BYOD is a hot topic, and one communicators should be interested in. Employees at all levels are blowing off company policy and using their own phones for work purposes. How should companies address the consumerization of IT?

Mark Ragan interviews me about gamification at the Social Media and PR Summit in Amsterdam.

From BL Ochman's What's Next blog: "Coca-Cola’s VP, Global Advertising Strategy and Creative Excellence, Jonathan Mildenhall, explains the company’s content plan until the year 2020 in this fascinating video. Another of the world’s biggest companies is moving beyond the myth of message control, into the realm of consumer reality. Hurrah!" http://bit.ly/HXSWJu

Augmented reality glasses from Google. Want to see what the glasses look like? Take a look here: http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/4/2925237/googles-project-glass-augmented-real...

If you think Britannica's decision to stop printing means they're on their last legs or that they can't compete with Wikipedia. This video shows how they bundle their content for schools in ways Wikipedia could only dream of.

This is significant. You can just feel the paradigm shifting.

Unedited interview conducted during Ragan's PR/Social Media conference in Vegas, where I did four (count 'em, four) presentations.

Our use of GaggleAmp for the podcast "For Immediate Release" inspired Chris Abraham, of Abraham Harrison, to give it a try. He's a convert, as evidenced by this 42-minute screencast detailing how it works.

Paolo really knows his stuff.

Seriously Rapid Source Review will help journalists assess when a Twitter surge announcing a death (for instance) is accurate.

I've written about this study on my blog at:
http://holtz.com/blog/internal/leadership-involvement-is-vital-to-social-intr...

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.