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Social Media

Networking at a Seminar. How I Did it.

May 23, 2010

I’ll be speaking at UnSeminar 8 coming up in Austin Texas.
There is plenty to learn from the speakers, but the best reason to attend events like this is the long term relationships that develop from interacting with other attendees.
As I go through my preparation to network, I thought it would interesting to document [...]

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“What the World Needs is More Connections”

May 10, 2010

Connections and our social networks are like a super organism that allows us to spread good and bad.
What you do affects those around you. We know that.. but recent work by Nicholas Christakis tells us that it’s in the structure of our networks
This short video explains so much

Since I first encountered Christakis’s ideas, I’ve looked [...]

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I Don’t Want a “Fan” Page.. Why I’m Getting a Facebook Page

April 19, 2010

I’ve been putting off doing a “page” on Facebook for as long as they’ve been around.
Fist off, I hated the term “fan page” from the start. I don’t want to be seen as a guy looking to get “fans” or establish myself as a guru.
Trouble is, the limits to connections on Facebook have kept [...]

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Twitter Book Author at Tweet House at NAB 2010

April 12, 2010

If you’re at NAB 2010 this week and interested in Social median in the entertainment industry come by the tweet house session.
Be sure to head for the Destination Broadband Theater in the Las Vegas Convention Center from 5-6pm on Tuesday, April 13th to check out these awesome speakers at the official Tweet House session at [...]

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Not Information Overload.. I’ve Got a Use for All That Data

March 4, 2010

When you change your frame of reference, and take a 10,000 foot overview, you see thing that you may have missed
Gary Flake shows how we can get out of the pile of trees that we have seen as the Internet and view the forest of knowledge assembled for us.
Technorati Tags: microsoft pivot,future browsing,new tools to [...]

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“Give Me A Call. I’ll Be Out All Day”

February 18, 2010

Technorati Tags: radio salesman,herb tarlek,wkrp,voice mail,google voice,universal inbox,instant messaging
Way back in the world before computers and cell phones, one of my favorite funny lines from TV was WKRP salesman Herb Tarlek assuring a client that everything work out OK
Del, goshdarnit I’ve got to go, but if you need anything, anything at all, I’ll be in [...]

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Connecting Across Social Networks

December 14, 2009

I’ve been experimenting with a couple of tools that bridge databases to make it easier to reach friends and contacts where they want to be reached.
We’ll have an update on this weeks Social Media Radio Show.. including some stats on what social networks have the best connections and how one site promises to get 43% [...]

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Send Me A Note So I Know You’ve Been Here

December 14, 2009

I read all the comments from this site. Some people don’t know that and still not sure how to reach me.
So I add this cool connection form. It should appear from time to time on posts and pages now. I just add a short code inside a post.
Send me a quick note and let me [...]

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Give Up A Birthday For Clean Water

December 9, 2009

Comment on I’m Giving Up My 37th Birthday!
Clean drinking water is the most universal of needs. I will share this with all I can reach
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost/a

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Every Thing That Happened is Happening Now

December 8, 2009

We’ve been talking about the social media changing the speed at which we do business.
I say that when you can get real time information, the value of aged information is greatly reduced. That’s why people like Twitter, Facebook and other social media.
Now Google takes the next natural step with real time results from the social [...]

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