Julien shows me new things all the time. In a recent post, he talked about MovNat as something to go along with the Paleo diet (something I’m on, also thanks to Julien). In checking out the website, I had an interesting realization: as much as I wanted to learn about the ideas inherent in what [...]

I spent some time in Doncaster in the United Kingdom with the legendary Rob Wilmot. What I saw was a bunch of people who had a great sense of what all this social media stuff would be able to accomplish for business, for education, for the community at large. It’s the best kind of story, [...]

Kraig Swensrud is senior vice president, product marketing at salesforce.com, where he is responsible for marketing strategy and execution across all products, including Salesforce Chatter. You can follow him on Twitter at @kswensrud.

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This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

With social media itself an exponentially growing trend that’s here to stay, many…

Before you throw another firework on the grill — or whatever July 4th tradition you abide — take a few minutes to peruse this week’s batch of social, tech, and business resources that may have gone unnoticed during a busy…

The US is a country built on a story: the story of our independence. We left Britain (and Cuba and Haiti and Iraq) to assert our independence and do our own thing (such as name our towns after British towns and set up neighborhoods full of Cubans and Haitians and Iraqis). Independence matters to us. [...]

I’m writing this post from my local ale house (hey, you work where you want; I’ll work where I want). The guest at the table next to mine asked their server, “What do you think of the halibut special?” The server replied, “I’m not really sure. What did you have in mind when you came [...]

Dan Klamm is the Outreach & Marketing Coordinator at Syracuse University Career Services.  This post was co-authored by Alana Edmunds who is an IT Project Manager and Social Strategist for Recruiting & Staffing at GE Energy. Connect with them on Twitter…

Apple sold computers. Then they sold new computers. Then they sold iPods, which were computers but smaller and more focused. Then they sold phones (which were iPods with a phone and a camera). Then they sold iPads (big iPods). Then they sold a phone with TWO cameras that has more computing power than their computers [...]

Click through to the blog post if you don’t see a YouTube player in this post. Woot just got acquired by Amazon. How did they break this news? With a stuffy press release? Oh. No. For white guy rap, it’s actually pretty good stuff. Man. First off, great job getting acquired. Second, that’s for reminding [...]