Ted Shelton is currently CEO of The Conversation Group. Ted has spent the past 20 years working in the high tech industry, as a software developer and executive in both public and privately held companies. Prior roles include Chief Strategy Officer of Borland Software and Senior VP of Sales and Marketing for WhoWhere.

Nobody likes being interrupted by irrelevant marketing messages. In this 7-minute conversation after class at Haas, Ted Shelton and Andreas Weigend discuss how sharing data leads to higher expectations towards relevance and serendipity.

Video filmed and produced by Shaun Tai.

Need a relaxing CD? Listen to clips of Serendipity: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture

This TechAffair.com exclusive gives a glimpse into the first class of the new course "Marketing 2.x" at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

Date: March 19th, 2009, Class 1
Course title: Marketing 2.x: The Social Data Revolution
Course number & semester: MBA 267, Spring 2009-B
Location: Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley)

Presentation by Andreas Weigend (Andreas S. Weigend, Ph.D.). Mankind is transformed by the data created by individuals. Information overload has become more serious than ever. Social discovery is the new search. What applications can we build to create relevant meaning in our lives?

Video filmed and produced by Shaun Tai.

Speaking of Jeff Bezos (chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Amazon.com), did you know he was on the cover of TIME Magazine? Check out this cool poster…