I just returned from a week of conferences. I started up at SearchFest in Portland, OR (put on by the dominators of search—SEMpdx) and ended in Austin, TX where I partook in both the PubCon and SXSW festivities. Let me just say…I am tired. What is it about us geeky types? Put all of us […]
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Photos and takeaways from SXSW 2009
I was surprised today to learn that attendance at the venerable South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas, is up by 20 percent over last year. In this economy? Yep. SXSW is one of the premier networking events in the tech world. I’m back home now after spending two full days at the gathering, […]
Social media and a school death threat
How Twitterers acted to head off tragedy in St. Louis I just heard a fascinating story that speaks to how the community is tapping into social media on life-and-death matters — in this case, a bomb threat at a high school. Let me tell it to you. Short version: Tuesday night a history graduate student […]
Business needs more social media experts
Image by HubSpot via Flickr Ron Bronson scores full points with his article dedicated to the need for more instead of fewer social media experts. Experts and not “hucksters trying to make a fast buck on the backs of unsuspecting people in the field.” Be sure to read the entire article, We need more social […]
The social media fallacy
One of my pet peeves about the topic of social media is it almost always revolves around “the conversation” and “the tools that enable conversation.” While that is all useful, and it’s the part of social media that excites everyone, I get the sense that people are forgetting that social media is first and foremost […]