From the monthly archives:

October 2009

iPhone, uPhone, We All Scream For..

Oct. 31, 2009

Have you heard the one about the 3-year-old and the iPhone?
The Boston Globe shares the following video report:

Call me a critic, but how is this news? Kids have always preferred flashy objects over dull ones. How is bubble wrap — the translucent-like film — anything but dull in comparison?
Perhaps the better analogy is giving a [...]

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Social Media: Banning vs Blocking

Oct. 29, 2009

I am sorry I have to write this but it appears some of the leading technology journals are unable to agree on the difference between a ban and a block. If I didn’t know better, some editors might think the two verbs are synonyms.

The facts
On October 6, 2009, IT staffing firm Robert Half International released [...]

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Further Proof Social Media Ain’t Scary

Oct. 28, 2009

I wrote last week about a social media workshop I planned to illustrate why and how social media is not scary.
While I skipped over some slides, here’s the presentation I led at the First Parish Church of Newbury last night to an attendance of about 40 people:
Scary Presentation
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After my talk [...]

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What is the Cost of Online Friends?

Oct. 26, 2009

Shelly Kramer inspired me with this Twitter message about the joy of translating her online friendships to offline encounters:

IRL is shorthand for “in real life.”
My response: Big whoop.
I mean, yeah, it’s nice and all and I appreciate the concept as I have formed many friendships and business partnerships as the direct result of online [...]

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Is the Future Here?

Oct. 24, 2009

Beginning at Ignite Boston 6 and continuing at Pecha Kucha Boston 13 — two different event organizers, two different venues, and two different segmented crowds that each watch a series of timed presentations that automatically advance slides every 30 seconds — I talked about the future.
As the latest edition of my Saturday roundup, I embed [...]

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How Do You Define Social Media?

Oct. 21, 2009

The social media landscape is vast. Its applications are many. Case studies and best practices are shared daily. But what is it to you?

How do you define social media?

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Social Media is Not Scary

Oct. 19, 2009

When Steve Radick wrote in January 2009 about people’s natural fear of social media, could he have predicted I’d spin his text into a workshop title nine months later?
People have asked me for months when I’d lead a social media workshop in the Boston area. It’s crazy how many times conference agendas were published, my [...]

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