Category Archives: Social Media

People want to eat but they won’t join the hunt

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Most people wear your web site, twitter feed or facebook page like they wear a jacket or drive their car. When they want to use it, they do. When they don’t, it is out of sight and out of mind. … Continue reading

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A monkey with a loaded gun does not make him a marksman

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I wrote four drafts of this #letsblogoff and scrapped every one. I don’t think the world needs another diatribe about how we are all getting stuff for free and think we are owed full service. I’ll let others do that. … Continue reading

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Who are you?

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On Nov 15, The New York Times published a story about Facebook forcing Salman Rushdie to use his real name — Ahhmed — on his profile, even as he is commonly known as Salman. Facebook makes the argument that forcing … Continue reading

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Who do you trust?

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When Steve Jobs died, I knew about it a few minutes afterward because I saw a tweet from Chris Brogan asking if it were true. But I didn’t immediately retweet or reply; I went to nytimes.com. And cnn.com. And msnbc.com. … Continue reading

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There, I fixed my Klout Score

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Klout messed up my score, so instead of complaining about it like everyone else on the twitter, a little bit of duct tape, a black Sharpie and I just fixed it myself! Problem solved. Tweet

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A chat with the character Saxon Henry about Adroyt

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You might think that the last thing the world needs is another Social Media consulting company, but Saxon Henry of Adroyt would tell you you are wrong. With her business partner, Rich Holschuh, she is re-defining what it means to … Continue reading

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President Obama was a bad man on the twitter yesterday

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Shortly after his speech yesterday morning, President Obama started tweeting out the twitter accounts of the Republican members of the Senate and House of Representatives on his twitter stream. All in all, he sent out about a hundred tweets throughout … Continue reading

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