• Is the phone conversation a lost art, especially in the realm of business? ASMP’s Strictly Business blog has a refresher course for those of you so acclimated to texting that you freeze like a deer in headlights at the prospect of making a cold call or client follow up.

• More interesting takes and questions about the ever turbulent topic of photography contests on APhotoEditor.com

• Wonderful Machine breaks down the changing role the Social Media technology is playing in photographer lives, and identifies some of the fallacies and misconceptions for those that are missing the point.

• My nerd moment of the day. Life.com unveils 25 never before seen photos of The Rat Pack

• I am now terribly addicted to using Hootsuite for damn near everything, especially since they seem to be adding more features at an alarmingly regular rate.