NBC News' Ann Curry on Twitter from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Ann Curry, news anchor of NBC’s “Today” show, spoke animatedly at the 140 Character Conference in New York last Monday about the importance of news and journalism as a public service rather than a business and the growing impact of social media services like […]
Twitter, Facebook Just ‘Virtual Ballrooms’
Tools don’t matter, and the best ones get out of the way, allowing people to connect more easily and effectively. That was my big takeaway from last Friday’s second-annual Blog Potomac. Obsessing about “what’s next” in online services and technology saps too much valuable attention away from what’s really important: connecting with people. We need […]
How one company uses Web 2.0 tools to run and promote their business
Everyone wants to be more efficient, productive, and successful, and knowing what steps to take is key. Here’s the run down on some awesome time and cost-saving techniques that will help you run your business.
How will Twitter be governed?
A recent post by Marshall Kirkpatrick, How Twitter’s Staff Uses Twitter (And Why It Could Cause Problems), makes some interesting observations and raises questions about the direction of Twitter based on the way Twitter staff use it: We’ve examined the posting and following habits of people on the company’s staff and found that Twitter team […]
Twitter’s hype is different than Second Life’s
Image via CrunchBase One of my favorite clients, Fabrice Grinda, believes that Twitter is all hype. Call it Twitter Skepticism — the kind of unwarranted hype associated with Second Life. I consider this a fine challenge, so I left a comment — well, I left an entire rant, and didn’t even get into talking about […]