Published in December 8th, 2007
Teresa Valdez Klein, Steve Broback, Jason Preston & Kim of Parnassus put on a great conference. It was wonderful to meet so many bloggers & Facebook aficionados!
Tris Hussey was live blogging & provided great commentary on the following sessions:
Jeremiah’s Keynote was excellent. He put his slides up on his blog.
Mari Smith also provided comprehensive coverage [...]
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Published in November 24th, 2007
Last night Twitter was taken down for a bit. There was a warning sign & some of us hung around just to see what would happen… What would happen to all those people addicted to Twitter? That was the question.
I suggested that we take the conversation to IM, but I saw some Pownce usernames [...]
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Published in November 16th, 2007
If this post seems oddly succinct it’s because someone asked me to provide my top suggestions for networking. In writing out some notes & then talking about it, I was able to distill it into a short list.
#1. Meet people as people first.
I’ve said it before, but it’s worth the risk - put yourself out [...]
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Published in November 13th, 2007
Do you question the value of the friending procedure on social networks? Do you have any contact with those people after the initial acceptance? I’ve written about Shyness in Social Networking & this article explains the underlying reasons behind it.
The procedure isn’t the issue. It’s what you do after that’s important. I found the perfect [...]
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Published in November 4th, 2007
That sounds odd because why would anyone purposefully ineffectively network?! That’s the main criticism of social networking sites though - people add friends & then say, nothing’s happening. Well, there’s more to it than just clicking ‘approved’ for a friend request.
What needs to happen next if you’re going to effectively network:
1. Get Involved - if [...]
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Published in October 23rd, 2007
and maybe the bigger question is, Does it matter?
On Sunday I read Justin Kownacki’s post where he talks about living in a fly over state in terms of social media. My first thought was how I jokingly refer to myself as being ‘geographically challenged’. But after thinking about it, I realize how thankful I am [...]
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Published in October 20th, 2007
* Blogging from the Minneapolis airport *
I think airports & social media spaces are very similar. Lots of people moving thru hubs. Sometimes you have a conversation & other times not - all depending on a number of variables.
I like to fly & try to get a handle on an airport’s mass transit system. [...]
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Published in October 8th, 2007
Shel Israel & Jeremiah both tweeted about Charlene Li’s post on Facebook Flyers. Shel was doing his own experiment. After having exchanged a few notes with him, I’ve found him to be quite amazing. (I”m in awe because his book, Naked Conversations was where I realized the concept of a group blog & it’s value [...]
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Published in September 28th, 2007
Yes! I’ve been asked to speak at the Facebook Conference in Seattle on Dec 5 & 6. And you’re invited! Steve Broback, Jason Preston, & Teresa are putting together a great conference:
The goal of Web Community Forum Seattle 2007 is to discuss and propose some tentative best practices for community building for business, political campaigns, [...]
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Published in September 22nd, 2007
I was tagged in a photo, so I knew Clay Newton was playing in Facebook again. To be honest I’m not really big on many of the app’s, but this one was quite interesting! Facebook totally intrigues me because when befriending people or thru random befriending, I see the SAME mutual friends over & over!
Today [...]
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