Social Media Top 5: Twestival, Can Twitter be Digg, and Pulver Pokes
Doug Haslam Twestival: I had been hearing quite a bit about Charity:Water over the last few months, from a semi-mysterious mailed invitation to a New York fundraiser party in December (I got…
Uttercast: Hope for a Social Media Presidency?
After reading a piece about President Obama and th Web in the latest Wired (print!), I thought more about the idea of a "social media presidency." I still don’t think…
Pan-Mass Challenge Update February 2
A mere six months to go until this year’s Pan-Mass Challenge, and I though I would share a few updates on my preparations: – First off, please consider donating to…
Social Media Top 5: It’s Not About You, Mr. Journalist, and Blogging is Not a Business Requirement
What Really Needs to Change? How about journalists making themselves the story (and for the purposes of this column, Michael Arrington of TechCrunch is a journalist)? Dating back to my…
Uttercast: Cross-posting? Remember Context & Audience
I have often experienced "network weaving," where a conversation takes place across multiple platforms- like someone answering a Twitter question on Facebook, etc. This concept is becoming more and more…
Uttercast: We Still Need the Echo Chamber
Now sit down, I’m not going to rant for or against the social media Echo Chamber. Peter Kim lays out a couple of excellent posts about breaking out. I do…
Social Media Top 5: Buffering Obama, Lazy Readers, & PR No-Brainers
Has Obama broken a social media promise? – I have been very skeptical of the idea that President Obama’s will be a “social media” administration. Federal government seems to me…
Two Sides of Customer Service
How far should a company go to keep its customers? It actually doesn’t take very much. Take Comcast for instance. all they have to do is listen and nip problems…
Uttercast: Pan-Mass Challenge Update
The Pan-Mass Challenge isn’t until August, and my bike remains neglected in my dark, not exactly photogenic basement, but I already have a couple of things to report: 1) Within…
Uttercast: It’s Not Him It’s Us
Now that Obama is President, I can look back and say how moving, impressive and awesome the whole campaign was. We have invested a lot of hope in Obama, and…