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• Google Gadgets – FriendFeed
  Add FriendFeed to you iGoogle
  (tags: igoogle friendfeed)
• Warren Buffett – Buy American. I Am. – NYTimes.com
  "A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. And most certainly, fear is now widespread, gripping even seasoned investors."
  (tags: financialcrisis investing)
• YouTube – experiencewii's Channel
  Watch the YouTube page shake and fall apart
  (tags: marketing socialmedia)

• Twitter steps up its antispam moves | News – Digital Media – CNET News
  "Twitter is stepping up its actions to fight spam, which has been plaguing the site since earlier this year and appears to be spiking this week."

  The company is looking to hire a spam engineer, preferably one who has worked at a big search or e-mail company, according to a tweet by founder Evan Williams.

  (tags: twitter)
• Feld Thoughts: Ok Entrepreneurs, Time to Step Up
  "When I look back at the dotcom apocalypse that was 2000 – 2002, I realize some of the best companies I've ever been involved in were created during that time. In the midst of this, I remember the endless stream of "the Internet is over" and "the information technology business in now a mature business and there will never be innovation again." Yeah – whatever.

  Get some exercise, take a shower, eat a good breakfast, and get out there and build a great business."

  (tags: entrepreneurship startup financialcrisis)

Yesterday I attended Federated Media’s Conversational Marketing Summit, held at the Presidio in San Francisco. Forrester Senior Analyst Jeremiah Owyang provides a good summary of the panel that he moderated: Social Media Measurement: Dashboards vs GPS. The conference wraps up today. Follow my Twitterstream for my comments / observations.

• Logic+Emotion: The Corporate Social Media Curve
  Funny chart
  (tags: socialmedia marketing)

• NewsCred Blog » Blog Archive » 10 Reasons This is the Best Time to Build a Startup
  "I’m not a blind optimist, but I think the best suggestion in this situation is simple: forget the depressing “reality” painted by the so-called pundits, and just get on with it. Why? Because I really believe the naysayers are full of shit, and it really is a great time to be building a startup. Here’s why…"
  (tags: startup entrepreneurship financialcrisis)
• /Message: Web 2.0 Is Not Dead
  "This revolution has a long way to go — at least another five years, I bet — before we migrate onto some new wave."
  (tags: web2.0 financialcrisis)

• Howard Lindzon » Too 'SMALL' To Fail!!!
  "Here is why panic spreads. Otherwise smart people, who on the surface think they are calm, freak everyone out with their own passive aggressive panic. If you don’t believe me, Sequoia and Uber angel investing guru Ron Conway are just now writing letters to all their CEO’s and giving them advice on how to survive . I mean today?

  No offense, but get over yourselves."

  (tags: financialcrisis investing vc)
• Inside Details of Sequoia Capital’s Doomsday Meeting With its Companies – GigaOM
  Overly pessimistic or are we about to go through a tech nuclear winter?
  (tags: siliconvalley financialcrisis)

• Silicon Alley Insider: Google's Moment of Truth: Stock Hits $350
  "The gulf between the "haves" and "have nots" in Google's 16,000+ ranks will now have become even more stark than ever, with the folks hired more than three years ago rolling in wealth and everyone else feeling like they missed the boat. This will exacerbate morale issues. If the stock doesn't recover, it will also likely force the company to consider raising its cash compensation as a percentage of total comp, to placate those who missed the pre-IPO bonanza."
  (tags: google)

• Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime – Charlie Rose Interview – Warren Buffett Watch – CNBC.com
  "Here is a complete transcript of tonight's Warren Buffett interview with Charlie Rose, airing on PBS. It was provided to CNBC by the Charlie Rose program."
  (tags: financialcrisis economy interviews)
• Interview with David Sacks, Geni and Yammer | socalTECH.com
  "Our interview this morning is with David Sacks, CEO of Geni.com, an online family tree and social networking site, as well as Yammer, the instant messaging startup spun out of Geni.com at TechCrunch50. David has a unique perspective on the Southern California technology environment, having been the COO of PayPal before its acquisition by EBay, and having had the full Silicon Valley experience. We sat down with David to catch up on what Geni and Yammer are doing, plus got his insights into entrepreneurship and the Paypal mystique."
  (tags: interviews geni yammer)

• Is the Enterprise Ready for Microblogging Tools Like Twitter? – Mashable
  "Although experts in the social media space have been talking about how businesses might adopt microblogging tools like Twitter and Plurk, only recently have we started to see a series of new vendors cropping up in the enterprise microblogging space. This has been due in part to businesses needing to figure out how Twitter can benefit the enterprise. The fact that the mainstream press has started covering this topic has also helped to push things along (see Businessweek’s CEO Guide to Microblogging if you need proof).

  Given the recent focus on business microblogging and the emergence of some new players like Yammer and Utterli (Formerly Utterz, Utterli has been around for a little over a year but just rebranded and is now becoming more enterprise-centric), it felt like as good a time as any to write a post about the business value of microsharing within the enterprise."

  (tags: microblogging twitter enterprise2.0 yammer identica)
• Getting Web 2.0 right: The hard stuff vs. the harder stuff – O'Reilly Radar
  "Web 2.0 is a game changer – it holds the potential to turbo-charge back office functions, foster collaboration and transform every business unit in the enterprise. Yet the resistance occurs when it comes down to implementing Web 2.0 because it represents a series of shifts that challenge traditional business culture and models of leadership. How often have I heard the knee-jerk reaction, “we can’t let our customers talk to each other” or “we don’t share our data” or “we are going to upgrade to a new platform – we are on a three year plan to get it done” "
  (tags: web2.0 enterprise2.0)
• You 2.0 – A Documentary on Life Hacking
  "You 2.0 is a documentary on life hacking.

  Life hacking is about working smarter, not harder. It's about finding tricks to hack your life to be more organized and get things done. It's an answer to the problems working in the 21st century brings."

  (tags: lifehacks documentary productivity)
• TechCrunch: Startups Best Positioned To Weather A Downturn
  "…startups fortunate enough to enjoy venture capital will fare the best during these hard times. So we compiled a list of all the technology startups that have raised at least $25 million over the past two years, according to CrunchBase"
  (tags: startup financialcrisis)