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Be The Signal, Not The Noise

February 3, 2010

Sometimes your run across something in your twitter stream that just makes you immediately unfollow that person. Many times this is caused by political or religious content, other times it is the dreaded sledge hammer like barrage of sales pitches.
Now I’d be the last one to say brands and businesses should not use social media, [...]

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Stirring The Pot: Maitri Erwin

December 15, 2009

Maitri Erwin (@maitri / LinkedIn) is a geoscientist, blogger and all-around technology geek.  After almost a decade in the oil industry as geologist and geophysicist, Maitri is now technology director at TechniGraphics, where her research focuses on the visualization of 3D geographic and engineering data. Maitri is the author of Maitri’s VatulBlog and also writes [...]

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Cincy Tweet Up Takes The Cake

December 11, 2009

Five days ago I had the pleasure of meeting a small cross section of Cincinnati’s Twittersphere.  The good folks at Take The Cake Cafe hosted the gathering which was organized by @takethecakecafe / @geekjames, @rainie1u, and @simpleton001.
Back home in New Orleans there is a lot of face-to-face interaction amongst local bloggers, tweeters, etc. It’s something [...]

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Social Media Revolution

November 9, 2009

I’ve often said that the advent of social media is an advance on the same level as the introduction of moveable type. It represents a complete and fundamental shift across the board. I recently stumbled across this lovely little gem of a video that illustrates this brilliantly and wanted to share it with my clients [...]

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The FTC and Bloggers, My Two Cents

October 18, 2009

There has been a lot of furor over the disclosure guidelines recently put forth by the FTC. On a personal and professional level it really makes no difference to me. All you have to do is click the Transparency link in my sidebar and you’ll see a full disclosure for the website and then additional [...]

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Are You Sick of Facebook Apps? Block ‘Em!

September 26, 2009

No offense meant to anyone who plays games on Facebook, but there are many of us who feel bombarded by the endless stream of Mafia Wars and Texas Hold ‘Em invites .
Today I’d like to share the easy way to get bothersome notifications out of your hair with only a click or two. That way [...]

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Conference Time Katrina Style

August 19, 2009

Most of my posts over the next several days will be audio reports from Rising Tide IV, a conference founded in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the leveee failure that followed.  Here’s the short form:
After the flood that followed Hurricane Katrina’s landfall, the internet became a vital connection among dispersed New Orleanians, former New [...]

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Social Media and The Water Cooler

August 4, 2009

Robin Laws is a game designer whose work I am very fond of. Since he blogs and I like his work I follow his posts on a fairly regular basis. Today I found one that addresses an interesting aspect of social media that I had not considered.
I often get questions from friends and clients about [...]

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Social Media Monitoring

July 29, 2009

Lou Ordorica, one of the community managers for SUN Microsystems, was recently kind enough to share this slide show on social media monitoring.  I found it to be well worth sharing, especially for those just starting to engage social media from a work stance.
It’s nicely done and while I agree with his advice I must [...]

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iPhone: Your Social Media Dashboard On The Go!

June 2, 2009

I’ll admit it, I love my iPhone. Rather I love the apps. Don’t get me wrong, the interface is sweet enough to make me return to AT&T (something I never thought I’d do), but it is the extended functionality of the applications that I’m really jazzed about.
You see, there is a plethora of social [...]

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