Why I’ll be spending the day at Startup Riot

February 16, 2010

If you aren’t familiar with Startup Riot, according to the website its a:
…one day conference on February 17, 2010 in Atlanta, GA. Throughout the day fifty startups will take the stage and present themselves in 3 minutes and 4 slides. Presenters and attendees will have the opportunity to win prizes throughout the day.

If that doesn’t [...]

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The Facebook Game Changers

February 15, 2010

This post is an expansion of the comment I put on the Going Social Now blog: Facebook growing up. Advertisers to fall in love – Going Social Now
There are some BIG things going on at Facebook HQ.  And I don’t mean this (although that’s happening too, but its not as important as what I’m talking [...]

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My Lifestream

February 11, 2010

Do you have a lifestream? My guess is yes even if you don’t know it. Ah, what’s a lifestream exactly?
According to Wikipedia: The term lifestream was coined to describe…a time-ordered stream of documents that functions as a diary of your electronic life; every document you create and every document other people send you is stored [...]

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Google Buzz IS FriendFeed

February 10, 2010

Google Buzz rolled out and its eerily similar to FriendFeed. Look at this comparison, you tell me:

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Presentation: 8 Digital Trends That Will Change Everything

February 10, 2010

Yesterday I gave a presentation along with Raghu Kakarala in Atlanta to about 70 digital marketers. The title of our presentation was, “8 Digital Trends That Will Change Everything“. We worked on this presentation for a few months, hemming and hawing on what those trends were, but we ultimately felt good about where we landed. [...]

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Harvard Business Review, I’m calling you out

February 8, 2010

Love some insight into whether or not I’m overreacting to this…
First, I typically really enjoy HBR. They usually have great articles and I learn something every time I pick up their publication or hit the website.
But this article by Tom Davenport is sloppy and almost irresponsible. You can read the article and see for yourself, [...]

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6 Things You Might Have Missed Last Week

February 8, 2010

This is a recap of some of the more important things that happened last week plus some things that I happened to find out about (cool sites or products I wasn’t aware of). I find it helpful when blogs do this as sometimes I miss things when traveling.
Jan 31 – Feb 6: This particular week [...]

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6 Reasons I’m down on Foursquare

February 5, 2010

I’ve been using foursquare for around six months (I think) and honestly, I’m starting to get a little tired of it. Or rather, the shiny newness of “checking in” has started to wear off.
Why?
1. I just simply don’t go out enough. I have 3 kids at home 5 and under. Which means on nights and [...]

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My Tools

February 1, 2010

I use a lot of digital tools to get stuff done and often blog about them in one-offs, but I thought I’d compile them in one place. Hope to keep this current. Would be cool if I had tool to do that.
Full disclosure, I’ve seen this type of thing done on several blogs, [...]

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Best video of iPad I’ve seen

January 30, 2010

If you’re thinking of getting the iPad (or thinking of continuing to mock it), this is a pretty indepth video on it. I still have my doubts and wishes (camera, GPS) but its a compelling device no doubt.

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