For my first apartment out of college, I was looking for a few minor things–inexpensive rent, heat and hot water and good company. When I signed the lease in August, I thought I was getting all of those things, as …
Tag you’re it. Well, not exactly. The whole concept of meme-tagging seems more closely related to chain mail than tag (in fact, I think the reference to “tagging” is more for the social media aspect than the game, but I …
This one question seems to get me into a lot of trouble, or at least cause me sufficient grief. So what is really more important? Is it truth and intent or how it’s all perceived? Obviously, working in PR, the …
It’s been over a year since I’ve returned to the home state. And I miss it. Back in the day, I had planned to come out to Boston for college and head straight home afterwards. It was supposed to be …
Wasn’t feeling great last night, but I went to bed with a blog post in mind. I wanted to talk about blogging on clients’ competitor. One of my clients that has yet to launch has a competitor in the space …
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Felt very much like the last day of work in 2007. For all the resolutions and the celebration, tomorrow brought the same stuff yesterday did–my usual routine. Do you remember how when you were a kid people would ask on …
Tis the season of self awareness… well, no. We have a season of giving, then we have some time for self reflection and introspection. Perhaps this is another tradition that’s gotten away from us (like the holiday season). But after …
New Years’ Resolutions: Yeah Rights and For Serious Read more »
Every year, it’s the same thing: PC holiday greetings and terms (it’s Christmas break people, stop trying to pretend otherwise), mass consumerism as a display of affection, greeting cards, Christmas music the day after Thanksgiving (it started earlier than that …
Yesterday I asked a question on Twitter. Today I’m still thinking about it. I asked, What’s the difference between a post and an article? And here are the responses I got: @fairminder (Jim Spencer of JBSPartners): research, focus, length, accuracy, …
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Danah Boyd recently published a paper entitled Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace. This paper has developed quite a following—it’s been covered by the BBC and has stimulated an expansive discussion across the blogosphere. If you read what …
Stratification of the social web: Is it helpful? Read more »