Yesterday I experienced a magical moment that the social networks made possible. And Dennis Stevenson beat me to the punch with this great article about the experience. How Networking is Supposed to…
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Borders Makes Two Mistakes
Early this morning, I got an email from Borders about a store closing sale. “What? Is Borders closing? OMG! I love Borders! No!!!” Then I realized that it was just for a…
Reboot
This economy is making people crazy. After five years of dedicated service to World Wide Web Communications, I was laid off on December 5th, 2008. (Just in time for the holiday season!)…
Candidate Search – Case Study for Building Your Network
The company that I work for is looking for a sales person. Yes, we are looking to hire in this down economy. But that isn’t the story here. The story is how…
Over 20,000 Spam Comments Blocked
For those of you that allow comments and trackbacks on your blog, you know about comment spam. The idea is that spammers will attempt to use your blog to link back to…
MacWorld Predictions – January 2009
Here are my predictions for the MacWorld keynote address in January. The following information comes from a completely fabricated source, in other words, I made all of it up. Apple News Update…
Birthday Wish
Today is my birthday. Reflecting on another year, now deep into the mid-thirties (37), I look around at my family, my friends, my job, my hobbies and realize how lucky I am.…
We Should Be Sword Fighters!
Jumping on the latest social media trend is about as absurd as a law firm declaring, “We should be sword fighters!” Just because you can join Facebook or Twitter, doesn’t mean that…
Waving Hello
This evening, my daughter saw the Twitter screen open and asked what I was going to write in the box. “I’m not sure yet. What should I write?” She answered, “I don’t…
Who Wants to be Targeted? Captured? Converted?
Businesses that are trying to generate sales use words like “Target” and “Capture” and “Convert.” It is a very one-sided mindset. And in my opinion, quite dangerous and short-sighted. You might as…