my perspectives on the social web, personal branding, and connecting people
Posted in social media on Apr 12th, 2008
I’d like to congratulate my friend Thomas Knoll on becoming the new Seesmic Customer Service and Community Support person. Thomas has a great interest in helping people use technology, and an easygoing manner that will benefit Seesmic’s growing user base.
Kudos to Loic Le Meur as well on hiring one heck of a great social [...]
Posted in social media on Apr 12th, 2008
Today was the second Social Media Breakfast in the Twin Cities. We had a great turnout for the small space that I had booked. I won’t make that mistake again, even though it worked out ok. Albert Maruggi commented awhile ago on how much talent and interest there is here in [...]
Posted in social media on Feb 4th, 2008
I’d like to announce the inaugural Social Media Breakfast for Minneapolis & St. Paul!
Originally founded by Bryan Person the Social Media Breakfast is a way for social media experts and newbies alike to come together to eat, meet, share, and learn. Whether your a marketer, blogger, podcaster, IT geek, vlogger, entrepreneur, PR pro, or online [...]
Posted in social media on Jan 11th, 2008
I’m thinking of putting together the first Social Media Breakfast (SMB) in Minneapolis & St. Paul. Who’s interested?
Well, I’m interested in making this happen, but I’d like to know how many would be able to make it. Here are some thoughts and questions - in no order at all.
Do people prefer a [...]
Posted in Skills, Social Networks, social media on Jan 11th, 2008
Sometimes it’s hard to find the balance in things. Social media networking is one of these. It takes an enormous amount of effort and time to participate in the social fields, and this can conflict with our primary responsibility of our day jobs. You know, the one we get paid for?
It’s hard, [...]
Posted in blogging on Jan 1st, 2008
Well, It’s time I talked about what I think is going to be growing trends in 2008. I’ve been amazed at the trends in 2007, with the rise of micro-blogging, Facebook, and other social-networking and social-media tools. Seeing the interest, functionality and participation in these tools, to me, fosters ideas of how they can [...]
Posted in Communication, social media, twitter on Dec 21st, 2007
Twitter is one of those tools that you either "get it" or not. It’s really that simple. With that in mind there are ways for you to learn how Twitter can be a tool for success for you, you & your peers, or your organization.
While I dislike the "why Twitter is bad" articles that [...]
Posted in happiness on Dec 21st, 2007
Watching as social media tools (like Twitter) are leveraged by their community for really, really great causes.
This post is dedicated to Frozen Pea Fund on “Frozen Pea Friday”.
Posted in life, social media, work on Dec 11th, 2007
This is a partial solution to a question that’s been in my mind for some time. Since I created a Social Media Resume (SMR) a few months back, the point that I didn’t enable comments directly on the page has been bothering me.
Part of the reason for that is because I wanted to keep [...]
Posted in blogging, social media on Dec 11th, 2007
I want to thank Jeremiah Owyang for his Some Conversations have shifted to Twitter blog post earlier today. It gave literally hundreds of people the opportunity to find new people to interact with.
The post went up sometime before 10am (Central Time), and Jeremiah Tweeted about the post on Twitter shortly thereafter. Within just a few [...]
Posted in blogging, social media on Dec 11th, 2007
Where did my social media efforts get off track? That is something that I’ve been trying to understand these last few months. Whether writers block, or busy with work, moving, family time, or whatever; I’ve lost track of what I was trying to accomplish in my social media efforts.
This is rather troubling to me since [...]
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