5 Reasons Why Your Interns Are Better At Social Media Than You Are

If you’re hands aren’t dirty from being inside your company, then you shouldn’t be blogging. Thinking like an intern means remembering that passion you used to have about every day business and bringing it to the blog. Interns share how excited they are about new products.

- businessinsider

How to Manage Your Online Advertising

Lucky for even the most luddite entrepreneur, a new wave of ad management and placement software and systems have emerged that can make handling ad flow almost as simple as updating a Facebook page.

- Inc

The do’s and don’ts of effective tweeting when building your personal online branding

Twitter has become a vital tool over the past few years, allowing folks to chronicle everything. A recent study suggests the microblogging site can improve relationships in RL (that’s Real Life). But it’s also become a venue by which people may — to put it plainly — overshare.

- CNN

How to live before you die

Steve Jobs urges us to pursue our dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks — including death itself.

William Kamkwamba – Building a windmill

A remarkable story sure to inspire.

Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

Professor Randy Pausch’s last presentation at Carnegie Mellon talks about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals.

Professor Randy Pausch made a surprise return to Carnegie Mellon University to deliver an inspirational speech to the Class of 2008 at the Commencement ceremony.

Seth Godin has organized a remarkable collaborative effort from 72 individuals who each provided a short essay of no more than 200 words on  about what they were thinking about as we head into 2010. The goal of the book is to demonstrate that big thoughts and small actions make a difference.

What Matters Now includes such contributors such as Chris Anderson, Chip and Dan Heath, Guy Kawasaki, Mitch Joel, Gary Vaynerchuk, Ariana Huffington, and many more.

You can read it online here…

Or download a copy of What Matters Now

New York Subway Style

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Tokyo  Subway Style

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World City-to-City Connections

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The geography on this last map is not as random as one could assume at first glance

Playing Monopoly City Streets with people from around the world, participants will be using real addresses and building. There isn’t a lot of info available so far. Players will receive $3Million to begin with and be able to start purchasing property. To purchase Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington costs $2 Million (White House location), and players will receive daily rent such as $50,000 for a house and $100Million for a complete skyscraper.

This looks to be addictive – visit Monopoly City Streets to join

 A slide allows quick access from  different floors. There are also poles available similar to the ones used in fire stations.

Employees can eat all they want from a vast choice of food and drink in the Googleplex cafeteria.

Each employee has at least two large screens. There are 4-6 ‘Zooglers’ per office.

Google offices are spacious and modern in design.

The Googleplex has one of the most interest open office concepts I’ve seen.

Large boards are available just about everywhere because “ideas don’t always come when seated in the office” says one of Google’s managers.

 Pool tables, video games etc. are  available in many areas.

Each floor hosts private cabin areas where employees (Zooglers) can attend to personal  affairs.

Problem with your computer ?  No problem …Bring it to this area where drinks are available while it is being fixed …

Professional masseurs and masseuses are  available.

This room offers massage chairs that you control while you view relaxing aquariums.

There are many books in the Google library – even some that are about  something other than programming.

Thanks to Dave (and Kara) of Fusion Advertising for sharing most of the images.