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Neck Deep in the Zeitgeist

Still More 11 Little Secrets

04.08.2010

I love a good meme. This one was started by Christopher S. Penn, picked up by Olivier Blanchard and then by my friend DJ Waldow. Here’s how Chris defined it: We strive desperately to look for the next big thing, the next big secret, the magic wand that will make everything better. What we tend [...]

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Didn’t they have their own chapter in Gangs of New York?

03.28.2010
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I’ve stopped waiting for my hover car, but come on…

03.07.2010

I’m not a big fan of the Oscars, but The Mrs is. In fact she just said, “I realized tonight that this is my Super Bowl.” When we cancelled our cable TV about four months ago, I think the prospect of being without a reliable source of supply on Oscar night seemed like a dim [...]

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I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now

03.02.2010

I have a huge amount of thinking-and-writing work that I need to do, which has a habit of not getting done in the office, where there’s an Outlook inbox and a door. I love the interaction I get with my colleagues, of course, but some days I need to shut myself away and concentrate on [...]

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Fear of geek robbers

02.20.2010

Mashable makes an extremely valid point in the debate about the safety of location-based apps. As you’ve probably heard, there’s a new tool that aggregates public check-ins from location-based apps that users have posted to public places like Twitter and lets you search them by zip code. (I’m not going to link to it or [...]

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Google Buzz is keeping me awake

02.09.2010

A follow-on to my previous post, that’s going to make me sound even more obsessive, but I’m okay with that. I’ve been checking to see if my Google account is enabled for Buzz yet. It’s not, but I can get to it on my iPhone. So far it looks pretty cool; Twitter-like features and a [...]

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My first unconference

02.08.2010

I went to my first unconference this past weekend, AnalyticsCamp, held at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill. I really enjoyed the format. For those of you unfamiliar with the unconference/barcamp model, there’s no schedule in advance. Speakers propose their sessions on a wiki, then on the day, they stand up and pitch their [...]

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Is social media the new CB radio? 10-4 and negatory.

05.31.2009

When I was 11 years old in 1976, I wanted nothing more than a CB radio. The song “Convoy” had come out and everybody was talking about them. I was sure a CB radio was the coolest thing in the world. By wheedling and cajoling and combining Christmas and birthday presents I managed to get [...]

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Part 2 of my interview with socialmediaB2B.com

05.22.2009

Great site with a lot of useful information for B2B social media marketers. Here’s the rest of my interview with Kipp Bodnar.

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What three days with a netbook have taught me about Twitter

05.17.2009

Don’t bother spending a lot of time and effort on a cool Twitter background. People viewing via a netbook or mobile device either can’t see it, or it’s compressed. If you’re going to make one, look at the design on a small monitor to see what actually shows up. And don’t forget your profile info [...]

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