Social Spam

In the marketing world, everyone is all atwitter about social media. With the media world in chaos, marketing pros are trying to show our bosses and clients that we understand how to promote their product, service or cause on Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets. We want to show that we are masters [...]

Wireless

I’ve found a fabulous new productivity tool. I know you’ve heard this before, but I think this one could really change everything.
This thing does a terrific job organizing my scattered thoughts and projects. It helps me prioritize work, think “outside of the box” and provide much better service to my clients. It [...]

New Mediavangelists

It’s one thing to understand and participate in “new media.” After all, it makes sense to experience emerging media so you learn the problems and opportunities they present for our society, markets and personal lives.
But it’s quite another to feel compelled to repeatedly advertise just how much you understand and participate in new [...]

Attempt at self-congratulatory ’solidarity’ backfires

U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra probably wishes he hadn’t said this:
Iranian twitter activity similar to what we did in House last year when Republicans were shut down in the House.
I mean, I kinda see what he’s getting at, but — damn. I don’t want to suggest he was under the influence because he probably wasn’t, but [...]

LIVE: How to Twitter a Revolution

Andrew Sullivan at theatlantic.com reports on “The Revolution Will be Tweeted.” I highly recommend reading this quick and important blog post.
Sullivan’s right..and the revolution is going on now.
But why twitter? Because the government has taken control over every other form of mass communication. But students on twitter are organizing and protesting. And students with [...]

Reading round-up: Journalists fail, start charging for news and more!

I simply can’t keep up lately with all of the interesting stuff I’m reading and ranting/raging about, wanting to share and to vent, so I’m writing a link-laden round-up post. It’s sort of the blogger’s equivalent of “fuck it, I’m wearing sweatpants today.” We’ll save the substance for the comment discussion, eh?
Irish student hoaxes world’s [...]

MILF Porn Tube Is Following Me…

…and so is Willow Creek Soap, Franchise Expert and the Mel-O-Glaze Bakery.  Bless Twitter for bringing me such a wealth of social networking opportunities.
In the ongoing debate about the value and the uses of Twitter, add the rapid spam-choking of this communications channel to the “Cons” list.  Most of the entities who have followed me [...]

Karl Rove relies on me for guidance

Well, that headline is a little bullshitty, but whatever.
Still, being formally “followed” by Karl Rove on Twitter is every aspiring communicator’s dream come true, right? So what if he’s also following 42,000 other people? He’s still paying close attention to each one of them.
OK. You got me. That’s a lot of bull, as well. Those [...]

If this doesn’t get Bruce to use Twitter…

I’ve always Bruce Bendit would be a great twitterer. He’s witty, sarcastic, funny, smart, passionate, outspoken and more — either in rotation or in conjunction. Perhaps more importantly, he’s the only Rowdy blogger who’s not using Twitter yet. Luddite!
Me, Austin, Ellen, the sporadic Mr. Carideo. Hell, even Loveland has a profile; he just refuses to [...]

“Nobody Goes There Anymore…It’s Too Crowded”

Yogi Berra, who contributed the title of this post when explaining why he never went to a particular restaurant anymore, would understand perfectly the adoption cycle of communications channels over the last 20 years or so.  Like a hot restaurant, the technology of staying in touch begins as an unknown, gets “discovered” and shared by [...]