A powerful, cogent argument that brands are about discernible behaviors that create patterns, and not repeated messages.
At this point there’s probably nothing in geekdom, no matter how arcane, that hasn’t ended up on someone’s skin. “In” someone’s skin, to be precise. From ASCII art, to xkcd comics, to video games, to binary, to parts of your childhood you just can’t leave behind, there are entire sites like Geeky Tattoos now devoted to nerd ink.
Back in 2010 we put together our first list of the 30 best and worst Web tech tattoos. Here’s our latest compilation, including an augmented reality tattoo, HTML tags, Javascript and C++, Debian, Wordpress, Google, Microsoft, RFID, QR codes, even Bill Gates’ face. If you have work that’s better, or worse, show it off in the comments.

Shane Snow is a New York-based tech journalist and co-founder of Contently.com, a marketplace for brand publishers and journalists. It’s never been easier to become a publisher, but being a publisher ain’t easy. Today, the scarce resource in the publishing world is not infrastructure; i…
A nice guide from 360i on managing Google+ brand pages

The Atlantic’s James Bennet, Scott Havens, Bob Cohn and Justin Smith. Photo courtesy of Richard A. Bloom. With consecutive quarterly growth in both print and digital advertising sales, The Atlantic has emerged as a vanguard in an industry harassed by declining ad revenues and falling cir…
Smart commentary on how platform buying is changing digital advertising