Eight Ways to Kill an Idea
Flirting with the Crowds posts Scott Campbell’s excellent montage of Eight Ways to Kill an Idea. via Stephen’s Lighthouse

Over 90% of Inc. 500 Companies Use Social Media
According to a new study by the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Inc. Magazine’s 500 fastest-growing companies are adopting social media initiatives. Tamara Schweitzer reports the findings in Inc. 500 CEOs Aggressively Use Social Media for Business. via Steve Rubel

What Happens When Libraries Are Shut Down
Steve Baker, former senior writer covering technology for BusinessWeek, reports that the library staff was one of the many casualties of the recent layoffs at BusinessWeek. This is the new message for staffers seeking research help at the magazine. (Earlier this year the Wall Street Journal closed down its library as well.) via

How To: Use Twitter’s New Retweet Feature
Josh Catone at Mashable provides a brief tutorial on How To Use Twitter’s New Retweet Feature. (Retweeting is a way to re-publish something that another Twitter user has already posted while attributing credit to that original poster). If you want a quick primer on how to get up and running with this new functionality, be sure and give this a re

20+ Brand New and Incredibly Useful WordPress Plugins
Ivor Padilla at Net Tuts aggregates 20+ Brand New and Incredibly Useful WordPress Plugins. If you’re a WordPress blogger, you’ll want to check out this article. Here are a few of the more interesting extensions: Custom Coming Soon Page Excerpt Tools Drag To Share