Will Squidoo Kill Your Company’s Shot at (Free) Feel-Good PR on Twitter? | Fast Company

Today Squidoo founder Seth Godin announced that his company would begin launching websites for major companies that collect social buzz–good and bad–from around the Web. In his blog, Godin says that these “conversations” are already happening, so Squidoo is simply going to funnel them into one aggregate spot. That lets any customer or company see what the buzz is around Brand X. But for companies to get on the page and respond, it will cost them money. Is this fair to companies? More importantly, is it good for customers? (Below, one such page for In-and-Out Burger.)

APLINK – How does this effect companies like http://www.brandtology.com ? Their entire business model is based on monitoring online conversations about brands.

via Will Squidoo Kill Your Company’s Shot at (Free) Feel-Good PR on Twitter? | TechWatch | Fast Company.

Robert Scoble not Scrambling away from Fast Company

Seems in fact Robert Scoble is Taking a leisurely walk – into something new which “can’t be disclosed – yet”  Now the question must be asked- WHY is seagate not renewing its million dollar contract, in a time when successful social media celebreties like Robert are  in short supply….

From Robert’s blog

Back in 2003 I wrote a Corporate Blogging Manifesto. Rule #13 is “don’t write if your life is in turmoil.”

It’s even harder to write when you are negotiating for stuff. But it’s really harder when you also are trying to deal with your career while continuing to do your job. This week I uploaded something like 20 videos to Fast Company TV. Whew! I am visiting as many companies as I can as quickly as I can (yesterday I saw two more, today I’m visiting another three) so that I can get a good bead on what I should build next and also to get some ideas of where to take my blog.

via Scobleizer: Technology, innovation, and geek enthusiasm » Blog Archive Why I haven’t posted for two weeks «.

The Fast 50 Reader Favorites of 2008 – itsReal

Lots of new companies to look into !

1. 1. Marathon Technologies
2. 2. Data Robotics, Inc.
3. 3. Sales Spider
4. 4. Consorte Media
5. 5. YouMail
6. 6. Greenplum
7. 7. Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc.
8. 8. Slalom Consulting
9. 9. Persistent Systems
10. 10. VBT
11. 11. JVKellyGroup, Inc.
12. 12. BlogHer
13. 13. Bluepulse
14. 14. Our Hope Place
15. 15. Illumina
16. 16. Bomgar
17. 17. Amerikal Products Corporation
18. 18. Brand Sense Partners
19. 19. Datran Media
20. 20. KACE
21. 21. Ovation Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
22. 22. Paramount Defenses Inc.
23. 23. GridApp Systems
24. 24. The Rubicon Project
25. 25. Varonis
26. 26. mSpot, Inc.
27. 27. Mozilla Corporation
28. 28. Fenway Sports Group/Boston Red Sox
29. 29. Operative
30. 30. Salesforce.com, Inc.
31. 31. Peanut Labs, Inc.
32. 32. Validus DC Systems, LLC
33. 33. 11i Networks Inc.
34. 34. Imagekind
35. 35. Fresco Microchip
36. 36. Canaan Partners
37. 37. Zipcar
38. 38. ActiveCare Network, LLC
39. 39. Lehigh Technologies, Inc.
40. 40. Citrix Systems, Inc.
41. 41. BDNA
42. 42. Allvoices.com
43. 43. Weber Shandwick
44. 44. AECOM
45. 45. The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies
46. 46. 4Home
47. 47. Junk my Car LLC
48. 48. Luminex Corporation
49. 49. FedEx
50. 50. SynthaSi

    source: fastcompany.com

Within five years, technology will obliterate the need | Fast Company

WHY is virtual worlds not also considered to cut travel costs – hmmm

“Apart from becoming more and more unpleasant, recently business travel is also becoming far less necessary. With videoconferencing technologies improving and fuel prices rising, more businessmen and women seem to be choosing the option to stay put and use new technology to cut down on travel. Companies too are making an active effort to limit employees’ air travel for the duel-pronged benefits of cutting costs and being environmentally friendly. AT&T has reportedly reduced employee air miles by 15% through video conferencing and Web meetings, while Accenture plans to have 22 video conferencing rooms installed around the world by the end of this year. ” | Fast Company

FAST Company outpaces its competitors and enters social media but what about twinity ? – itsReal

APLINK is a sometimes frequent reader of FAST Company Magazine, this has been a magazine I recognized long ago for its attention to fast moving startups along with Red Herring, these two magazines helped shape some of my thinking today…but do we need yet another network – with Fast Companies market standing would it have been better to go to bed with LinkedIN or the popular and fun Business Social Network FACEBOOK..

without sounding too optimistic – maybe their impact of this news could have been greater if they developed a community in a virtual world like twinity – now that’s a FAST idea from APLINK….

Read their blog like announcement below….

How FastCompany.com will alter the digital landscape.

Fast Company is about to shake things up again.