Social Media Top 5: SXSW Fail Whale, Ultimate Insults, & Real Influence
Doug Haslam AT&T Leases the Fail Whale for SXSW: It seems that Twitter didn’t make the same leap at South by Southwest Interactive that it did in 2007 and 2008. Part of…
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The New Problem Solving
Riding my new bike this weekend, I started with a problem. My last bicycle was 20 years old, with the gear shift down on the frame. The new one has…
Uttercast: The Message Control Myth
During the "Journchat" Twitter conversation last night, the concept of PR as "perception management" – or not – led me to think about a slightly different topic: the notion of…
Social Media Top Five: SXSW Edition (or Not), and Happy Birthday Internet!
It’s South by Southwest Interactive this weekend, since everybody’s attention span is shortened by imbibing in too much, um, Internet knowledge, I will keep things short this week. ******** First,…
Uttercast: The Distributed Conversations Dilemma
Among my latest reading is Brian Solis’ Mashable article on the loss of "Blog Authority" to the "Statusphere." (http://bit.ly/…tatusphere) Authority refers specifically to Technorati, the blog search engine, but more…
Social Media Jungle Boston; A Snapshot
I had the pleasure today of attending Jeff Pulver’s Social Media Jungle in Boston (ok, Waltham, MA) today. First, the format worked out really well– a number of speakers, many…
Social Media Top 5: Obama Interactive-ish, Twitter Grump & Friends Get Ink
Maybe This is More Important Than Having a Blogging President: President Obama responding directly to New York Times columnist David Brooks’ criticisms, in a direct, thoughtful and – most importantly-…
Uttercast: The Web Site Gave Me the Skittles
There has been plenty of back-and-forth on both sides of opinion about the new www.skittles.com. In short, they replaced the home page with redirects to live social media sites optimized…
Pan-Mass Challenge Update: Fundraising, and What You Can Do
As February has come to a close, I would like to update on my progress in training and fundraising for the Pan-Mass Challenge. As for fundraising, thanks to an increasing…
Social Media Top 5; Rocky Mountain Low, Loic’s Nuclear Option, and What Beats Who
A Newspaper Goes Dark, with Dignity (?): The Rocky Mountain News produced its last edition Friday, after the sudden announcement that it would do so after the Scripps company was…