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Last week, the article Where are the Women in Tech and Social Media created quite the buzz. The author argued that while women made up 50% of social media / internet users, on average, only 25% were speakers at these conferences. The author argued for more diverse speakers, aka she wanted more women speakers. Since she […]
– Having your competitor pay for a snazzy design: $20,000 – Surfing the Web for How To’s: $0 – Knowing HTML and how to jerry-rig things? PRICELESS
I’m cranky. I feel like I’m on some crazy Reality Show. I hate blogging about Twitter. Yep, this is going to be one snarky blog post Let’s give you the background: ESPN says no more twittering about work stuff Why? They just don’t see the ROI Why this is dumb: I feel like no goal […]
Holy cow! Clearly Thought Leader vs. Practitioner was quite the burning topic. But, it also seems like people are getting bogged down in names and favorites. You have your Brogan defenders and I have my Sharpie biases. Seriously and honestly, I’m obsessed with how Sharpie has integrated their brand into the social web. So… let’s […]
Over on twitter and a certain blog, there’s been much debate about a Thought Leader vs. a Practitioner. As the saying goes, “those that can’t DO, teach.” The ideas and arguments are fine and dandy. Although I’m honestly more on the side of the Practitioners. But, here’s my rub: People like Brogan and Fitton (aka […]
I love working in Vegas. Honestly, I do. I mean, I just bat my eyelashes and everyone and their mom wants to work with a “uber cool” Strip property. Think Pepsi, Ford, Coca-Cola, AMEX, Absolut Vodka, Panasonic, Nintendo, Southwest, Travelocity and the list goes on. From sports to food to alcohol to you name it, we’ve […]
Just two months after writing it, my wish sort of came true. United Airlines broke Dave Carroll’s guitar. He, understandably, was very upset. After almost a year of trying to navigate the “normal” channels, he wrote a song. He posted it to YouTube. What happened? Well… In 20 short days: – The YouTube video has 4,136,582 views – […]
I LOVE Augmented Reality. It’s my new favorite bright and shiny object. If you’re not sure what it is, Matt Dickman does the best job explaining it. Some of the latest ways it’s being used are: Online shopping / Trying on clothes Trying out a new hair cut Finding your way around Wimbledon Finding your […]
I gotta jump on the bandwagon and do a Michael Jackson post if only for posterity. So, if you’re a hermit and didn’t hear, Michael Jackson died. The “cool” part? The online stats that came from this are staggering. Since I’m a sucker for random trivia, here’s a few of them: – During Jackson’s memorial […]
The article about Ignited zapping Zappos was one of the first things I read this morning. I was annoyed then and I’m still annoyed. If you’re not familiar with the story, here’s the background: Zappos put out an RFP for an agency and a $7MM marketing effort. Zappos originally gave it to 16 agencies. But, when […]