People in the CbusTechLife community attend conferences and workshops, read blogs and website and have documents and files that can be useful to the entire group.

Post links to blogs (brief description of topic and content), materials (powerpoints, PDFs, etc) and tools that you personally or your organizations utilize below.

Upcoming Conferences: (local or national, business, technology, marketing, professional, etc)

Blogs:

Smashing Magazine - [Web] Design Blog

Web Strategy by Jeremiah - Social Media with business (corporate) implications

TED - "Ideas worth spreading" - Talks by the world's greatest thinkingers and doers - Innovation, business, life

McKinsey Quarterly - Business with many great articles on all areas of technology

ReadWriteWeb - One of the best sources in the blogosphere for Web Technology news, reviews and analysis

Articles:

O'Reilly Radar - Effect of Depresson on Technology

Files/Materials:

What the F*ck is Social Media? - [Slideshare]

Dave Berkus - Ten Dominant Trends in Technology - [Slideshare]

Ergonomics of Innovation - [PDF]

Free audio download of Tribe, by Seth Godin - [Audible]

Shift Happens - AITP Presentation - Ben Blanquera - Powerpoint AITP 10.29.08.ppt

Amazing video of the Anthropology of YouTube, and how social media is affecting culture.  (55 minutes, but worth it!) - Mike Wesch

Tech Trends presentation by Mary Meeker from Web 2.0 Summit - 

Links to videos and presentations from Web 2.0 summit - click here

Seth Godin - Tribes Q&A -  Seth Godin TribesQA2.pdf

White Paper from Ben Blanquera (Progressive Medical) and Chasity Kuttrus (Ray and Barney) on  "DNA of Central Ohio IT Leaders" prepared for CIOhio 2008 -  Central Ohio IT Leadership DNA study _3_.pdf

College Recruiting Trends - great info on employer recruiting trends at colleges - provided by Fast Switch -  College recruiting trends.pdf

Other Tech Social Networks:

Business of Software - Tied into Joel Spolsky's Business of Software conference [natch]

Tools:

Toggl (web-based time-tracker. Also has desktop app. FREE) www.toggl.com