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Blogging: the gateway drug to technology! Elisa Camahort Page and Jory Des Jardins from BlogHer at SXSW

BlogHer is one of my favorite content networks and events. So I was very excited to have the opportunity to talk to co-founders Elisa Camahort Page and Jory Des Jardins.

We talked about developing more opportunities for women in tech, why when thinking mobile you need to think tablets, and how in certain markets every blogger needs to be a pinner.

If you haven’t already, make sure you check out BlogHer!

Digital tip for Friday – Cleaning up your Twitter account

Having a lot of users following your account in Twitter is a good thing… or isn’t it anymore? As @digitalnaiv, it is worth to focus on a vibrant network or in one that is out of date? If you want to have a healthy community of followers, based more on quality than quantity, you can use tools such as Tweepi to force people to directly unfollow you. This way you can leave out those who do not tweet anymore or have abandoned accounts. This is useful also for doing some clean up on the people or brands you are following.

What happens when Watson goes in the kitchen? A culinary riot…

What can Watson bring in terms of creativity to the culinary world? Austrian chocolate burritos for one thing, according to James Briscione from the Culinary Institute of America. He says how from one seed ingredient, Watson can work on the pairings based on the characteristics and deliver surprising dishes, even for chefs.

Show me your new social app at Connect 2014!

IBM Connect 2014 is right around the corner!

One of my favorite events at IBM Connect is the App Throwdown!  It’s a lively, energizing event where IBM business partners can showcase their social business applications.

The audience votes in the qualifying rounds and three companies progress to the main stage at Connect, where they will demo their integration to an audience of thousands!

I love the audience participation and interaction.  It’s inspiring to see how our ecosystem partners have created innovative integrations that can deliver real value to customers. Our ecosystem is critical and the App Throwdown is a great opportunity to highlight our partner solutions to our customers and to our IBM sellers.  I can’t wait to see what our partner community will develop next!

This year, I’ll be co-hosting with Nigel Beck, VP Business Development in IBM Collaboration Solutions.

Make sure to apply to participate in the App Throwdown by submitting a video link of your integration here.  This year YOU could join us on the main stage!

Hope to see you there!

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