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		<title>UserScout connects participants and market researchers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stowe Boyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve heard the stories about how companies are crowdsourcing innovation and feedback, but what about market research? UserScout is a new market research &#8220;placeform&#8221; (marketplace + platform = placeform) that brings together willing participants (looking to get paid) with market researchers (eager for market data). UserScout just emerged from the Joyful Frog digital incubator in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robots will eat your lunch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 13:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stowe Boyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Infographic from Mindflash detailing those most at risk from having their jobs empheralized by robots. &#160; Seems like the Artigence company mentioned in the call center segment has gone bye-bye.]]></description>
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		<title>TINYpulse is a small and simple anonymous feedback tool</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stowe Boyd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[measurement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I bumped into TINYpulse in a Fast Company article about entrepreneur&#8217;s &#8216;can&#8217;t live without&#8217; tools, in which Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz said TINYpulse was his. The tool collates the results from anonymous surveys sent out to employees, intended for weekly use. In the first week, three questions are asked, and thereafter a single question. These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAP hires people with autism to &#8216;think differently&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 09:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stowe Boyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAP has said that the enterprise software company will initiate a global policy to hire people with autism to work in development roles, particularly in software testing. This follows a successful pilot in India and Ireland with participation of the job placement agency Specialisterne, a firm that specializes in placing people with autism into technical jobs. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing the new Analyst Directory</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 21:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Connie Hwong</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cleantech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cloud]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We're pleased to launch the new Analyst Directory on GigaOM Pro - read on for an overview of what's new, and a quick tutorial on the new tools and features.]]></description>
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		<title>Red Pen is the simplest and smallest design review tool I&#8217;ve seen</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stowe Boyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comment threads can be added by anyone, anywhere on the canvas, and there is no laborious sequence of creating an account, logging in, and so on.]]></description>
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		<title>Keep calm and carry on: The hard part is getting to 100M users, not monetizing them</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 22:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Wolf</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Connected Consumer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo's $1 billion acquisition of Tumblr wasn't an overpay by any stretch.]]></description>
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		<title>Yahoo bets on other people&#8217;s money</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 21:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Sweeting</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Connected Consumer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blog hosting services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kara Swisher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marissa Mayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Mullenweg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[om malik]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open platforms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social web publishing platform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo needs an open platform to build its future on. Whether Tumblr will turn out to be the right platform, and whether its long-term potential is worth $1.1 billion now are obviously important questions. But I don't think they're what drove the deal. ]]></description>
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		<title>Freelancers and the shifting foundations of work</title>
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		<comments>http://pro.gigaom.com/blog/freelancers-and-the-shifting-foundations-of-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stowe Boyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weekly Updates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much is the growth of freelancing driven by the desire for autonomy and personal achievement, and how much is escaping the prison of job dissatisfaction?]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond social: the rise of the emergent business</title>
		<link>http://pro.gigaom.com/blog/beyond-social-business-the-rise-of-the-emergent-business/</link>
		<comments>http://pro.gigaom.com/blog/beyond-social-business-the-rise-of-the-emergent-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stowe Boyd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[complex systems]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The increased speed, complexity, and uncertainty of the business environment today means that businesses are operating in a world that is fundamentally different from that of only ten years ago. ]]></description>
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