It’s a crazy internet meme — you’ve probably seen the Blendtec guy already — but when I saw him destroy an iPad today, it gave me an idea. Blendtec’s literal blending of an iPad made me think of the way…
[slideshare id=3339686&doc=socialcrmthenewrulesofrelationshipmanagement-100304181215-phpapp02&type=d] Organizations are getting social, whether they like it … or not. In their report “Social CRM: The New Rules of Relationship Management“, Altimeter Group‘s R “Ray” Wang and Jeremiah Owyang detail 18 use cases to help businesses react…
The last day or so, I was trying to figure out what not to write about the iPad. Would I not write that it was like an iPod/iPhone, only bigger? Would I not write that it should have had handwriting…
Which conversation would you rather have? Initial exchange with a friend: “Would you try my new product/service/idea?” Response: “Of course, it’s great! I love it!” 2 Weeks later. Asking the friend again: “Are you still using my new product/service/idea” Response:…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8&hl=en_US&fs=1&] I took a vacation this week. It was relatively short (don’t blink — you’ll miss it), but I learned some important things along the way. I read Erik Qualman’s book Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live…
I’ve now got 500 (probably 800) channels and there’s nothing on. Well, I’ve overstated the fact. I have about 30 movie channels, at least 7 channels dedicated to major sports leagues, and innumerable shopping, food, and car chase channels. I…
Recently (this evening, in fact) I found myself in front of the computer, script in hand, ready to compose an award-winning piece of user content. Unfortunately, when I looked at my first (and second draft) of the masterpiece, I found…
As this is a “list” time of the year, I thought I would take a minute and share my thoughts about how to get started in Social Media in 2010. I’ve been talking to a lot of people about this…
If you’ve read any network theory, you’re probably familiar with Dunbar’s Number, or the idea that groups tend to fall off quickly in effectiveness and cohesiveness once they exceed approximately 150. The finding came from some anthropological research originally, and…
