2017 Pan-Mass Challenge Fundraising Review
Doug Haslam Every year after the deadlines end and the results are public, I like to have a look at my personal fundraising efforts for the Pan-Mass Challenge, an annual 2-day bike…
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My Top 5: Article Payola, Dilly or No Dilly, #metoo Salute
I have long neglected this space, what so many more fascinating things to read and worry about in the world over the last several months. I figured it was time…
My Top 5: Zillow Goes to Hell, Meek(er) Rebuttal, Influencer Self-Policing, Kill Uber?
McMansion Hell, Zillow and Intellectual Property This past week, I have seen passionate posts online about the issue of the (very funny) McMansion Hell site being served with a Cease…
My Top 5: Disclosure Moves Forward, Thanks to Instagram and More…
Instagram Wants You to Label Your Garbage (well, Your Sponsored Posts) What would it take for me to dust off my blog after some well earned rest (aka “neglect”)? Some…
My Top 5: All The Stupid Things Must Die
A note to start: I am no longer calling this “Social Media Top 5.” I stopped doing social media exclusively a couple of years ago, and not sure I ever…
Social Media Top 5: Politics on Facebook, LinkedIn Advertising & Cheap Tablets Are All Great
UPDATE: I had originally planned to write thoughts on how our new President’s use of Twitter as his outlet for kneejerk infantile rage showed both the possibilities and extreme downside…
Social Media Top 5: Funny Brands, Old News IN COLOR!, SEO Humor & The Year of Mobile
I have taken my sweet time since my last post. Yeah, Happy Holidays to you, too. However, this post is brought to you IN LIVING COLOR: To Feed or Not…
Pan-Mass Challenge: 2016 Fundraising Recap
As 2016 ends, I would like to make my annual review of my Pan-Mass Challenge fundraising efforts. Every summer – the first full weekend of August – I join 6,200…
Social Media Top 5: Craptivism Won’t Kill You and Fake News is Alright (Not Really)
Craptivism Won’t Kill You I have long been reluctant to festoon my social media profiles with the trappings of social activism (remember “Twibbons?”), because I don’t really think I am…
Social Media Top 5: Pipeline Protests, Ballot Selfies, the Electoral Map & More
Activism/Slacktivism This morning (October 31) I started noticing friends checking in to Standing Rock, ND, the location of protests by Native Americans (the Standing Rock Sioux) against the Dakota Access…