With thousands of headlines and tips being shared on Twitter alone each hour, we think it’s helpful to share our favorites – the articles and blog posts that really stood out this week as being most relevant, interesting and insightful. Browse the list and then tell us about your favorite article this week.
Erik Sebellin-Ross: Microsoft scores major nerd points from me for producing a somewhat realistic view of the future of mobile & desktop technology in this video. The video is marred only by the lack of personal jetpacks, a clear indicator of the inevitable dystopia we’ll all have to contend with.
Stefanie Week: Are tablets truly the future for news media? A survey by Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism gives a pretty interesting look at how tablet users are consuming news on their devices.
Darcie Meihoff: One of my favorite sources for thought-provoking business strategy articles. An example of a recent one I thought was particularly good and relevant is from the Harvard Business Review: 5 Reasons Companies Fail at Business Model Innovation.
Sarah Biedak: I’m reading about Klout’s new scoring system. Interesting to observe the evolution of influence rating. I have never put much stock in influencer scores from grading sites, but that could change. Excited to see how the other players in the market respond to Klout’s update as their actions will likely result in improvements and additional options in the user rating realm.
Julie Yamamoto: Cavemen want efficiency too – from VMware.
Anita Marks: A New Musical Duet for Social Media – Twitter has hired a former record label marketing manager to handle music partnerships for the company’s Content and Programming team.
Melissa Lion: Ready to occupy the digital space? Well, you can follow the Twitter account @OccupyKlout. Or you can occupy any URL here: http://occupytheurl.com/. What are you occupying?
Ben Samples: After watching this TED Talk about how gaming can make the world a better place, I was very interested to find this article showing how Mashable has integrated gamification to increase reader engagement. I’m very interested to see future applications of game mechanics used to influence behaviors – hopefully in positive ways.
What did you read this week?