Calling All Comics: Unfunny Social Media Marketers Need Your Help
Doug Haslam Every day, it seems, we see an example of a company, or an individual social media marketer, doing something dumb on the Internet.The cycle goes something like: Brand or person…
LinkedIn and the Context of Social Media Etiquette
When people kvetch about getting “Generic” connection requests on LinkedIn, I tend to roll my eyes -and not just because I roll my eyes a lot. The “generic” appearance of…
This is Why People Hate “Social Media Authors”
Ok, first of all, the hyperbole of the post title is designed for attention. Perhaps my next post will be “This is Why People Hate Bloggers Who Write Hyperbolic Post…
Red Sox. World Series. #winning (Game 1)
Took a few photos from my seats and thought I would have fun with Google Plus’ automatic GIF maker
A Few Thoughts on Live Blogging
In the near-decade since “live blogging” events has been a thing, there has been debate about its utility – those arguments tend to extend to attendees live-tweeting, leading to an…
I Almost Caused a Riot at Dollar Tree (Google+/Facebook Embed Experiment)
I recounted this tale of horror on Google+ and Facebook recently. I wondered if I should put it on the blog- a few weeks later, the new “embed” functions on…
Ghosts of Social Media Past: Jaiku’s Constant Reminder
With every celebration of the popular social network, the faint Cassandran winds howl “What will you do when it’s gone?” I say faint, because nobody seems to see an imminent…
Attention, Twitter and TED
I attended TEDx Cambridge this month. While I might be tempted to recap the sessions and the ideas presented, I won’t. What was more unique to me was the experience.…
Pan-Mass Challenge 2013 in Review
The Pan-Mass Challenge – my sixth – has come and gone, and this year may have been the best yet, in my unscientific opinion. The weather was beautiful, even with…
“How to be Me” – The Universal Un-truthiness of Thought Leadership
Frequently, we see influential people we look up to – in business, art, et al – write about their success. They write about how they achieved it; they write about…