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Social Entrepreneurs are Hotter than Sex

Random thoughts on a Tuesday afternoon:

On Sunday, Fake Steve Jobs was outed by the New York Times. Fake Muhammad Yunus insists he had nothing to do with the Times' revelation, but does point out that he is now the best known unknown fake famous person.
Two days later, the real Steve Jobs unveiled new iMacs, along with updated iLife and iWork software. The new Macs are made with aluminum and glass, which are touted as being more easily recycled. The displays are still LCD instead of LED, but progress is progress, right?
Seth Godin talked about marine iguanas and markets last week. Interesting perspective when seen through a social entrepreneur's lens. "Really big ideas tend to get perfected in the Siberian outposts, the little niches that get ignored (until they get really big)." Just ask Fake Yunus, he'll tell you the same.
Netvibes was having issues last week, but they've updated their interface. Lost most of my RSS feeds for a couple of days, but it looks like they've fixed things. Still, I downloaded an RSS reader in the interim and started using it instead. Glitches sometimes cause more than temporary inconveniences for your customers. Sometimes they find something else that is more convenient. I am looking forward to testing out some of the new features, especially the podcast player. I will check out the Universes as well, and am especially intrigued by their 'create my own universe (soon)' listing. How soon?
My netvibes Flickr search brought back this image recently. "Becoming a social entrepreneur is hotter than SEX." Really? Social Entrepreneurs are hotter than Web 2.0, too, but the pictures have fewer rhinestones:

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