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culture, miscellany, social media Posted onJuly 14, 2009September 10, 2021

Ships Passing, Twitter Style

I suppose I could create a bridge between them, but sometimes it’s fun to just watch.

culture, social media Posted onApril 20, 2009September 10, 2021

twitter for curmudgeons and noobs

After holding out for a couple of years, I’ve become a full-on twitter convert. I wasn’t avoiding twitter on principle or anything. I just couldn’t […] Read More

culture, social media Posted onFebruary 24, 2009September 10, 2021

5 things Yelp should do to avoid future lawsuits

My last post, “How to win at Yelp: a guide for businesses” was inspired by the recent controversies surrounding Yelp, and the gist of the […] Read More

culture, social media Posted onFebruary 23, 2009September 10, 2021

How to win at Yelp: a guide for businesses

Last week, the East Bay Express published a lengthy story accusing Yelp of extortion. Among other things, the article charges Yelp of offering to take […] Read More

data visualization, social media Posted onFebruary 19, 2009September 10, 2021

Scout Labs launches its social media and brand monitoring solution

From ClickZ: More than two years after its founding, San Francisco startup Scout Labs has unveiled its first software suite, an assortment of Web monitoring […] Read More

miscellany, social media Posted onFebruary 19, 2009September 10, 2021

Travel Channel uses Kyte to power “No Reservations” Facebook app

Kyte’s super-simple content production features are perfect for engaging fans of a show like Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations, so it’s cool to see how the […] Read More

social media, user experience Posted onJanuary 14, 2009September 10, 2021

Why does YouTube bother with ratings?

I’ve worked on a few online video sites in my career, and on every one of those projects we confronted the question of whether to […] Read More

miscellany Posted onJanuary 12, 2009September 10, 2021

I’ve been Kyted

I mentioned in an earlier post that for the past few months I’ve been working with Kyte. That’s their widget above. My lineup of shows […] Read More

culture, social media, user experience Posted onDecember 29, 2008September 10, 2021

twitter is a game

On many occasions and even in a recent post, I’ve said that I just don’t get twitter. I was certain I didn’t want to tune […] Read More

social media Posted onDecember 17, 2008September 10, 2021

Social Media: Lists, Predictions and Lists of Predictions

The end of 2008 is upon us, and that means pundits of all stripes are busy trying to boil it all down. I’ve been reading […] Read More

miscellany, social media Posted onDecember 3, 2008September 10, 2021

No longer (Yelp) cool

Just a year ago, two of my most powerful Internet addictions were Yahoo Fantasy Sports and Yelp. Now, I hardly think about either one. Yelp […] Read More

social media Posted onNovember 30, 2008September 10, 2021

2 ways to monitor buzz with Yahoo! Pipes

In my last post, I mentioned that you can use Yahoo Pipes as a buzz-watching tool. Today I made three short videos to illustrate how […] Read More

culture, social media Posted onOctober 27, 2008September 10, 2021

flirting with twitter

No, I don’t mean I’ve been flirting via twitter. It took me a long time to sign up for twitter. I just didn’t get it. […] Read More

business, culture, social media Posted onJuly 20, 2008September 10, 2021

If you build it, they won’t come

The Business Technology blog over at WSJ reports on a recent study of more than 100 corporate social networks. Ed Moran, a Deloitte consultant, found […] Read More

business, social media Posted onMay 5, 2008September 10, 2021

Give it up

Back in my agency life, clients were always asking us to create “viral” campaigns that would get the attention of the digital youth. Our inside […] Read More

business, social media Posted onFebruary 8, 2008September 10, 2021

The Currency of Influence

The February issue of FastCompany magazine includes an article provocatively-titled, Is the Tipping Point Toast? about the work Duncan Watts has done researching influence. The […] Read More

business, social media Posted onJuly 19, 2007September 10, 2021

On Measuring Influence

Yesterday’s word of the day, apparently, was “influence.” At least that’s what was on the mind of a few big bloggers. Steve Rubel started the […] Read More

business, social media Posted onOctober 31, 2006September 10, 2021

The trouble with CGM

The notion that consumer-generated content lacks authority is not a new one of course. Wikipedia has been in the middle of this storm for a […] Read More

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