brown-paper.net is Marc Van Norden's point of view on technology, social media, and development, with a little sports and politics thrown in.

Social Media That Works? The Obama Administration

By Marc Van Norden

The Obama Campaign was successful in using social media to inform, gain, and mobilize voters. Awhile back I collected a bunch of the ongoing...
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Article with IT Business Canada.

By Marc Van Norden

Giving my opinion on Social Platforms (Facebook and mySpace) and why it is so difficult for corporate entities to play in this realm.
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PermissionTV at Adobe Max

By Marc Van Norden

Interview with PermissionTV at Adobe Max 2008. While attending Max, I stopped by the PermissionTV booth. If you have not heard of them you...
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SXSW Interview on Sapient

By Marc Van Norden

About a month ago I powered thru the gauntlet that was MIX08 and SXSW 2008. Pretty much every person I know who did it...
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Microsoft Office on Iphone?

2008/03/26

By Marc Van Norden

Here is an article that talks about Microsoft downloading the iPhone SDK. It is possible that they are looking to port Office to the iphone. In they same article they talk about the likely hood of porting “TellMe” voice recognition software.