Social Media Wins in Senate Race

January 19, 2010

It is final.  Scott Brown won the senate race in Massachuttes.  I say social media won, as well.  There were many factors that helped him win, but I think his use of social media will be highlighted as crucial to his success. I have to point out the caveat again - ”‘a correlation does not necessarily mean there [...]

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Could an Online Election Campaign Strategy be the Winner?

January 19, 2010

Obama did it in 2008.  Will Scott Brown do it in 2010? New Media tools and Social Media tools are certainly finding their place in election campaigns.  For the last few election cycles, the campaign website has been a given.  What is new is the integration of  new media and social media tools.  This early [...]

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Top Intranets Embrace Mobile Accessibility and Social Networking

January 12, 2010

Jakob Nielsen, called the guru of web page design by the New York Times, just published his report, 10 Best Intranets of 2010. Three points from the report stand out for me. Mobile access Only 30% of winners had mobile enabled intranets. This is low compared to many world wide websites. The report sees this [...]

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The feeling of Soaring in Alps

January 8, 2010

This brings back the feeling of soaring for me. I hope it stirs something for you, too.

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Best Compact Video Solution w/ Excellent Audio – Kodak Zi8

December 30, 2009

(Affiliate Link) I am a real stickler for audio quality.  I’ve gone through many versions of mics and recorders to get the best audio in the studio and in the field.  I talk about that in a previous post.  Now that I’m moving into the video arena, I’m taking that same level of concern for [...]

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Future of Augmented Reality 2009

December 9, 2009

While at the BlogWorld and New Media expo, I got to play with Layar, the augmented reality tool for mobile phones.  I was very impressed by what it did.  Others are not so impressed at the state of the art right now.  But, I could see the potential beyond the tool.  Augmented reality will be [...]

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Social Media for those who don’t get it

December 7, 2009

I went to lunch recently with some managers at my organization. As usual, I couldn’t help but bring up the topic of social media and how we as managers can leverage those tools to the organization’s benefit. I hit a road block. Or, rather a concrete wall. “I just don’t get Twitter… I don’t care [...]

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Tough Adoption of Web 2.0 tools in Business

December 4, 2009

This is a video of Andrew McAfee, a principal research scientist at the Center for Digital Business at the MIT Sloan School of Management, who gives his thoughts on how Web 2.o technologies are breaking into the enterprise.  His  book, Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization’s Toughest Challenges (affiliate link), examines how leading [...]

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Don’t get left behind by Social Media

November 2, 2009

Social Media is here whether we want it to be or not. It is not a fad. It is here. More and more tools are pouring into the market, on our computers, on our phones. Social networks, crowd sourcing, restaurant recommendations, job possibilities – All of these are here right now. I’ve watched this 5 [...]

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2009 BlogWorld New Media Expo Wrap Up

October 31, 2009

While this was the first combined expo for bloggers and new media creators, this was my fifth new media expo. My biggest take away of the event… It is all about relationships. While we may all think we are incredibly “social” through the new online tools, there is nothing as “social” as shaking a hand, [...]

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