Archive for July, 2010

Pan-Mass Challenge- One Week to Go!

Friday, July 30th, 2010

The Pan-Mass Challenge takes place in about one week- August 7-8, to be exact, and I am ready (I think)! By the time next Friday rolls, I will have amassed 1,000 training miles and my bike is (had better be) in game condition (update-- I need a new shifter now, ...

Social Media Top 5: Anonymity Lives(?), Facebook’s Movie Tie-in (oops), & Podcasting

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="400" caption="Anonymous at Scientology in Los Angeles by Sklathill, on Flick"][/caption] Online Anonymity- Which Way Are We Headed? Over dinner with a friend, the topic of community online discussion forums came up. And by "community," I mean "local" - your town or city. My friend said that his local forum can get pretty ...

Social Media Top 5: Cat Fights, Shark Jumps (Apple?) & Silver Fish (Old Spice)

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

see more Some social media stories on my mind- just four this week, that's how it goes. Social Media High School I don't have much to say about the recent blogging slap-fight between Kami Huyse and Peter Shankman (except to say you're beautiful people and I love you all, and Geoff Livingston ...

Pan-Mass Challenge Update: Speed Demons and Heavy Hitters

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

An overdue Pan-Mass Challenge update. First off, thanks to many of you, I have met my minimum fundraising requirement ($4,200) for the ride in record time! With a full four weeks to go from last weekend, I think it's worth sticking with and see if I can hit "Heavy Hitter" status; ...

Social Media Top 5: No Mobile Updates, Content Curation, Yelp Smarter than Foursquare?

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Only 10% Using Mobile to Update Social Networks? Really? That's what the Pew Internet and American Life Project says, according to Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim. I know I am in an early social media adopter bubble, but it seems to me that people are already Facebooking from everywhere, no? No, apparently. In ...