A Secret to Happiness: Clean Off My Desk

A Secret to Happiness- Clean Off My Desk

One of the big insights I’ve gained from my happiness project is that for me (as for many people), outer order contributes to inner calm. I feel more serene and cheerful if my apartment and office aren’t too messy. Something else I’ve learned from my happiness project is to be wary whenever I have the urge to “treat” myself, because often my treats don’t make me happy in the long run. One of my “treats” is to let piles of papers, clothes, books, and dishes pile up – which … [Read more...]

Checking out Pinterest’s new home in San Francisco with CEO Ben Silbermann

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Pinterest moved into its new offices in San Francisco on Monday, and CEO Ben Silbermann talked with us about his goal for the company and where it’s headed. When Pinterest moved up to San Francisco last summer, the move, along with similar leaps from companies like AirBnb and Twitter, signaled both the high prices of Silicon Valley real estate and the growing community of startups in the city. On Monday, the team at Pinterest finally moved into the company’s newly-renovated … [Read more...]

Pinterest update cleaner, easier to manage

Pinterest update cleaner, easier to manage

NEW YORK — Don’t worry, Pinterest fans: Your sprawling virtual pegboards of wedding dresses, handmade jewelry, craft projects and food ideas haven’t changed dramatically. They’re just easier to manage. The popular link- and photo-sharing website has rolled out an update, one offering people simpler navigation and new ways to arrange their boards to fit their needs. Although the haphazard spirit of Pinterest remains, the site is much less overwhelming. I wasn’t a Pinterest user … [Read more...]

Analysis: Google+ struggles to attract brands, some neglect to update

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(Reuters) - To mark the Cinco de Mayo holiday this year, Domino's Pizza festooned its Facebook page with a string of posts, including an image of a Mexican-themed guacamole pizza that garnered over 2,000 "likes". But visitors to Domino's companion Google+ page on that day found less festive fare: The most recent post was from October 2012. Two years after introducing its social network, Google Inc is struggling to win over the brands and businesses that have been its most loyal customers in … [Read more...]

Pinterest redesign cleans up the clutter

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A redesign of the popular link- and photo-sharing website allows users to find things more easily and gives them new ways to customize their boards. Don’t worry, Pinterest fans: Your sprawling virtual pegboards of wedding dresses, handmade jewelry, craft projects and food porn haven’t changed dramatically. They’re just easier to manage. The popular link- and photo-sharing website has rolled out an update, one offering people simpler navigation and new ways to arrange their … [Read more...]

Only 30 Percent of Brands’ Pinterest Engagement Come From Own Pins Based on study by Digitas and Curalate By Tim Peterson

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Marketers may like steering the conversation around their brands, but Facebook and Twitter have upended that strategy. Now it seems Pinterest is putting the brand-driven approach away almost entirely. Seventy percent of brand engagement on the social scrapbooking platform is driven by users—that is, users pinning brand content outside of brands' own Pinterest accounts—versus only 30 percent generated by brands pinning something that users repin, comment on or otherwise interact with. … [Read more...]

DAILY WTF: BRO YOU NEED A TRUCK

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Pinterest: Simply Fantastic

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Pinterest (Unique visitors 26,859,123), the social networking site which effectively beat Facebook within one month for most unique visitors ever recorded, has not been in the news as much lately. Once Pinterest (Unique Visitors 26,859,123) hit its peak during the initial opening of the websites first couple of month, the sites traffic has not been on the decline in months, leaving the site just as popular as ever. Effetively pinning some of your most caught after pictures is amusing the … [Read more...]

Pinreach Is On Flippa For $10,000

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Pinreach, formerly known as pin clout before a cease and desist order from Klout forcing the company to change its name, is currently being bid over for upwards of ten thousand dollars. Chris Fay, the cofounder of Pinreach has announced he is taking a position with Google, which is the reason for selling the company. The site is popular among online users with over twenty two thousand registered users. The reason why the site is receiving such a large amount of media attention is due to … [Read more...]

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