Barack Obama’s Fundraising Style not impressing Shel Israel
John Edwards (or at least his staff pretending to be him) has recently joined Twitter, he’s one of my 91 ‘friends’. I know he’s flying to San Antonio as I write this blog post. Great transparency, even...
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Salim makes good. Hundreds of Silicon Valley STIRR Entrepreneurs now non-thirsty
Last time at the STIRR event, Salim Ismail had a slight incident on stage, As a recap, Salim promised to buy everyone drinks if they clapped (applause as currency for voting) for his product to...
View ArticleUnderstanding Cyberbullying, a primer for Parents
I’m not a parent, but Cyberbullying has been talked about very heavily this week. Wendall Davis of Symantec (one of PodTech’s customers) has a very informative podcast on what is Cyberbullying...
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Feeling good about recycling my old PCs
I’m not a tree hugger or earth hippie by any means, but I do want our tech industry to remain a thriving long term helpful addition to this planet for a long time to come. Yesterday, I dropped off 3...
View ArticleA Salute to Harry McCraken
I had the privilege to be a moderator for a panel where Harry was sharing his honest insights about the future of the web. He’s an extremely bright individual and has years (decades?) of experience in...
View ArticleCompanies, Employees, and Social Media requires Trust
I’ve worked for a few companies now in my career, and each culture exemplifies it’s trust for it’s employees in different ways. For many companies, there’s a long list of do’s and don’t that are issued...
View ArticleRespect and Accountability (Updated this post)
In my recent post, I write about how our industry is starting to solidify and come together. This conference, blog world expo in Vegas is more like a trade show, and we’re seeing constituents from many...
View ArticleThe Variance of Corporate Social Media Policies
Our research indicates that 2/3rds of US online Youth (ages 12-17) use social networks at least monthly, and 20% of teens use them daily. (Q4, 2007) There’s no indication that I’ve seen that the...
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How To Make Sponsored Conversations Work
Although Controversial, Sponsored Conversations are Here to Stay Sponsored conversations, although controversial, aren’t going away. In fact during recession, they will likely increase. Update: See...
View ArticleA Running List of Sponsored Conversations
Sponsored conversations are happening, yet we insist on it being done right and ethically, that means disclosure and being authentic. This post, which I’m updating frequently, will serve to show there...
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Is Technology making us Calm — or causing us Anxiety?
Is the technology in your life making you Calm? Or increasing your Anxiety? When you look around at all the beeping and blinking apps and devices, most of the technology in our lives is trying to get...
View ArticleThe Rise of Digital Feudalism; Chances are, You’re a Serf.
This was originally posted on Hugh McCloud’s Gaping Void newsletter. Technology has fulfilled many promises from connecting the world, enabling transparency to increase the speed of otherwise slow...
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