Sree Sreenivasan

Tech Columnist, CNET

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@Columbia Chief Digital Officer * @ColumbiaJourn prof * @CNETNews blogger: bit.ly/sreetips * tech evangelist AND skeptic * sree@sree.net

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Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
In the Fiji Islands, we didn't have high school newspapers, so I worked as an intern at the Fiji Sun, a local tabloid in the capital, Suva.

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Analyses of Tumblr sale - among 10 Tech Things to Know This U.S. Morning, by @NichCarlson in @sai: bit.ly/10PuUJr

10 Things You Need To Know This Morning

businessinsider.com — Good morning. For David Karp, it's a great one. The big news from over the weekend is that Yahoo's board has reportedly approved the plan to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. Tumblr's board has reportedly agreed to the deal, too. We think the deal is smart for both sides.
[photo] Most beautiful business card I've ever seen belongs to Japanese journo & @ColumbiaJourn alum Junji Kitadai: bit.ly/161flGi
Congrats to Tumblr founder @DavidKarp! Here's pic of unusual tent cards from my 2010 @columbiajourn Hearst panel: pic.twitter.com/Paqtg0O09h

sree: Congrats to Tumblr founder ...

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.@AppsFlyer says social sharing delivers better results for app makers than search, by @deantak: venturebeat.com/2013/05/06/app… #cjsm #entreptips

AppsFlyer says social sharing delivers better results than search in app marketing

venturebeat.com — Word of mouth marketing over social platforms delivers better results in paid app marketing than search, according to a study by AppsFlyer, a firm that tracks mobile app marketing and monitors billions of events such as the number of mobile app installations in a given quarter.
Win a makeover! RT @nywici Take #NYWICIsurvey for chance at digital makeover w/ @sree @Wordwhacker @Travelogged bit.ly/13z7XLl #cjsm

Social Media Survey

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Fabulous photos of spices in this collection by @MBhide, one of Mashable's top food writers on Twitter (follow her!): bit.ly/11PdOSj
How to Worry Less About Money - Goethe can teach us about healthy relationships w/ our finances: bit.ly/15YX1xF * by @brainpicker

How to Worry Less About Money

brainpickings.org — by Maria Popova What Goethe can teach us about cultivating a healthy relationship with our finances. The question of how people spend and earn money has been a cultural obsession since the dawn of economic history, but the psychology behind it is sometimes surprising and often riddled with various anxieties.
RESEARCH: Exclamation Points Get More Retweets, but Fewer Clicks! by @DanZarrella: bit.ly/10FAqRV #SaveReadShare #cjsm

[Infographic] Exclamation Points Get More Retweets, but Fewer Clicks

danzarrella.com — For more social media data like this, order my latest book "The Science of Marketing" now! In response to a tweeted question from Rand Fishkin I decided to take a quick look at the relationship between exclamation points in tweets and retweets and clicks.
FUNNY! @NewYorker cartoonist @LizaDonnelly (follow her!) on coffee and Twitter: bit.ly/11OEkez #cjsm

lizadonnelly: Coffee and twitter. ...

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"Don't waste your time on rubbish" - one of 7 Tools for Thinking, by @DanielDennett, one of world's top philosophers: bit.ly/13ymRRZ

Daniel Dennett's seven tools for thinking

guardian.co.uk — 1 USE YOUR MISTAKES We have all heard the forlorn refrain: "Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time!" This phrase has come to stand for the rueful reflection of an idiot, a sign of stupidity, but in fact we should appreciate it as a pillar of wisdom.
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