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Five Must-Read Posts from Last Week

5 Must-Read Posts

It can be easy to miss the gems in a full RSS reader list – but these five posts from last week are certainly worth a closer look!

  • Paul McEnany shares an excellent video presentation featuring Stephen Downes
  • Kevin Dugan showcases the original “one run hit” – the Daisy Girl ad. It was the TV spot that helped elect President Lyndon Johnson way back in 1964.
  • Ron Shevlin’s new blog is already kicking by brain into gear. Check it out for yourself!
  • BL Ochman digs into the new People of Walmart blog – why it is a hit and why Walmart can’t and shouldn’t stop it
  • Mark Hancock pours scorn on the lazy and offensive fake ad from DDB Brazil.

Five Must-Read Posts from Last Week

5 Must-Read Posts, Smart Bloggers, Social Media

There seems to be a little bit of a theme flowing through this week’s top 5 from last week. See if you can spot it:

  1. Mike Wagner talks us through his own nerves about taking risks in front of a live audience. How did it turn out? Read for yourself.
  2. Consumers don’t care about your strategy. It’s true. Just ask Kris Hoet.
  3. Some great advice from Olivier Blanchard this week, including “If a blogger says something negative about you, threaten to sue them. That usually shuts them up.”
  4. Who decides what is “influential”? Valeria Maltoni explains the process.
  5. Katie Chatfield shares a great, short film on design strategy. This 10 minute film will change the rest of your day.

Five Must-Read Posts from Last Week

5 Must-Read Posts

PinThere is always plenty of good reading available. Smart people. Simple publishing systems. Makes me think that for-pay content may face an uphill battle, even for Uncle Rupert Murdoch.

Some gold from last week. Feed your brain:

  1. Sean Moffitt looks at personal reach and the transformation this has on both our personal and professional lives.
  2. Not everyone you meet online is going rush up to greet you when you meet face-to-face. Chris Guillebaeau reminds us that sometimes, social media is for introverts.
  3. Tiphereth Gloria is keeping an eye on Facebook for us all – and showing how exactly our privacy is a subject for continual experimentation.
  4. Part of the power of social networks is the way it transforms our sense of “connectedness”. It also opens the door to an unusual form of happenstance – what Ian Lyons calls directed serendipity. In this great post, Amber Naslund talks potential, surprise and exploration.
  5. Kevin Dugan combines social media with The Highlander to remind us that choosing your own path is one of the best choices we can ever make.

Is there something that I missed? What were your must-reads from last week?