Building a Better Presence: Simple Tips for SMBs
For those of you too busy to watch the hour segment, here is a summary of what we discussed. Make… [more]
Facebook Goes Down
Starting last night (and ongoing today), Facebook has been unstable and/or stopped working… [more]
The Burden of Information
“Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available… [more]
Think Like a Five-Year Old
Most children go through a phase in which everything in their surrounding environment is met… [more]
Live Phish App: Give the People What They Want
Phish is one of those bands who has always supported digital distribution as a way to get their… [more]
Getting Value from Analytics
Though many of us use analytics to track how well a particular website or blog is doing, this… [more]
Facebook Talks Semantics with Open Graph
The recent announcement of Facebook's Open Graph Protocol has made it clear that the "Semantic… [more]
Browser Update: Microsoft Looking Toward the Future
For most web developers, the most frustrating part of their job is tweaking websites to work… [more]
Explaining Social Media to Non-Natives
While speaking at the ITEC conferences, I talk to lots of folks about social media. Interestingly… [more]
How HTML5 is Changing the Game
With the recent release of the iPad, there has been a lot of conversation about HTML5 and what… [more]
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Building a Better Presence: Simple Tips for SMBs
For those of you too busy to watch the hour segment, here is a summary of what we discussed. Make Your Presence Felt For starters — What do we mean by web presence? Your web presence consists of ALL branded properties on the web including your website, blog, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc… For this discussion, [...]
Facebook Goes Down
Starting last night (and ongoing today), Facebook has been unstable and/or stopped working completely in some cases. This is the first major Facebook outage we have seen since earlier this year when it went down for a few hours on a Friday night. Overall, Facebook is far more stable than other services such as Twitter, [...]
The Burden of Information
“Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit.” – William Pollard Every day, we make decisions based on information. What we often fail to realize is that HOW this information is gathered [...]
Think Like a Five-Year Old
Most children go through a phase in which everything in their surrounding environment is met with simple question: “Why?” I would contend that those of us in the social space could better help our clients if we all thought a little more like a five-year old. Build with Purpose This philosophy extends beyond social marketing, [...]
Live Phish App: Give the People What They Want
Phish is one of those bands who has always supported digital distribution as a way to get their music to fans. The recent release of the Live Phish App for the iPhone shows they continue to be one step ahead of the game. Grateful to the Dead For the uninitiated, Phish is essentially this generation’s [...]
Getting Value from Analytics
Though many of us use analytics to track how well a particular website or blog is doing, this data rarely gets the attention it deserves. Here are some tips on how to get the most out of your analytics: Educate Yourself Most analytics reports use their own terminology to get across the same idea. The [...]
Facebook Talks Semantics with Open Graph
The recent announcement of Facebook’s Open Graph Protocol has made it clear that the “Semantic Web” (in which meaning is defined for content) is closer to becoming a reality than ever before. Intelligent Agents For the uninitiated, here is the original vision for the Semantic Web as expressed by Tim Berners-Lee: “I have a dream [...]
Browser Update: Microsoft Looking Toward the Future
For most web developers, the most frustrating part of their job is tweaking websites to work with non-standards-compliant browsers such as IE6. Microsoft has long been behind the browser curve due to their resistance to open standards. Two recent developments from the folks at Microsoft seem to indicate they are ready to re-engage with the [...]
Explaining Social Media to Non-Natives
While speaking at the ITEC conferences, I talk to lots of folks about social media. Interestingly enough, some STILL don’t see the value. Here’s my advice for how to respond to the common argument against social media: “We block Facebook at our company” Yes, I understand your company blocks Facebook. They block it because employees [...]
How HTML5 is Changing the Game
With the recent release of the iPad, there has been a lot of conversation about HTML5 and what it means for the future of video. This post will serve as a brief introduction to HTML, and discuss how it is changing video delivery. What is HTML5? HTML5 is the next major revision of the HTML [...]