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Dear Marc: Please, *Do* Get Involved

John Battelle's Searchblog

And every seven days, for more than five decades, Time magazine came to my parents’ home, defining the American zeitgeist and smartly summarizing what mattered in public discourse. William Randolph Hearst was a mining magnate. Junk circulation is rife in the magazine business. American journalism needs it, now.

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Should businesses use collective intelligence and the wisdom of the crowds?

ChiefTech

Earlier in the year, a report was published of researchers who looked at mining Twitter to predict the success of movies. ” Others, like The Economist magazine, still see potential: search-volume forecasts will help spot consumer trends of this sort with increased precision. via guardian.co.uk.

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10 Personal Finance Lessons for Technology Professionals

Troy Hunt

Number 1 is "Mining, Resources & Energy" which had a local boom here but is now rapidly declining (down 14% on the previous year). Take mining out of the picture and the top industry ("Consulting & Strategy"), pays only 5% more than tech. We lost money on shares. We missed opportunities that would have yielded amazing results.

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