Aug 15, 2011

Social media fatigue is real, and so is social media event fatigue. I’m as guilty as the next geek of sifting through the endless array of tweet-ups, conferences, and webinars and thinking “will this one really add value or visibility for me or my company?’ Maybe your only criterion is that it has to have food, be free, or be happening in a certain...

Aug 15, 2011

Over the past eight months, companies like Sony, along with the web server/sites of the U.S. Senate, CIA, and FBI, have all experienced major security breaches as a result of hackers. The motives behind these attacks vary, but many are said to be political or in an effort to expose a security flaw. Regardless of the reason, in each case innocent customers are...

Aug 14, 2011

Written by Jody Padar, CEO & Principal New Vision CPA Group How I turned my father’s firm into a productivity-packed, ultra-efficient fortress of solace. I’m not Superman (woman), but I’ll admit that at times it took superhuman feats of strength (mostly mental) to transition my firm into what it is today—a technology-driven, highly efficient, and...

Aug 13, 2011

The t-shirt is a fashion trend that will never die. It is comfortable, it is casual and often, you can make a statement (sartorial or otherwise) simply by wearing it. Sleevecandy takes our love of t-shirts and brings it back full circle to offer unique pre-owned torso coverage to the masses, with the added benefit of doing some philanthropic good in the...

Aug 12, 2011

[Austin, TX] FeedMagnet is a web application that helps brands curate and display social media from 14 social networks including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Foursquare, and more. Headquartered in the GoLab co-working space in Austin, TX, their team of five is working hard to help Fortune 500 companies add social layers to their websites and...

Aug 12, 2011

This past weekend marked the 20th anniversary of Chicago’s most popular music festival, Lollapalooza. With headliners like Eminem, the Foo Fighters and Coldplay, it’s not surprising that Lolla beat its previous attendance record by 30,000, selling out with 270,000 tickets spanning the three days. Things have undoubtedly changed since Lolla’s...