Archive for April, 2010
Thursday, April 29th, 2010
As April rolls to a close, I am happy to say many of you have already helped me raise $1,790 for my Pan-Mass Challenge ride to benefit the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. That's way ahead of last year's pace, but at 42% (of the $4,200 minimum goal) we still have ...
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
Last week, I attended the New Communications Forum in San Mateo, California; belatedly, it was my first time.
Over at the Voce Nation blog, I have delineated some of the learnings, thoughts, comments and questions that came up over the week. Please have a look and add your two cents if you like.
Beyond ...
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Saturday, April 17th, 2010
Re-Align-Ning: Is "Free" Eroding? This past week, a memo leaked that showed social network provider Ning will be eliminating free accounts, going to a paid-only model, as well as laying off about 40% of its staff. It seems that Ning needed to realign its resources to survive, but the way ...
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Saturday, April 10th, 2010
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Just four this week, but they're all good...
Dad Bloggers Deserve Respect?
I'm assuming this post is a bit tongue-in-cheek. Do "Daddy" bloggers really not get respect? Does it offend you that there are a lot of "mommy blogging" groups? Are you calling for gender-neutral ...
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Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
After a winter of spin classes and other workouts, my training group got together on Saturday, April 3 for an honest-to-goodness outdoor ride- our first of the year- in preparation for the Pan-Mass Challenge August 7-8.
We went a short but good 24 miles, starting out slow but increasing our average ...
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Monday, April 5th, 2010
Facebook Changes Brand "Fans" to Brand "Likes"
I get the idea that asking people to "like" a brand is likely to get more people than asking them to be "fans." I also understand that that lower barrier, equaling more fans likers, also equals more potential ad revenue for Facebook. Well played.
Like ...
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Thursday, April 1st, 2010
It is amazing how people come out to help each other for good causes.
First of all, thanks to all of you who have helped sponsor my Pan-Mass Challenge ride (you can still sponsor here: http://pmc,org/DH0159). We are just under 40% of the total goal of $4,200, and at $1,640 raised ...
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