Robyn Tippins

Robyn Tippins has been managing online communities since 1996, and is the author of "Community 101". Robyn has launched two startups, her most recent is Mariposa Interactive, a marketing and design agency. She has worked at or consulted for Yahoo, Current TV, Intel, MTV, Fleishman Hillard and AT&T. When she's not at her computer, you'll find her hanging out with her four children or studying history's most interesting folks.

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Friday, 14th December 2012

Top 10 Epic Tech-Gadget Failures

Top 10 Epic Tech-Gadget Failures

These epic tech mistakes not only failed to change the world. What where

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Wednesday, 12th December 2012

9 Great Geeky Tech Gifts For Kids

9 Great Geeky Tech Gifts For Kids

If you are still shopping for holiday gifts and need some nerdy inspiration, check out this list of cool geek gifts for the kids in your life.

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Thursday, 6th December 2012

Showrooming: 5 Ways Retailers Can Fight Back [Slideshow]

Showrooming: 5 Ways Retailers Can Fight Back [Slideshow]

There are ways brick-and-mortar retailers can fight back against showrooming. Let's hope at least some of them give it a shot.

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Tuesday, 20th November 2012

How To Keep Marketing Emails From Drowning Your Inbox

How To Keep Marketing Emails From Drowning Your Inbox

A new service claims to solve inbox overload caused by too many marketing email subscriptions.

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Thursday, 15th November 2012

The 5 Ugliest Apple Products Of All Time

The 5 Ugliest Apple Products Of All Time

Not everything from Cupertino has always been so pretty. Check out five Apple products that got hit with the ugly stick.

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Tuesday, 16th October 2012

On Ada Lovelace Day, Celebrate Some Extraordinary Women

Ada Lovelace was a pioneer. The daughter of Lord Byron, Ada was also the daughter of a woman fed up with Lord Byron. In an effort to dampen the dangerous poetic blood in her daughter, she encouraged, and I use that word lightly, her progeny to study mathematics, or really anything except poetry. Despite this, Ada would enjoy…

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Tuesday, 31st July 2012

[Review] Eloqua's Grande Guide to Community Management

[Review] Eloqua's Grande Guide to Community Management

Eloqua has published another of their Grande Guides, this one devoted to Community Management. I was able to get a copy on Thursday and wanted to share my review with all of you, now that it’s available for all. The ebook is written by some well-loved folks in the community management and content strategy sphere, Brett Petersel (Co-Founder of The…

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Saturday, 28th July 2012

Weekly Wrap-ups

Weekly Wrap-up: Let's Hear It for Great Web Apps

If you're running a startup, you need to see these essential apps for startups and entrepreneurs. People aren't willing to try a slow app more than a few times. Girls Who Code is educating young ladies in the fine art of programming. After the jump you'll find more of this week's top news stories on some of the key topics that…

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Saturday, 21st July 2012

Weekly Wrap-ups

Weekly Wrap-Up: There's a New Evening Edition, the Mac Retina Display Disagreement and Twitter's Credibility Problem

A Web design firm, not a newsroom, has built a stellar Evening Edition of the top stories from across the Web. Our writers are at odds on the MacBook Pro's Retina Display. Twitter has a credibility problem. After the jump you'll find more of this week's top news stories on some of the key topics that are shaping the Web - plus highlights from…

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Saturday, 14th July 2012

Weekly Wrap-ups

Weekly Wrap-Up: Google's Big Fine, Twitter's Upcoming App Leaked and the Dangers of IPAA

We explain why Google just received the largest privacy fine in history. Leaked screenshots of Twitter's upcoming iPhone app tell us a great deal about what to expect. The IPAA shares some disturbing privacy issues with SOPA.

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