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Reviewing Twitterville

Nov. 2, 2009

“Wherever you live, chances are you think your government could do a better job,” writes Shel Israel in the opening sentence of chapter 13 of Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods.
Shel explains the background to the book’s title, published earlier in 2009, in the introduction, some 200 pages earlier:
Twitterville connotes a [...]

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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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Embracing 5770 with Humor, Heritage, Social Media, and Birthright Israel

Sep. 27, 2009

As we usher in the Jewish new year of 5770, I remember this silly presidential L’Shana Tova greeting Obama and gang shared with you last year.
If you watch the embedded video in that link, it went viral with over a million views courtesy of an educational program enabling Jewish young adults to visit Israel for [...]

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Bring Wi-Fi to Amtrak – But How?

Sep. 21, 2009

After reading dozens of comments from Reason Magazine’s jab on Amtrak’s lack of wireless networking, I will hazard a guess the only way Wi-Fi will happen on its commuter trains (their Pacific Northwest lines aside)–without taxpayer increases and Congressional approval for increased budgeting–is by privatizing the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.
I’ll write that again: Want Wi-Fi [...]

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Planes, Trains, and Government, Oh My!

Sep. 5, 2009

The next two weeks will be a whirlwind of activity–centered around government. I’m taking 10 days off from my campaign for Newburyport City Councillor-at-Large and spending time in Washington, D.C. and Chicago.
I’m flying from Boston to DC on Monday night in advance of Tuesday’s Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase, produced by Techweb and O’Reilly Media. Over [...]

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How @StatueLibrtyNPS Celebrates July IVth

Jul. 4, 2009

Lady Liberty is tweeting today.
From the laptop of whom I assume is a National Park Service ranger stationed at the Statue of Liberty National Monument, I see tweets in the form of broadcast messages, replies, and links to Flickr-hosted photos in celebration of the first visitors to the crown since 9/11.
Katelyn Sabochik, the new media [...]

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