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Open Source Intelligence: A Key Under The Proverbial Mat

Forbes Social Media

Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is a common name given to public information that can be leveraged to gain a competitive edge on a person or organization. This article discusses the weaponization of this information and mitigation of such data exposure.

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Why aren’t there more women in open source (and what are you gonna do about it?)

Janet Fouts

I’m a big fan of open source and as a woman who mangles a line of code here and there, I’m constantly amazed when I see how few women there are working in the field. It’s important that women both support open source and re-think the reasons we don’t get more deeply involved in all forms of open source.

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Can Leaderless Organizations Win?

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Whether it's the Arab Spring , the Tea Party movement or Occupy Wall Street , what is it about leaderless organizations that makes it all seem so strange to us? In 2006, I made the six hour drive from Montreal to Boston to attend the first PodCamp Boston unconference (a participant-driven or self-organized gathering). open source.

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How To Organize A Brand Hackathon (And Why) – Interview With Betabrand’s Chris Lindland

The Realtime Report

“Betabrand is perfect because we have such an open, experimental approach to branding,” says Lindland. From its Model Citizen photo campaign to its Disco Open Source Project to its ThinkTank Community Idea Factory, Betabrand has built its brand around customer engagement. Your Brand is a Platform.

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Best Free Alternatives to Microsoft Office Word

SocialFish

Libre Office is open-sourced by its huge community that works on bringing useful updates and assets daily. That means that its source-code editable and can be changed for free. Completely free and open-sourced. Opting for Open 365 means opting for one of the best Microsoft Office Word alternatives.

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Lost in translation: Upleveling Sprout Social’s localization system

Sprout Social

For years, the Sprout engineering team got by with a custom localization solution, since open source solutions were still maturing. Our new solution Knowing these shortcomings, web engineers from across the Product organization created a localization working group to develop a solution. We met regularly to brainstorm.

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How to craft an effective AI use policy for marketing

Sprout Social

While millions are enthusiastic about embracing AI to achieve greater speed and agility within their organizations, there are others who remain skeptical—pretty common in the early phases of tech adoption cycles. Why organizations need an AI use policy Marketers are already investing in AI to increase efficiency.

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