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So Your Parents Found You Online, Now What?

Feb 27, 2009 2 Comments by

The moment has arrived that you’ve been dreading. Your dad left a comment on that photo of you in the lamp shade on your FaceBook wall. Your mom made fun of the outfit you wore to that party – the one where you took that picture in the bathroom mirror on your MySpace profile. Or [...]

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Mobile Social Spreading, but Still Stunted

Feb 22, 2009 No Comments

I just got my first iPod Touch, and suffice it to say that I’m officially hooked.  In fact, I’m more than hooked.  In less than 24 hours, I’ve effectively decided that lugging around a Blackberry Curve with the wonderful Touch is too much, and that I need an iPhone.  Leslie called the iPod Touch a [...]

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Social Media Jungle Is Coming To Boston

Feb 21, 2009 No Comments

Jeff Pulver‘s Social Media Jungle was a hit in New York and Las Vegas, and now the 2009 Nationwide Tour has begun in earnest. The Jungle comes to Boston on March 10th, and I am honored to once again lead a discussion. In New York I talked about human capitol as the new ROI in [...]

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Youth On Twitter

Feb 21, 2009 10 Comments

By far the question I have been asked the most this month is “How do you feel about kids under 18 using Twitter?” (This is second only to “How do you feel about porn stars using Twitter?”, by the way.) I think what people are truly asking with the subtext of that question is “Do [...]

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Social Media Breakfast NH # 1 Final Details

Feb 17, 2009 No Comments

I am excited at the response from everyone in the NH tech, new media and social media community for Social Media Breakfasts in NH. We found two sponsors for the event: the venue and AV equipment sponsor Southern NH University and the food and beverage sponsor DimDim. Thanks to their generosity we were able to [...]

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Facebook Ties up Loose Contractual Ends and Everyone Cries Foul…Why?

Feb 16, 2009 12 Comments

Today the blogosphere is all a’tizzy about Facebook’s move to claim all rights, past and present, to user-uploaded content.  And perhaps the reaction is justified; didn’t we already deal with Facebook on the privacy front just a short while ago with the whole invasive advertising debacle?   If you haven’t heard, Facebook updated its terms-of-service [...]

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Welcome to the Collaborative Economy

Feb 14, 2009 2 Comments

It occurred to me today that our business is now about 50% or more collaborative. What I mean by that is that we are doing more and more work with more than one agency or profession on various projects to bring more quality to each project, either for our clients or their clients. I love [...]

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Does Social Media Transcend Personality?

Feb 07, 2009 11 Comments

A while back I conducted a very informal little study over the course of several days. This informal study of MBTI, Dunbar numbers and Twitter follower and following counts was meant to be a stepping stone to further studies I plan to do. To that end, I flew a bit fast and loose with the [...]

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Topics on Fire, Episode 13: Social Media and Relationships

Feb 07, 2009 No Comments

Topics on Fire, Episode 13: Social Media and Relationships is scheduled for 10 PM EST on Sunday, 2/8/09 on TalkShoe. I appreciate your patience with our last minute rescheduling once we realized there was a SuperBowl conflict last week. How is social media having an impact on your online and offline relationships? What are some [...]

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45 in 45 with Aaron Strout: Lucky # 13

Feb 06, 2009 2 Comments

I am over on Aaron Strout’s blog today as # 13 in his 45 in 45 “Experts in the Industry” interview Q&A series. I had a blast answering his questions, and I’ve had even more fun reading the other interviews as they’ve appeared. We have so much to learn from each other. This is another [...]

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