The smartest people and ideas I discovered or was introduced to via Twitter in October:

Smart People / Smart Ideas October 2009

Kicking off Oct. Smart People / Smart Ideas #245 with @briansolis Great stats on SocMed: People Defining Social Networks http://bit.ly/fo11P

Smart People / Smart Ideas #246 2 smarties for the price of 1: @GeoffLiving talks to #BlogPotomac Speaker @jquig99 http://bit.ly/25GvQk

Smart People / Smart Ideas #247 @themshow creates the PR agency of future http://bit.ly/3cm14h [hat tip @DougH] Must read 4 PR agency CEOs

Smart People / Smart Ideas #248 @BBHLabs talking AI and Augmentation http://bit.ly/8GiAD & http://bit.ly/4dmZ36 Great reads. 

Smart People / Smart Ideas #249 @briansolis’s PR 2.0 blog has a guest post by @mediaphyter  re: SocMed consultants: http://bit.ly/3Tbd9G

Smart People / Smart Ideas #250 @BostonPRPro says it’s still about building relationships http://j.mp/u4wEp [h/t @TDefren] 

Smart People / Smart Ideas #251 @DougH guest-posting for @TDefren on the new Google Sidewiki – http://j.mp/xxuyL

Smart People / Smart Ideas #252 @mikearauz says you get what you measure. Time to adopt a Valuable Measurement approach http://bit.ly/8rWKN

Smart People / Smart Ideas #253 @briansolis introduces the Social Compass: http://bit.ly/QqC6Y

Smart People / Smart Ideas #254 @awolk on opportunities to get edgy in his new AdAge column: http://bit.ly/1mGTB8

Smart People / Smart Ideas #255 @its_amber talks brand integration via Willy Wonka http://bit.ly/436v93 [hat tip @NakedNY]

Smart People / Smart Ideas #256 @malbonster on organizational response http://bit.ly/2r5X12 [Massive post, h/t @Malbonnington]

Smart People / Smart Ideas #257 @media_reveries teaches the Ad Industry what they can learn from Bollywood:  http://bit.ly/4kPnBS

Smart People/Smart Ideas #258 @AmberCadabra reminds us that Humans don’t scale http://tinyurl.com/yje9utz Worth a click 4 the image alone. 

Smart People / Smart Ideas #259 @BBHLabs on Adaptive Brand Marketing: http://bit.ly/2GhgzQ [Seriously, you haven't hired these guys yet?]

Smart People / Smart ideas #260 @jinal_shah is rocking it with her new Content Decoded site. Here she riffs on @faris  http://bit.ly/1OA9co

Smart People / Smart Ideas #261 @MackCollier on Rock Stars and Rock Star ideas: http://is.gd/4CxMJ

Smart People / Smart Ideas #262 @AmberCadabra on Social Media Time Management: Getting Organized http://bit.ly/4x1jo5

Smart People / Smart Ideas #263 @TDefren  explains why some ad agencies are having a hard time with SocMed: http://bit.ly/17S93

Smart People / Smart Ideas #264 Joe Duffy (via @fastcompany) gives a plea: Stop Going to Work http://bit.ly/1Vcdhe [h/t @eeki] 

Smart People / Smart Ideas #265 @anjali28 on Brand Fiction via Mad Men http://ow.ly/x3hB [hat tip @madebymany] 

Smart People / Smart Ideas #266 @michaelSurtees: Story vs. Systems, or as things will be for the time being http://bit.ly/4wZOal

Smart People / Smart Ideas #267 @inakiescudero gives well deserved props to @BBHLabs & @madebymany  http://bit.ly/UP71n

Smart People / Smart ideas #268 @ShannonPaul on The Trouble with Blog Influence Statistics http://tr.im/DABg [hat tip @MarketerBlog

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