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A Mini Twitter Tutorial
There’s almost a Catch-22 with Twitter — you have to use it to know how to use it. I often encounter people who say “I just don’t get Twitter.” So I put this one-pager together to help introduce Twitter to … Continue reading
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The Social Network of Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina captivated me during solo drives and runs in north Boulder over the early summer of 2011. As a photographer and Powerpoint story-teller, I was enthralled in Tolstoy’s ability to paint sweeping pictures of engaging drawing room conversations to vivid … Continue reading
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Media Consumption in 2010
Back in 1997, it was a front page headline in the newspaper that told me Princess Di had died. That may have been the last big event that I heard first on the walk in from the driveway. Today, the … Continue reading
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Tagged bloggers, ebook, Flipboard, followees, hashtaggers, iBook, instapaper, iPad, iphone, kindle, media consumption, nytimes, pdf, podcast, rss, tweetdeck, Twitter
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14 Books to Prepare for The Social Tidal Wave
There’s a forest fire raging in Boulder, Colorado this week. Like it has during other natural disasters, Twitter has become a spontaneous communication tool as officials and residents post some relevant information, perhaps a link, and then mark it with … Continue reading
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Tagged #boulderfire, Adam Penenberg, Bian Solis, Chris Brogan, Clay Shirky, Cognitive Surplus, Connected, Daniel Goleman, David Kirkpatrick, Engage, Erik Qualman, Facebook, Hamlet's Blackberry, Here Comes Everybody, James Surowiecki, Julien Smith, Malcolm Gladwell, Mitch Joel, Richard Florida, Six Pixels of Separation, Social Graph, Social Intelligence, Social Networking, Socialnomics, Sociology, The Great Reset, The Social Tidal Wave, The Tipping Point, The Wisdom of Crowds, Trust Agents, Twitter, Viral Loop, William Powers
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The Social Tidal Wave
Yesterday, I bought a song on my iPhone using iTunes. A “OMG” good song: Zorbing, by Stornoway on their Beachcomber’s Windowsill release. It is soooo good, one of those songs that you find yourself listening to it over and … Continue reading
Twitter as a Link Relay Service
I love Twitter, and I’m only just beginning to learn how to really use it. More so than any other recent new technology, my view of how to use it has slowly evolved, shaped mostly by how more experienced tweeters … Continue reading
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Tagged bit.ly, Connectors, Flipboard, iPad, Link Relay, Link Relay Service, Link Shortening, Lois Weisberg, Malcolm Gladwell, Maven, Tipping Point, Tweet, Twitter
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Paying by the Drink in Mobile Data
A friend and colleague wrote an excellent piece back in December articulating very crisply the jam the telcos find themselves: they’ve conditioned their customers to expect unlimited data, so their revenues are fixed, but data usage is dramatically increasing. Since … Continue reading
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“Hey Scott, Let’s Go Shopping!”
The Wisdom of Experts At the end of July, we saw the joint Facebook-Amazon announcement which allows an Amazon shopper to see what items their “friends” like as they shop at Amazon. Having trusted advice with you when you shop … Continue reading
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Like Chips and Salsa: Facebook Effect and Tipping Point
Turns out that ‘The Facebook Effect’ (June 2010) and ‘The Tipping Point’ (February 2000) make an excellent joint read. Revisiting the social observations that Malcolm Gladwell makes in his seminal work, in the context of today’s Facebook and other social … Continue reading
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