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Could Your Association Thrive in a Remote-First Culture?

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In an age when centralization is running into a cost-of-living wall for many industries, embracing a remote-first culture could expand both your pool of talent and your base of operations. A notable exception to this rule was Peanuts , whose creator Charles Schulz lived most of his professional life in Minnesota and California.).

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Tuesday Buzz: Fighting Fire With Fire

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According to the behavior-change agency Rescue, the best strategy might be to borrow some of the same ones that the tobacco industry is using. The campaign, which recently finished up in San Francisco and San Diego, is now focused on two Minnesota-based hipster hotbeds: Minneapolis and Duluth. Other Links of Note.

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Opt-Out, Not Opt-In: California Passes Tough Kill-Switch Law

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Putting the wireless industry on the defensive, the Golden State has passed a law that will require the antitheft mechanism to be automatically enabled on new devices, starting next summer. Industry Pushback. The industry strongly opposed the California bill. It doesn’t apply to tablets and laptops.

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CTIA’s Voluntary “Kill Switch” Plan Gets Mixed Reviews

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While public officials support the mobile industry’s move to offer free software that allows users to disable stolen smartphones, some say the CTIA’s plan should be opt-out, not opt-in. The wireless industry appears ready to embrace the “kill switch”—but will it go far enough? California State Sen.

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111 Intriguing Chats for 2011

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augieray - Augie Ray; San Francisco; Sr. cagedether - Daryl Pereira; San Francisco; Web and Social Media Manager at IBM. I create intelligent analytics for social media, eCommerce and industry. Williams; Indianapolis; I help people in the tourism industry with social media. VP of Digital, GolinHarris.