Debate: Create your own social network or leverage existing…

My friend Karna Crawford pointed me to this article talking about the benefits of creating your own social network.  I couldn’t disagree more, and said so with this comment: I very much disagree with this approach.  There are ways of gathering data without having to create a new social network for people to join.  Asking…

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Two quick and funny things you should read

I’ve read two things in the last week that I thought were well written and pretty funny.  The first was the foreword of Sarah Silverman’s book, “The Bedwetter”.  I happened to read the foreword for free by getting the iBook (or you can get the Kindle) free sample. You can buy the book on Amazon…

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The iPad, is it really a mobile device?

I’ve been talking a lot lately about the future of mobile marketing – for instance, here’s one in Mobile Marketer on why I think check-in or location-based applications might be the future of mobile marketing.  And I just read this great article in Mobile Marketer entitled, “iPad may woo luxury brands to finally enter mobile…

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Introducing Google Reader Play – thumbs up or thumbs down?

So I was messing around in Google Reader this morning, trying to catch up on all the content I’ve subscribed to.  Oh, I’m starting to get more interested in connecting with people on Google Reader so if you’re interested, connect with me!  I’ve found it very beneficial to be able to share content with friends…

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Visiting Twitter HQ

While I was in San Fran last week for F8, I (and Josh and Andrew) had the opportunity to meet with a friend of a friend (thanks to @delross for the intro) that now works at Twitter.  At Twitter headquarters.  Which, for all of us geeks, is a frickin’ pretty cool thing. I was struck…

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