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A Social Person's Social Media Problem

Andrew Cotto | Posted 11.27.2012 | Technology
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Andrew Cotto

There's a dynamic of technical expertise and social-digital elan I just haven't mastered. It began with e-mail back in my days as a salesman. My attempts at engagement were often clumsy, annoying, stilted and embarrassing.

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I'm Not Leaving Salon!

Joan Walsh | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Joan Walsh

You've probably heard the news: I'm stepping down from editorial management at Salon. But I'm certainly not leaving -- too many headlines used that shorthand to say I'm giving up my editing job.

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How Open Salon's User-Generated Content is Changing the World of Writing

Caroline Hagood | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Caroline Hagood

Open Salon is an endlessly fascinating place; like the Internet, its very structure teaches you how to interact with it, but unlike the Internet, that structure is essentially altruistic. It forces its participants to be supportive of one another.

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