SmugMug (Summer 2013)

Pros More customizable than competing services. Lets you sell photos. Full screen slideshows. Attractive new gallery themes. Drag-and-drop photo organizer.

Cons No free accounts. Almost no community features. No Face tagging. Can't share gallery to Facebook. No creative common designations. Bottom Line SmugMug offers customizable online photo galleries with new design choices and better photo organization tools, but it's lost community features and remains less intuitive than competitors.

By Michael Muchmore

In my last review of SmugMug, I noted that its interface looked a bit tired and outdated. Luckily, the photo-hosting site has recently undergone a much-needed face-lift, which does a nice job of bringing it into the Web of the twenty-tens. This update not only brings a new photo organization tool sporting drag-and-drop that makes for a definite improvement in working with the site, but it also offers slick new photo gallery options. Let's see if these changes are enough for SmugMug to win the honor of becoming your photo-hosting site.

If you're looking for a customizable gallery site for your digital photos, or want to try to sell images online, SmugMug is a very capable option. But unlike the best-known photo hosting and sharing site, Flickr, there's no free option with SmugMug: Though you won't see a price list until after you've created a trial account, you'll pay a minimum of $40 a year for a basic account with unlimited uploading, and $150 a year for a Portfolio account, which adds commerce options like the ability to sell digital download and collect profits via electronic transfer.

It's hard to compete with the terabyte of free storage that you get with Flickr, and impossible to compete with the huge photo-sharing community on Yahoo's photo site, but some photographers will overlook the cost, preferring SmugMug's totally ad-free presentation and the ability to customize their gallery pages. Existing SmugMug account holders have the options of sticking with the old interface, previewing the new one privately, or switching over wholesale. If you do make the switch, you'll lose any advanced customizations you made in the old version, and once you do migrate, there's no going back.

Signup and Setup
SmugMug does offer a free 15-day trial, and thankfully, this doesn't require credit card info. You can sign up either by entering and email address or through Facebook Connect. Right when you first sign up, you get a personalized URL in the form yourname.smugmug.com. Next, you name your gallery by choosing a category for it (over 60 choices, from Airplanes to Zoos, with Births and Funerals in between.) Or you can create a category name of your own. The gallery gets its own URL, using a slash after your main one.

Your homepage in SmugMug by default shows your user picture and any biographical info you've supplied, followed by thumbnails for your galleries. You can add horizontal entries for slideshows, individual large photo views, communities, a keyword tag cloud, or most popular or recent photos. You can easily move any of these sections up and down on your homepage—now using drag-and-drop. It's more configurable than Flickr or Picasa's, but one basic behavior I prefer in those two competitors is that the main site URL takes you to your own gallery dashboard page; in SmugMug, it takes you to SmugMug's advertisement page.

Uploading
Like Flickr, SmugMug offers drag-and-drop uploading on its site if you're using an HTML5-compliant browser. SmugMug didn't let me add tags, assign photosets, or rotate photos in the Web uploader the way Flickr did, but it does show a progress bar and let you pause uploading. Both services give you the option of uploading via an email address in addition to the Web method.

If you use software like Adobe Photoshop Lightroom or Apple Aperture, though, none of that matters, since both services have included publish exporters. SmugMug does offer a good deal of third-party integration, but most apps, such as the popular iPhone image editors are more likely to have built-in uploading to Facebook and Flickr than to SmugMug, and Flickr's flourishing App Garden makes SmugMug's look tiny.

After you upload images to a SmugMug gallery, you're simply taken to the gallery page. Here I could rate or comment on a photo, and a wrench icon below it offered editing and organizing options. The Photo Details choice here let me add a title, caption, and keywords. The only organize choices were Make a Copy, Hide, and Replace. An even bigger missing tagging component is SmugMug's lack of face tagging, for which both Picasa and Flickr offer strong implementations.

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Velocity Micro Edge Z55 (Summer 2013)

Pros New Haswell processor and Nvidia graphics. Lots of room for maintenance and upgrades.

Cons Plain looking case. Bottom Line The Velocity Micro Edge Z55 isn't the flashiest gaming desktop, but it combines top components, like a fourth-generation Intel Core i7 processor and Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 GPU, with a healthy feature set for excellent performance and value.

By Brian Westover

When shopping for a serious gaming rig, it's easy to spend a lot of money on fancy designs and flashy features. But what really makes a difference on the gaming grid isn't an embellished tower case or funky internal design; it's hardware. The Velocity Micro Edge Z55 updates the single-card mid-tower with Intel's new fourth-generation Core i7-4470k quad-core processor and Nvidia's powerful new GeForce GTX 780 graphics card. It's not necessarily cheap, but it delivers exactly what gamers are looking for, performance that will lead them to victory.

Design and Features
The simple but stylish Edge Z55 dresses up the mid-tower PC with a sleek black plastic front panel that opens to reveal a tray-loading optical drive (an LG BD-ROM/DVD+-RW combo). The tower measures 18.2 by 9.2 by 20.7 inches (HWD)—just a little larger than the Digital Storm Virtue—but still small enough to tuck out of the way under a desk.

On top of the front panel, easily accessible, are four USB ports (two USB 3.0, two USB 2.0) and jacks for headphone and microphone. On the rear of the tower, you'll find several more USB ports (six USB 3.0, four USB 2.0), along with two Ethernet ports, connections for audio, and several display outputs—HDMI, DisplyPort (both full size and mini DisplayPort), and DVI output.

A window on the left side gives you a view inside, letting you see the major components—like an Nvidia GeForce GTX780 graphics card, a 750-watt power supply, air cooling, and the Asus Z87-Deluxe motherboard. Built into the motherboard is integrated 802.11ac Wi-Fi, along with Bluetooth 4.0 and 3.0+HS, letting you connect all of your wireless headsets or peripherals. An external Wi-Fi antenna gives you excellent reception, and a magnetic mount means you can slap it on the side of the tower or to any metal on your desk. If you need to get into the tower for maintenance and upgrades, it's as easy as removing two thumbscrews at the back and sliding of the side panel.

Inside, you'll also find plenty of storage, with a 2TB, 7,200rpm hard drive providing storage for you game installs and media library, and two speedy 128GB solid-state drives (SSD) paired in RAID0 for 256GB of flash memory, offering short boot times and zippy performance. Even with all that room, Velocity Micro leaves the drives alone—aside from preinstalling Windows 8 (64-bit) and drivers for the graphics card and other components, there's nothing on the drives. Velocity Micro covers the Edge Z55 with a one-year warranty on parts and labor, with lifetime phone support.

Performance
Armed with Intel's fourth-generation Core i7-4470K quad-core processor—the same processor found in the Digital Storm Virtue—with overclocking up to 4.4GHz (up from the 3.5GHz base) and paired with 16GB of RAM. With the new processor, the Edge Z55 offers strong performance, cranking through PCMark 7 with a score of 7,295 points, topping almost every comparable system from the previous generation, including the Editors' Choice HP Envy Phoenix h9-1320t(4,033 points) and Maingear Potenza Super Stock (5,356 points). A Cinebench score of 9.64 points also puts it at the head of the pack, with the closest competitor being the similarly equipped Digital Storm Virtue (9.59 points). The Edge Z55 also finished our processor intensive multimedia tests with leading scores, finishing Handbrake in 29 seconds and Photoshop in 2 minutes 49 seconds.

The overclocked processor is joined by a potent Nvidia GeForce GTX780 GPU, with 3GB of dedicated memory. The results speak for themselves, with better than playable framerates in our gaming tests—83 frames per second in Aliens vs. Predator and 75 frames per second in Heaven, both at full resolution and high detail settings.

The Velocity Micro Edge Z55 offers a solid mid-range gaming desktop that packs in a lot of features—a Blu-ray drive, 2TB hard drive, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth—on top of the a fourth-generation Intel Core i7 processor and a shiny new Nvidia graphics card. It's a combination that should serve you well on the gaming grid now, and will continue to feel fast in the future. It can't match the affordability of the Editors' Choice HP Phoenix h9-1320t, but it holds its own against other top performers, like the Digital Storm Virtue and the V3 Gaming Traverse.

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25 Beauty Products to Help You Through the End of Summer.

It is hard to believe that summer is coming to a close soon. I am in denial because I love the summer and the warm weather. Summer calls for certain types of beauty products. Beauty products for the summer need to be geared to the weather and longer days. Here are 25 beauty products to help you through the dog days of summer.

Aveeno Pure Renewal Shampoo & Conditioner
If you hair has suffered from too much sun, chlorine or even just over styling, it needs a bit of refreshing right now. This duo (sold separately) refreshes and re-balances hair with their Active Naturals Balancing Seaweed Extract. It makes hair super soft, shiny and more manageable.

Aveeno Pure Renewal Dry Shampoo
For in between shampoos, and who has time to do that everyday when you are trying to soak up the last bit of summer, this dry shampoo is fantastic. It is even great for after a day at the beach. It is lightweight and absorbs oil, leaving hair looking clean and healthy.

Benefit Bathina Body Oil Mist
Quench summer parched skin with this lightweight, but super hydrating, body oil mist. This is great to use everyday on the legs to give them that extra glow, or mist all over, because it reaches those hard-to-get-to areas. It smells seductively sweet, perfect for a summer night out.

Bliss Give Me Strength Hair + Nail Boosting Bites
If you've neglected your hair and nails over the summer, now is the time to give them that little extra nourishment they need. These delicious pomegranate-blueberry flavored fruit chews are created with a unique blend of strand-strengthening and fingertip-fortifying nutrients to get your hair and nails back in tip top shape.

Coppertone Oil Free Faces
An extra sunscreen for the face is a must. This is a fragrance free, hypo allergenic sunscreen lotion specifically designed for the face. It helps prevent premature skin aging and it's oil free so it will not clog pores.

Coppertone Sport
A durable sunscreen that lasts is important, especially if you are active. This sunscreen (that comes in various degrees of SPF) protects and stays on strong when you sweat.  It is water resistant for 80 minutes and contains ingredients that block both UVA and UVB rays.

EOS Lips Balm Kit
The taste of Summer can last all year long with this new Basket of Fruit Smooth Sphere Lip Balm Pack. The set contains four fruit inspired lip balms: Limited Edition Fresh Watermelon, Strawberry Sorbet, Summer Fruit and Pomegranate Raspberry Smooth Sphere Lip Balms. Keeping lips hydrated never tasted so sweet.

Foreo LUNA
This unexpectedly different facial cleansing system is not your ordinary facial brush, it is made with silicone making it extra soft and gentle on skin. It cleanses and massages the skin with trans dermal sonic pulsations to stimulate blood flow beneath the skin’s surface so you get cleansing from the inside, out. Skin feels soft after just one use and visible difference in overall skin tone is noticeable in just three days.

Fresh Life Eau de Parfum
The newest scent from Fresh is just that - fresh, but uniquely so. Life has a nontraditional structure of four different note compositions that are carefully blended together to capture the ultimate Fresh moment. If you want a light, refreshing fragrance that intermingles with the scents of endless summer, this is it. It's like a sunny blue sky in a bottle.

Gelmoment Polish
A summer manicure needs to withstand the elements and last as long as it can. This one coat gel polish is super quick and easy to use, as it needs no extra base or top coat. Nails need to be prepared for gel polish then cured with a UV light after one coat of polish, followed by a wipe of alcohol for high shine. There are eight summer shades available.

Herbal Essences Body Wash
This brand new body wash was made to smell just like the shampoo & conditioner. It's great for softening that dry, dull summer skin in the shower. The washes are infused with exotic botanicals and smell so good. Hello Hydration is a summery burst of coconut.

L’Oréal Paris Age Perfect Glow Renewal Facial Oil
This super rich and skin quenching oil and cream (sold separately) will turn over-dry skin back to its pre- summer state. The oil contains a unique blend of 8 essential oils that are all lightweight and surprisingly fast absorbing. It glides on effortlessly and makes skin feel great. Just 4 - 5 drops morning and night is all that's needed.

L’Oréal Magic Nude Liquid Powder
This lightweight liquid to powder foundation will gently cover and even out skin tone, while making skin look natural, but better. It's an "un-makeup" look. The advanced formula feels different - as in like nothing is on the skin. It is super soft and feels like a powder to the touch. UVA/UVB protection is a plus.

Meaningful Beauty Lifting Eye Cream
Summer sunning means you were probably squinting a lot and out late. Work on that eye area now before the crows feet set in. Not only does this eye cream contain ingredients to make the eye area to look tightened and lifted, it contains optical diffusers. These help blur lines, soften dark circles and diminish puffiness.

Nip & Fab Pigmentation Fix
Dark spots are bound to pop up after spending a lot of time in the sun. This concentrated formula reduces the appearance of brown spots and uneven skin tone so skin will look more clear. The serum like formula not only corrects spots, it contains ingredients to prevent the formation of the spots to begin with. Apply a few minutes prior to moisturizer, twice a day.

Nuance Salma Hayek Facial Cleansing & Toning Towelettes
Beautiful skin, is clean skin, and quickly washing away a day in the sun is a must. These detoxifying cleansing wipes use specialized extracts to help remove the days impurities, balance, soothe and calm the skin. Glycerin helps retains the skins natural moisture for a soft, hydrated feel.

Philosophy Kiss Me Exfoliating Lip Scrub
Lips bear the brunt of summer beach days. Get rid of that extra layer of dry, chapped skin with a this gentle lip scrub. Apply it with the tube and then rub your fingertip over lips in small circular motions. Tissue off. Lips are quickly soft and kissable once again.

POND'S Luminous Finish BB+ Cream
Looking for a do-it-all product that makes your skin look good while it does good for you? Try this new BB Cream. It contains a unique tone perfecting complex to even skin out while making it look luminous. All with a bit of extra hydration and broad spectrum sunscreen that is essential in summer.

RapidLash
If your lashes are more than brittle from all that harsh waterproof mascara you've been wearing, recondition them with this nourishing serum. Brush on the clinically-proven formula infused with vitamins, essential fatty acids and amino acids to have long, strong and fuller lashes in as little as 30 days. Use every night before bed and be prepared to be amazed.

Rootflage
Not enough time to get your roots done? Especially with hair getting more blonde form the sun, your roots are probably showing more now than ever. Use this colored powder guaranteed to match a variety of blondes and watch your dark roots fade as you brush the powder into hair. It comes in cool blonde, light blonde, or warm blonde.

Seventh Generation Boosts Hydrating Natural Skin Serum
If you skin needs a boost, and whose doesn't after spending so much time outdoors and in the sun, add a drop or two of this serum to your cleanser or lotion. You can even use it on its own to restore skins natural moisture balance. Skin is softer in no time.

Shaveworks Pearl Soufflé Shave Cream
Show off that faux glow with super smooth stems. The first step in shaving is a great shaving cream. This one not only makes sure you have a closer shave and reducing razor irritation, it nourishes skin as you shave. Natural botanicals (that smell so great!) smooth and soften skin. Plus, there is an ingredient that helps to inhibit hair growth, so that means a longer time in between shaves.

Shaveworks The Cool Fix Targeted Gel Lotion
This soothing blue gel is the ultimate post-shave skin savior. It immediately calms skin and cools razor burn as it alleviates redness too. Best of all, it releases those irritating ingrown hairs so razor bumps are a thing of the past. Used regularly it helps prevent ingrown hairs from happening in the first place.

Suave Skin Solutions Soothing Body Lotion
Dry skin needs to be re-hydrated and soothed. The new, richer formula soothes dry, summer stressed skin. Infused with aloe and cucumber, it is perfect to use after showering or at day at the beach. Skin is left soothed, soft and freshly scented.

Sultra Bombshell 1.5-Inch Rod Curling Iron
If your beachy waves aren't cutting it anymore, try this large rod style curling iron for a new take on your summer look. Wrap the ends of hair around the wand away from the face, and magically watch the big loose curls take shape. This rod heats up fast, so styling is easy and quick. Curls last all day, into the night.

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Makeup Wars: Summer Foundation.

My summer makeup routine is very different from the rest of the year. I like to go lighter all over, as in wear less (lighter) makeup, especially when it comes to foundation. I don't require the heavier coverage that I normally do in the winter, nor do I like it when it is hot out. I found that layering two products works best for me.

This summer I am layering Clinique Moisture Surge CC Cream and It Cosmetics Celebration Foundation to get the perfect summer coverage and look for me.

Moisture Surge CC Cream glides on over my skin as it protects it with SPF 30, which is obviously super important to have in your complexion perfector for summer. I like to apply the CC Cream with my fingertips. I start at the center of my face and blend out, sort of patting it into my skin. Alone, it offers beautiful, light coverage. It has a lightweight texture that is definitely breathable. After the CC Cream sets into my skin for a few minutes, I take a large fluffy powder brush and swirl it around into the Celebration Foundation. I brush it over my face, concentrating on my forehead, nose and chin, then onto my cheeks to and blend it all in. I don't use a ton of the powder, just enough to set the CC Cream, deepen the color a bit and blend everything together. Together, it lasts all through the day as it makes my skin look like a more perfect kind of natural for summer.

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Summer 2013: L’Oréal Paris Colour Me Pink Cosmetics Collection.

Last week I told how much I love pink with my favorite summer manicure. My nails were done with shades from the new L’Oréal Paris Colour Me Pink Cosmetics Collection. And the collection does not end with nails. It also includes some great pink shades for lips.

The limited edition Colour Me Pink Collection consists of 6 nail polishes, 8 lipsticks and 5 glosses. Seriously, it's a plethora of pinks! Whether going for an edgy or romantic look, the pinks are sure to complement any summer style.

This collection has the perfect pink for everyone, from light and natural to bold and daring.

Colour Riche Lipcolour - $8.95 each

Ballerina ShoesI Pink You're CutePink FlamingoMiss MagentaWisteria RoseEverbloomRaspberry RushFresh As A Rose

Colour Riche Le Gloss - $7.95 each

Pucker Up PinkFlorid PinkRosy DemeanorRaspberry FlushBerry Chic

Colour Riche Nail - $5.99 each

Berry Jealous!Sugary SweetTaste of RomancePink AttitudeRosy MacaronHella Pink

Look for all of the Colour Me Pink products at your favorite drugstore or mass retailer now.

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Summer Must: Urban Decay De-slick Mattifying Powder.

Even those of use with dry skin get shiny in the summer. Whether it is oil, sweat or just some shine for no specific reason, I am not a fan of looking greasy. Seriously. Who likes shiny skin? Urban Decay doesn't and has just relaunched this favorite powder to get rid of all things shiny. Meet De-Slick Mattifying Powder.

De-Slick does what it sounds like it does. It gets rid of that un-flattering slick shine. It does this with rice powder. It is super lightweight and super absorbent, so not only does it banish shine, but it actually absorbs oil. What is really great about De-Slick is that it comes in one universal shade good for every skin tone. Really, it is. Don't let the pale lavender color scare you. It goes on invisibly and simply gets rid of shine and controls it all throughout the day.

To apply, you can use the enclosed sponge, but I like to use a fluffy powder brush to do the trick. De-Slick never looks cakey or dull. It honestly doesn't even look like I am wearing powder after I apply it. All it does is absorb the shine.

De-Slick Mattifying Powder sells for $32.00 and is available at Sephora, ULTA, select Macy's and urbandecay.com.

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Cheap Thrills: 20 Cute Summer Sandals Under $50

Get thee in the pedicure chair! It's sandal season-and we found all the best gladiators, flats and wedges from $15

aldo shoes

Rich ornamentation and just a hint of heel prove that flat sandals can indeed be sexy.

To buy: Aldo ‘Kaili’ sandal, $34.98 at aldoshoes.com

maurices

Pair these shimmering sandals with an iridescent pedicure and a fishtail braid.

To buy: Maurices ‘Kendra’ sandal with stones, $29 at maurices.com

asos

We’ll wear these glossy, two-tone sandals with cropped white jeans and a patterned top.

To buy: ASOS Collection ‘Flock’ flat sandal, $22.06 at asos.com

kohls

You can’t go wrong with a minimalist metallic sandal, and these have adjustable buckles in back for the perfect snug-but-not-chafing fit.

To buy: Candie’s sandals, on sale for $16.49 at kohls.com

modcloth

This is the ultimate urban goddess sandal, period.

To buy: ModCloth ‘The Ascent of Glam’ sandal, $22.99 at modcloth.com

maurices

Add edge to any outfit with a pair of spike stud sandals. These remind of us of Valentino’s ‘Rockstud’ collection…for, um, thirty times less.

To buy: Maurices ‘Kai’ studded sandal, $29 at maurices.com

asos

…so little time. River Island’s mixed-media sandals look amazing with denim, neutrals, pastels and brights.

To buy: River Island ‘Awana’ sandal, on sale for $47.52 at asos.com

modcloth

We spied a pair just like this on Mrs. Megan Draper, and now they’re shoppable for less than $45!

To buy: ModCloth ‘So Cute and Ladders’ sandal, $44.99 at modcloth.com

kohls

Just looking at these beaded strappy sandals makes us want to pack our bags and head south of the border, or at least to our favorite Tex-Mex restaurant.

To buy: Mudd sandals, on sale for $23.97 at kohls.com

old navy

It’s about time espadrilles came down to earth! And we love all four patterns these come in.

To buy: Old Navy espadrille lace-up sandal, $18.00 at oldnavy.com

modcloth

Scalloping, cutouts and the perfect shade of cameo-pink…it doesn’t get more feminine than this.

To buy: ModCloth ‘The Pose Garden’ sandal, $32.99 at modcloth.com

asos

This season designers showcased teensy floral prints, and these ASOS sandals are a fun and affordable way to wear the trend.

To buy: ASOS Collection ‘Falcon’ sandal, $18.67 at asos.com

modcloth

These are the sort of earthy-pretty, Swedish-inspired sandals we want to wear all summer long.

To buy: ModCloth ‘Lakeside Celebration’ wedges, $34.99 at modcloth.com

old navy

So much more feminine — but just as easy to wear — as your favorite flip-flops.

To buy: Old Navy rosette sandals, $4.97 at oldnavy.com

dorothy perkins

The trendy minimalist metal look has never been easier to wear. Pick the blush shade for a dose of Parisian femininity, or order the black for maximum urban edge.

To buy: Dorothy Perkins metal cuff sandals, $29 at dorothyperkins.com

dorothy perkins

Colorblocking meets timeless styling in these mini wedges from Dorothy Perkins. Pair them with all skirt lengths, skinny jeans or loose shorts.

To buy: Dorothy Perkins coral strappy wedges, $49 at dorothyperkins.com

asos

Perhaps the perfect summer sandal, this pair works perfectly well for the office or after-hours drinks.

To buy: Asos ‘Florence’ sandal, $37.33 at asos.com

zappos

These faux leather thong sandals combine an earthy-brown town with an edgy studded collar.

To buy: Madden Girl Melloww in Cognac Paris, $35.99 at zappos.com

two lips shoes

These aren't just stylish, feather fringe makes them fun to walk in, too! 

To buy: Too Lips 'Too Parrot' in Natural, $49.99 at twolipsshoes.com

two lips

Slilver lacquered cork gives these slides a high-shine look with a lightweight feel.

To buy: Two Lips ‘Too Zena’ thongs, $44.95 at twolips.com

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10th Annual Top-10 Summer Reading List for Business Leaders

Jeff Kudisch, Assistant Dean of Corporate Relations and Managing Director of the Office of Career Services

Emotional Intelligence 2.0
by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves, 2009

“As bestselling author and thought leader Patrick Lencioni noted in the opening pages, Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves ‘can drastically change the way you think about success.’ I concur and strongly encourage those seeking leadership positions to read this book,” says Jeff Kudisch, assistant dean of corporate relations and managing director of the Office of Career Services. “Emotional Intelligence (EQ) continues to receive increasing attention in the workplace, especially given evidence that executives who possess strong EQ skills seem to emerge as the best performers relative to their counterparts who rely heavily on their strong IQ. There are plenty of brilliant people who have never made it because they lack the social savvy needed to develop strong relationships, build trust and inspire others,” says Kudisch. “In addition to being an easy read, Emotional Intelligence 2.0 includes access to a free online assessment tool, the Emotional Intelligence Appraisal, which will help you create a baseline against gauging self-improvements.”

P.K. Kannan, Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Marketing Science

Who owns the future?
by Jaron Lanier, 2013

“Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier provides a contrarian’s view of the benefits of technology, digitization, and ‘big data,’ which is both provocative and controversial,” says P.K. Kannan, Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Marketing Science. “Lanier’s main argument is that the riches derived from network connectivity, digitization and crowd-sourcing has benefited just a few major corporations (which he calls Siren Servers), concentrating wealth in the hands of a few, and decimating the middle-class over time. All of this may sound very socialistic, but the interesting ideas emerge when Lanier speculates how network technology can be leveraged to benefit all the network participants for their input. This is could mean customers getting payment for their online reviews, for their ‘Likes,’ their crowd-sourced ideas – all with the help of micro-payments. What implications this has for customer and citizen privacy and the market for information is a fascinating discourse. A must-read for all ‘big data’ fans!”

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Stash one of these in your beach bag or carry-on—here’s the 2013 list of annual summer reading recommendations from faculty and experts at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

“The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine,” by Michael Lewis (2011).

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“It’s entertaining and informative about the products and participants in the financial crisis. Financial markets and shadow banking have become rather convoluted but Lewis is able to provide an explanation of the industry while maintaining interest, even for those not in finance.”

— Mike Faulkender,
associate professor of finance

“Influence,” by Robert Cialdini (2009).

“The classic reference on how to sell. Based on rigorous academic research, the book helps one understand why people say ‘yes’ and how to apply this information.”

— Brent Goldfarb, associate
professor of management and
entrepreneurship

“Lean In,” by Sheryl Sandberg (2013).

“Every business leader should read Sandberg’s ‘Lean In.’ Women are changing the workplace and this is a must-read for professional women to feel confident and inspired to take their place at the table, but also for men to understand the positive impact. This is not ‘The Feminine Mystique’ — this is a ‘how-to guide’ on improving workplace dynamics and capitalizing on the talented, educated women in the workforce. Women are a rising tide that will absolutely lift all ships.”

— Elana Fine, managing director of the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship

“The Power of Consistency: Prosperity Mindset Training for Sales and Business Professionals,” by Weldon Long (2013).

“Long teaches his readers how to follow a four-step process to success by, among other things, learning how your life reflects your thoughts and the words you use during self-talk. Long says the thoughts and beliefs we consistently have determine our level of success. This is a good book especially for new graduates and younger executives. You’ll appreciate the author’s incredible story of going from homelessness, alcoholism and prison to success in life and business.”

— Ken White, associate dean of MBA and M.S. Programs

“Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking,” by Susan Cain (2012).

“This book is not only addressed to introverts like me, but explains introverts to the two-thirds of the population that is extroverted. Cain explores the ‘extrovert ideal’ and gives examples of how society undervalues introverts. Introverts prefer listening to speaking. Introverts are also creative and innovative, but generally not good at self-promotion, and prefer working individually to working on a team. Cain explores the scientific research and provides stories about introversion and famous introverts — Dr. Seuss, Einstein, Proust and Chopin. Introverts and extroverts are compatible work partners — the extroverts just need to remember that introverts need ‘think’ time and time alone to recharge. The introverts need to remember that extroverts are recharged by interacting with others.”

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