With the South by Southwest Interactive (SxSWi) festival set to kick off early next month, the Austin American Statesman, the newspaper of the Texas State Capital, made a call for nominations for a Texas Social Media Award. I was one of 25 people nominated for the award, and while I was off in the hospital having a new baby), some very generous people said some very very nice things, for which I am grateful. A panel of judges from the paper, including read more...
Contextual Advertising in Facebook Mimics Social Interaction
Over the past few months I have noticed that Facebook has become a destination for all of my old friends from high school and even for my parents. A new wave of people have arrived, I would suspect we are in the early majority stage of social networking on Facebook which follows those of us who were early adopters of the service. Diffusion of Innovation
- innovators (2 percent of online population),
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When a Typo Is the Difference Between Life and Death?
Confession: I am a terrible typist." Those that trade IMs with me know this fact. When I was in high school I had the opportunity to take a typing class. You know, a real typing class on one of those old fashioned typewriters. I declined. For some reason I thought I would end up being a secretary if I learned how to type and I DIDN'T want to be a secretary at any cost. I could have never foreseen the computer revolution or the fact that I would spend every day of my life typing. In my second year of college I joined the read more...
How to Become a Superstar: Give Your Knowledge Away
I have always disliked the phrase “self made man” because in my experience I have never met one. Ever. We have this vision of a Galt-esque intellectual warrior who single handedly drives to success. And while this archetype may exist, they don’t achieve this success without innumerable amounts of assistance from people. - Ed Schipul If we are completely honest with ourselves we will readily admit that we need others to succeed. Success is a funny read more...
Social Media Trends for 2009: And My 2008 Predictions Revisited For Accuracy
Every year in January I take a look forward to determine what the landscape will be for the coming year. I do this because as a communicator my business demands it. But I also take a look back at what I thought would happen for the year that has just past to see how well I did predicting what would happen. Many other great minds have given their predictions for 2009, but Jeremiah Owyang also graded himself and Forrester on their 2008 read more...
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