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Virgin America As Connector

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Since March, I've been commuting between Boston and San Francisco. Last night, there was a couple setting next to me who once airborne, opened their laptops and started talking. It's an interesting idea - built on the ladder of engagement and the concept of a gift economy. Miro Logo.

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What's Your Best Advice for Managing Information Overload? Join the Support Group in the Comments

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Yesterday, in preparation for a session I'm doing at BlogHer Boston , I created a quiz for folks to self-assess how much information overload was a factor. " Well, it seems that some people Twitter from the toilet with their cell phones and others, if the Internet connection is good, take their laptops with them too.

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My Dad's Blog: First Conversation

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He emailed me a few weeks ago after I pointed him to the Boston Globe article about the power of blogging that featured me and asked me what is a blog.). was also able to set it up on my husband's laptop. I have no idea what the heck I'm doing here - but it seemed to look okay. * I decided to video blog the first conversation.

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Collaborative Models for Capturing and Sharing Conference Notes at Nonprofit Gatherings

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I often see many people taking notes at conference, either with pen in a moleskin or typing into a laptop. This might work best for a group where some post-event action on the ideas captured during the event might be anticipated. So, some patterns I'm seeing on how this is being done.

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Reflections on the Meyer Memorial Trust Workshop

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I'm happy that my new laptop has an extended battery life so I am writing some reflections on the plane en route to Boston. I should have thought more about using my laptop and the projector. The other brilliant idea was to use twitter and have kids report "What are you eating?" Some excellent ideas here.

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Tech Policies for Virtual Teams: A Leader’s Responsibility

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This was actually a couple of months ago, when we were first cooking up the idea for this webinar, and I thought, I wonder what kind of information is out there for people? Sometimes, some of the best, most innovative ideas come from skunkworks and, you know, kind of shadow IT stuff. So, I found tons of results on this.

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The Last Blogpotomac: A New Community Rises from the Ashes

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The venue, a historic theater with small table seating, made it feel more like a cafe except everyone in the audience had a laptop or hand held device for blogging, taking notes, and tweeting. Adam Zand who I first met at Boston Social Media Breakfast event last holiday season where we helped leverage a donation for the local Food Bank.