end. Each moment is one that will never be had again. Death should give you reason to risk, to try, to persist. To live a life spent doing what you hate doing, is a life lived in hell. To risk nothing is to gain nothing.
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Astounishing article! In today's economy not taking any risks at all is paramount to professional suicide. Delete the scoop?
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Everyone remembers those giggly girls who always got into so much trouble in elementary school. Well, I was one of *those* girls. I would start giggling when a friend made a face or told a funny joke. And once I started, I kept giggling…and giggling…and giggling. Even when the teacher finally made me sit in the hallway until I could settle down – I’d still be giggling. Fast forward a few decades and guess what? The giggly girl has grown into a woman who still enjoys laughing, but knows when to stop. Usually.
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These social media “title” posts crop up every couple months and they’re equally hilarious/ridiculous each time they pop up. Every day I see another ridiculous “title” and wonder how much time was spent (wasted) on such insanity.
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Self importance comes before pride, and as you know after that comes the fall. Beware of false prophets and attention seekers. Delete the scoop?
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IBM reveals amazing progress on the future of computing. Soon if Big Blue is right we may see a historic event on the scale of discovering fire or...
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Mind Blowing! This would change things on so many levels. Delete the scoop?
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From computational biology to 3D printing, new technology is changing the game-again
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Brilliant! Great insight from the Eric Schmidt of Google on disruptive technologies. Delete the scoop?
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MySpace became irrelevant practically overnight. What would happen to the media if Facebook did the same? Call it the Facebook Contingency.
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Never say never, but probably not going to happen. Delete the scoop?
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A look at how Maersk's social media manager, operating solo, engages fans on 10 social networks without bottom-line sales or gimmicks. He just tells stories.
When Jonathan Wichmann's boss at worldwide shipping company Maersk Line told him that the company was approaching a point of being ready to dive into social media a little more than a year ago, the two agreed that it would face some difficulties that companies that mainly communicate with the public might not.
"You can't fake it," Wichmann says.
Wichmann was a consultant for the company at the time. After joining Maersk full-time, Wichmann stepped up to handle everything virtually single-handedly. In the year since that initial meeting, the company has accrued 650,000 Facebook fans and won awards for the social media campaign of the year and best community presence at the European Digital Awards. Maersk pulled that off in such a short time with what Wichmann calls an "insourcing" approach.... Via Jeff Domansky
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This is an inspiring social media story for those who have limited resources. Shows how one person with a passion for social media and a focus can make an impact using storytelling. 
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January 8, 5:34 PM
This is an inspiring social media story for those who have limited resources. Shows how one person with a passion for social media and a focus can make an impact using storytelling. 
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This is an inspiring social media story for those who have limited resources. Shows how one person with a passion for social media and a focus can make an impact using storytelling. Delete the scoop?
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The Entrepreneur Archetype Assessment is a 10-question quiz available to CoFoundersLab members that helps you to identify what drives you as an entrepreneur. Via Sam
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It is important to understand what your motivations are. What it is that drives you and what your strengths and weaknesses are. Delete the scoop?
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This short tour reaches the most suggestive places of the Marche country-side. You'll be able to dip into the flavors of the traditional recipes with a short cooking class where you'll measure your ability of chef with some traditional and undiscovered dishes. TRAVEL ITINERARY Day 1: MARCHE COUNTRYSIDE
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"First things first: Confidence is not bravado, or swagger, or an overt pretense of bravery. Confidence is not some bold or brash air of self-belief directed at others.Confidence is quiet: It’s It’s a natural expression of ability, expertise, and self-regard." Via Ally Greer
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Confidence is something you can work on. Learn these 9 qualities. 
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June 11, 3:29 PM
Quoteable, actionable advice from Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO at HubSpot: -Finding out what is right is a lot more important than being right. -Confident people don’t need the validation of others, because true validation comes from within. -Everyone you know knows someone you should know. 
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Whether you're a startup or in your third generation, and regardless of whether your focus is B2B or B2C, we can all use some help being more successful. Turn to these books to get started. Via Mike Allton
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Surely a great list of books to read 
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June 14, 9:44 AM
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It was a relatively quiet week for internet news until Guardian blogger Glenn Greenwald dropped a bombshell on Thursday, with a story that showed the National Security Agency was collecting data from Verizon thanks to a secret court order. But that was just the beginning: the Washington Post later revealed an even broader program of surveillance code-named PRISM, which involved data collection from the web’s largest players — including Google, Facebook and Apple — and then the Wall Street Journal said data is also being gathered from ISPs and credit-card companies.
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Are you really surprised that the same technology we have come to use and happily embrace allows us to be monitored 24/7 I personally am not. Delete the scoop?
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Currently in the business world we are witnessing something like the epic collision of two galaxies — a rapid convergence of two very unlike systems that will cause the elements of both to realign. It’s all thanks to the Internet of Things. If you are not familiar with the term, the Internet of Things refers to a dramatic development in the internet’s function: the fact that, even more than among people, it now enables communication among physical objects. By 2015, according to my own firm’s projections, not only will 75 percent of the world’s population have access to the internet. So will some six billion devices. The fact that there will be a global system of interconnected computer networks, sensors, actuators, and devices all using the internet protocol holds so much potential to change our lives that it is often referred to as the internet’s next generation.
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Might be the single biggest opportunity to disrupt ever. Delete the scoop?
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My personal favorite from the article. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” - George Bernhard Shaw, Author So True! Delete the scoop?
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Have you ever had trouble closing a deal or convincing someone of your worthiness? Most people have this problem or at least have had this a few times in their life.
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When Storably failed, the founders asked their investors if they wanted their money back. It really is a testament of how you should never quit. Evaluate and make changes but, you are never really defeated until you say you are. Great business tech article. Delete the scoop?
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Many of us in the internet marketing industry started off with limited information about how to please the Google Gods. Whether we were influential in the
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Good useful insightful article. I think it speaks to the importance of having role models, amd also the privelage it is to be a mentor to others. Delete the scoop?
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I don’t know about you, but I am kind of excited to try this. Fliboard has added the ability to create custom curated magazine style layout curation. Let’s see who can create a killer magazine to flip through first. Delete the scoop?
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Oscars host Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone have revealed the nominees for the 85th Academy Awards. And the Oscars nominations go to ...
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Are you ready for Oscar night? Here are this years nominees. Delete the scoop?
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The "Le Soste" group was born in 1982 when a group of friends, all owners of high quality restaurants, met for dinner. Brought together by Gualtiero Marchesi at his restaurant of the same name in Milan, the founders were Antonio Santini of the Dal Pescatore Restaurant in Canneto sull'Oglio, Roberto Ferrari of the Al Bersagliere Restaurant in Goito, Gaetano Martini of the Il Cigno Restaurant in Mantova, Andreas Hallrigh of the restaurant Andrea in Merano and Rinaldo Krcivoj of the restaurant Antica Trattoria Boschetti in Tricesimo, later followed by Ezio Santini and other colleagues for a total of 18 people when the first guide was issued. They were inspired by the model of the great Gastronomic Associations, such as Traditions et Qualité and Relais Gourmands. The basic idea of this first group of restaurant owners was to meet periodically in order to exchange ideas and projects relevant to Italian high cuisine. In that way, they could let their clients know which restaurants shared their ideals of gastronomical culture, pleasures of the table, hospitality, kindness and elegance, which they considered the foundations of their work. Initially, there were 18 members, all Italians. Year after year, the number of restaurants increased greatly, both in Italy and abroad. Therefore, this year, “Le Soste” offers a selection of 75 restaurants located as follows: 62 in Italy;2 in Germany;1 in Luxemburg;1 in Monaco;6 in Switzerland;1 in the United States.MarcheLa Madonnina del PescatoreSymposium Quattro StagioniUliassi
The Guide is issued every two years to offer all gourmets a precious vademecum of the best restaurants of Italian high cuisine. Via Mariano Pallottini Delete the scoop?
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A picture is worth a thousand words – based on this, infographics would carry hundreds of thousands of words, yet if you let a reader choose between a full-length 1000-word article and an infographic that needs a few scroll-downs, they’d probably... Via Alex Grech
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Infographics will continue to be very useful in 2013 for driving engagement and traffic. 
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January 3, 6:41 AM
Sometimes a picture can relay the message quicker than words. 
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January 24, 5:13 AM
20 sitios en los que se pueden diseñar infografías para plasmar las ideas. 
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February 12, 8:56 AM
Visual will always communicate the message quicker - its just how the brain works - not suitable for all occasions but infographic design is essential in an inbound focussed execution. Some helpful tips here. Delete the scoop?
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This new Superman looks awesome.