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Stay Up On Current Trends

by Steve Campbell on September 9, 2010

graph trending upward

One thing I’ve definitely known for a long time is that it’s crucial to stay up on current trends. I believed it in college when I scheduled an emerging technologies class and I see it now in business. Writing for Make Use Of and interning with Vayner Media have only reinforced my belief.

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history of location technology

Here’s another great infographic for your viewing pleasure. This one’s from Mashable, and it’s about location technology. I’ll admit I’ve been big into geolocation apps as of late, especially Foursquare. I’m planning on writing a post about this technology sometime later this week, so look out for that.

For now, check out the history of location technology. Since the image is so big, I have posted it after the break.

As always, I welcome your thoughts and opinions. I’d love to hear what you think in the comment section below or on Twitter!

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This is a video I found today from about a year ago. It features Jolie O’Dell, who was the community manager for ReadWriteWeb and is now a writer for Mashable. In the video, she interviews Bob from Threadless about branding and social media. Threadless has done a lot to spread the word about their business using social branding. Check it out!