I’m sure most of you are aware of ventriloquist comedian Jeff Dunham, who seems to be everywhere these days - YouTube, DVDs, Comedy Central! His Christmas special was apparently the most-watched broadcast in Comedy Central’s history. His manager credits his early success to direct mail: The come...

In the grand tradition of little films that could make it BIG, I think Coraline could be that movie in 2009. It has already made an impressive $37M to-date in box-office receipts, 10 days after release. That got me thinking of similar movies that have made it by sheer force of word-of-mouth. Here...

JFK is definitely one of his predecessors that President Obama is often compared to. He’s also one whom he turns to for inspiration (as with this recent quote in his most recent weekly address/”fireside chat” to the nation on YouTube) This morning, I’m reminded of words President...

The White House has a blog and they’re now live blogging the President’s public speeches, etc. (via Steve Rubel) This is a big deal. The new administration, unsurprisingly given its history, is slowly opening up the White House to the new world of media. It’s not that they don̵...

Apparently, it was too good to be true. I blogged about two religious leaders establishing a virtual presence - one on YouTube (the Pope) and the other on Twitter (Dalai Lama). Of the two it seemed like the Dalai Lama was trying to establish a more conversational attitude towards addressing the comm...

CIO: Insight had a recent interview with Scoble where he talks about corporate blogging. Thought you’d find his take on corporate blogging interesting: Some blogs are like press releases. New, friendly, cuddly press releases, but they’re still only talking about what’s happening in the com...

My friend and colleague, Adam, may be one of the very few who actually couldn’t sit through Matt Harding’s “Dancing” video. Yes! the video of the dancing guy I blogged about recently. I’m just giving Adam a hard time for saying that. However Charles McGrath of the New Y...

Or is it the other way round? I guess most folks would agree that successful people know how to network, and it’s an important corollary that this unique trait is actually an important indicator of success. No kidding! In light of that, i was glad to read an article on the seven traits of succ...

Today’s an important day for everyone who appreciates and celebrates the concept of freedom. My personal journey to America lay not in just finding my dream job but also in pursuing the romantic ideal of true freedom that America offers to everyone who can dream of it and work hard for it. And, in...

So, it’s been a year since we started the LinkedIn blog! To commemorate the occasion I actually just posted the Top 10 blog posts, Top 10 videos and Top 10 photos we published this past year. In addition to it being quite an essential tool in helping us educate as well as engage with users, it...