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You Don’t Own Facebook

January 12, 2011 Social Media

I’m not breaking new ground here with this statement: You don’t own Facebook. You also don’t own Twitter, MySpace (apparently it’s still around), Foursquare, LinkedIn, or any other of these so-called social media services. Why is this important, you ask? Because if you depend on one of these services as your sole means of communication, [...]

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The Struggle to Strike a Balance: Social Media

November 19, 2009 Social Media

I was driving home from work today when I got the urge to check Twitter. I don’t have a smartphone of any kind (my cell phone does have bluetooth, but that’s as smart as it gets). I have an iPod Touch (poor man’s iPhone), but obviously wifi would not be found on the interstate. So [...]

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How I Use Social Media: It Takes Commitment

October 15, 2009 Social Media

I’m currently about halfway through reading “Trust Agents” (by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith) and digging it greatly. Go read it now. It’s awesome. But I digress. Brogan and Smith point out: [U]sing the Web to network and make connections may be the easiest thing you’ve ever done. This means connecting on a personal level [...]

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Wall Street Journal Says Email is Dead; In Other News, Dewey Defeats Truman

October 13, 2009 Email Marketing

According to the Wall Street Journal, “Email has had a good run as king of communications. But its reign is over.” Wow. Should I alert my email marketing friends? Obviously I need to jump ship before I get too far down this road into this dying medium. Now I know I shouldn’t get too worked [...]

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PowerPoint or Twitter Solution to Sluggish, Confusing Government?

September 14, 2009 Email Marketing

The other night, after reading through some of the media’s junky coverage on Obama’s healthcare speech (as well as the completely unnecessary hoopla over Obama telling school children they should work hard and stay in school), the following idea popped into my head that I promptly tweeted: “What would happen if Congressional bills were forced [...]

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