Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Did You Know? video series featured on Huffington Post

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The Did You Know? (Shift Happens) video series has been featured twice on The Huffington Post in the past few days. One of the stories currently is the lead for HuffPo’s technology section.

Anatomy (and meaning) of the “Did You Know?” video series

“Did You Know?” tracks progress of information technology

According to Technorati and Compete, HuffPo currently is the world’s #1 blog. I know that Karl Fisch had no idea that his video would turn into the worldwide phenomenon that it has. We still hear from people and organizations every single day about it. I feel very fortunate to be affiliated with this video series!

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