Coming to Grips with the Death of Google Reader
Doug Haslam As a long-time user of Google Reader to manage the feeds of the blogs and other online publications I read and am interested in, I was understandably among those up…
Real-Time Marketing vs Knee-Jerk Idiocy; a Guide for Smart People
We are hearing a lot lately about “real-time marketing” in social media. The most-cited example is Oreo jumping on the Superdome blackout during this year’s Super Bowl with the “You…
Post-Posterous: Incremental Tools and Obsolescence
Not convinced that you should own your own content, somewhere, somehow? Did you use Posterous as our content platform because it was easy? Just recently, Posterous went and did it:…
Being There (on Social Media)
I have read about people taking breaks from social media. Pew Internet has even tried to make it a trend, pointing out the significant percentage of users who have taken…
Reading Social Media “Research”
We see a lot of studies and “research” in the world of social media. What is the most popular social network? What is the best time of day to Tweet?…
Less Grumpy About Vine, Google Plus & Social Business (But Still Grumpy)
I like being a curmudgeon. How much? This much: When new ideas, phrases, and tools come out in the social media world, I am not normally the first to jump…
Living with Lawyers; Legal Hurdles in Corporate Social Media
It’s popular – and way too easy – in public relations and social media to say that lawyers get in the way of everything. When preparing announcements, we dread the…
Lance Armstrong & Livestrong: On Being Prepared to Lose Your Spokesperson
The Web is awash in stories and speculation about Lance Armstrong, his use of performance-enhancing drugs, and what that meant – and means – for the sport of cycling. I’m…
Pan-Mass Challenge 2012 Fundraising Review
Last summer, I rode in my fifth Pan-Mass Challenge. This two-day ride to benefit the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston has been the centerpiece of my summer since 2008.…
My Career is Not a “Game”
Well, that tears it. People are writing about “Social HR” now, as if it’s a thing. The problem is, people are attaching that term to dead-ends like “gamification” of the…