Social media is the most disruptive form of communication humankind has seen since the last disruptive form of communications, email. — Ryan Holmes Copy Share Image
Email is familiar. It's comfortable. It's easy to use. But it might just be the biggest killer of time and productivity in… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share Image
Not using social media in the workplace, in fact, is starting to make about as much sense as not using the phone… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share Image
The basic idea of email has remained essentially unchanged since the first networked message was sent in 1971. And while email is… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share Image
Anyone with an inbox knows what I'm talking about. A dozen emails to set up a meeting time. Documents attached and edited… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share Image
By allowing multiple partners to contribute, an open platform can nurture an entire ecosystem of developers and apps. Good products integrate and become great… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share
Everyone told me you can't build a major tech company in Canada. There just aren't enough investors or engineers or top-level managers. Each day,… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share
Amongst high unemployment rates, a competitive job market and a shrinking global economy, the emerging social media industry only continues to grow. — Ryan Holmes Copy Share
Social media is the future, with employers recognizing they need to start hiring people with the right skills. — Ryan Holmes Copy Share
As technology has improved, our digital lives have only grown more tangled and cluttered. — Ryan Holmes Copy Share
Without grounding, it's easy to embrace the 'baller' lifestyle: dropping out of tech, throwing money at cars, boats and real estate, and slipping into… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share
As social is where consumers' eyeballs are, businesses must take ownership of their online company profiles. By providing their customers with a place to… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share
While social media skills were once a 'nice-to-have,' accreditation in the space is becoming a requirement for many of these job titles. Hiring managers… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share
I'm motivated by solving new and challenging problems, especially ones that people say can't or shouldn't be tackled. — Ryan Holmes Copy Share
I don't know how many times I've turned to Twitter and Facebook to commiserate and celebrate, bounce ideas off of friends, colleagues and other… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share
During the early days of HootSuite, when social media was still seen as a fad, I made the decision to treat our funding as… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share
Companies and managers that find a way to harness social media stand to gain. — Ryan Holmes Copy Share
Silicon Valley isn't the only game in town. Tech is increasingly decentralized. Around the world, new tech centers with younger companies are able to… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share
Workflow and usability are not afterthoughts; they impact the core of any project and dictate how it should be engineered. — Ryan Holmes Copy Share
I often talk about the PayPal mafia out of San Francisco, people that were in PayPal and got out of PayPal and continue to… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share
