Forbes ranked Salesforce.com as the most innovative company. Ranked number one means they beat Apple, Amazon and well……… everyone else. http://tinyurl.com/3semrha
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The National Labor Relations Board accused a company of illegally firing an employee because of her criticism of her boss on Facebook. According to Lafe Solomon general counsel at the Board, employees have a right to such comments under the National Labor Relations Act. This is a federal right.
Morgan, Lewis and Bookius a law firm specializing in labor law sent this warning to its clients: “All private sector employers should take note, “regardless “of whether their work force is represented by a union. Employers should review their Internet and social media policies to determine whether they are susceptible to an allegation that the policy would ‘reasonably tend to chill employees’ “in the exercise of their rights to discuss wages, working conditions and unionization.” Learn more
Web developer interoperability tests on different browsers have long been a best practice. We want to make sure that our clients’ website looks great on Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera. If you are also interested in seeing how a website renders on an iPhone.
You can use this simulator: http://testiphone.com/
Google is helping all of us be more charitable. Just download Google Chrome for a Cause Extension. For each tab that you open Google will make a donation:
http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/p/cause/#dwb
If you don’t have Chrome Download It
At the end of every day you can select one of 5 charities to support. They include The Nature Conservancy, charity: water, Doctors Without Borders, Un Techo para mi País (they construct transitional housing for poor families) and Room to Read. This program ends December 19th.
Today in The New York Times, Nick Bilton reexamines our use of technology:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/15/taking-a-small-step-out-of-a-digital-world/?hpw
He as others suggests that we may be on sensory overload. That ‘friends’ are not true friends and personal relationships suffer.
Recently at a blues club there were 6 friends sitting at a table. Four out of the six continually texted, looked up stuff, took images of each other and passed their devices among themselves. My initial reaction was, how distracting, why can’t they just listen to the music, how rude that they need devices to conduct in person conversations. That analysis may have been too harsh. Previous generations at a similar venue may have used a photo album or pointed to a print article. There should be a point however when we are off the grid, have the opportunity to build personal relationships and smell the roses.
What do you think?
