Shel Holtz, Communicator

ACTA is an international trade agreement being negotiated IN SECRET. It is more insidious that SOPA or PIPA. A coordinated effort is required to stop it.

Solid content here on the role of the community manager, a required skill for communicators in the digital era.

The always-brilliant Clay Shirkly explains exactly why SOPA and PIPA were terrible bills, but the real cautionary note comes at the end, where he warns that more is coming.

Great information on how Google+ affects your SEO efforts from Lee Odden. There are few better versed in social, search and PR than Lee.

Not really every presentation, ever -- we've all seen awesome presentations -- but certainly most. This is a point-by-point summary of what to avoid.

The blog post where I saw this (hat tip to Aliza Sherman) points out that the physical world still has a grip on us, as well it should. As we move to an era of ebooks, it's important to remember there's still an emotional bond with the real thing, and that it's a bond felt by people of all ages.

This is my presentation from Blogworld and New Media Expo in Los Angeles on November 5. It's one of over 100 recorded sessions from BlogWorld Los Angeles 2011. You can get all of the videos -- plus nearly 100 bonus interviews and other bonus content -- by picking up the entire Virtual Ticket.

This video, unlike the Mashable report below, is directly from the NYT R&D lab.

If this takes off, it's yet another reason for organizations to make sure they have good, useful content available that matches consumer information needs (as opposed to typical marketing collateral). The channels for delivery of content continue to splinter and expand.

From NP&D:
http://ndpblog.squarespace.com/blog/2011/10/20/whats-next-in-the-mobile-revol...