Archive for April, 2008

Utterzcast: Can you drop off the grid?

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

After a day off spent largely off the grid, I wondered: are we worried about a power loss for our online presence? Will a day away kill you, digitally? It's actually refreshing to disconnect priodically, even if it's not 100%. You don't read my crap every day anyway. ...

Utterzcast: preparing for your marathon

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

With the Boston Marathon just past, my thoughts turn to: how do you prepare for YOUR marathon, that event or task that looms on your calendar? Are you methodical? Do you wing it? Something in between? With the Pan Mass Challenge approaching in August, certainly thinking on this. By the way if ...

Pan Mass Challenge: Start of Outdoor Training

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

I know the Boston Marathon is getting all the attention as I write this, but I finally got on the bike outside this weekend, to officially kick off the outdoor training phase for the Pan Mass Challenge (www.pmc.org). Short ride, but it felt great and the newly-tuned up bike feels ...

Social Media Top 5: Twittering customer service

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Time for another Social Media Top 5. It has been a whirlwind week, but I am finding time to squeeze one in (or is it out?). This week's Top 5 is on the topic of customer service on Twitter: I have been hearing tell about a Comcast Rep committing acts ...

Utterzcast: What do you NOT put on the Internet?

Friday, April 18th, 2008

I have talked about privacy before, but many of us like to put a lot of ourselves online, through blogs, Flickr, Twitter, etc. What do you leave off? I leave out lots of family details, even if they are public record. Also, there are many messages, particularly on Twitter, that I do ...

Daily Rituals Part 2

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

This morning, it occurred to me to Twitter and blog (via Utterz) about my "daily ritual." Specifically, what ritual do you perform every day that people better not mess with? For me, it's walking my son to school. Because of the time of morning, it means I get to work a ...

Utterzcast: What is your daily ritual?

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

I mean, your 'don't f**k with this' daily ritual? Mine is walking my son to school Oh-- and the picture obviously has nothing to do with my daily walk, it's just a reminder that the Red Sox can be good sometimes.Mobile post sent by DougH using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3

Utterzcast: ‘Broken’ Conversation

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

I have been hearing a lot about 'broken' conversations lately, most recently on Todd Defren's blog, www.pr-squared.com. What do you do if something you started on your blog is discussed elsewhere- on Twitter, on Utterz, or another blog? In a nutshell: deal with it. Find and follow, or miss out. How ...

Utterzcast: TwitterLove for Sale

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

After hearing about Andrew Baron putting his Twitter account up for sale, I thought of a lot of questions: why would he do that? Can he do that? Di have rights as one of his followers?Mobile post sent by DougH using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3

Utterzcast: Twitter out of the fishbowl?

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Doing an interview about Twitter today, I found myself saying that we already have entities outside tocial media 'fishbowl' in Twitter. Perhaps this is part of a slow but certain evolution of thewider public getting on Twitter, Utterz and other networks. What do you think?Mobile post sent by DougH using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3