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Twitter, change, life
Digital New Deal: Now the Real Work Begins
11.05.08 | Permalink | 5 Comments

Last night, history happened. America, in an overwhelming gesture of support, voted in Barack Obama as our next President.
One of the things that struck me as most amazing about his victory was to the degree to which it proved to be our victory.
It’s been a long time since a candidate united people the way Obama [...]
Twitter, blogging, change, fund raiser, life, social media
Help The Race to 20k
10.28.08 | Permalink | 12 Comments

Remember playing telephone as a kid? Social media can be kind of like that.
Thomas Keown started One Home Many Hopes, a nonprofit organization that is working to improve the lives of girls in Kenya.
“One Home Many Hopes” is a loving home for orphaned girls in Mtwapa, Kenya. It provides former street children with a nurturing [...]
Twitter, blogging, social media, work
On the Continuing Loss of Social Media Leadership in Boston
10.26.08 | Permalink | 18 Comments

Last Thursday night, a bunch of us from the Boston-area social media scene got together to welcome Ken Burbary to town. That was the original plan, at least.
A few days before the Tweetup, Aaron Strout let us know that he’s leaving Mzinga, and Boston, for a position at Powered in Austin, TX.
So we had a [...]
Twitter, blogging, life, social media
Twitter Helped Me Steal Canada’s Greatest Natural Resource
10.16.08 | Permalink | 43 Comments

Say hi to Meg
Meg and I should have never met.
Meg lives in Vancouver; the farthest west I’ve ever been is Tennessee. She’s a freelance writer; I schlep to work at a pharmaceutical publishing company every day - no chance we’d ever meet at an industry conference or something like that. The likelihood we’d ever be [...]
Twitter, social media, work
Two weeks late: Generation Gap and Technology
09.08.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Yeah, I’m two weeks late on this, but I wanted to let you know that I joined Leslie Poston, Jonathan Yarmis, and several others for the “Topics on Fire: Generation Gap and Technology” podcast. In it we discussed, well technology and how different generations are dealing with it, and each other. Have a listen, and [...]
Twitter, blogging, change, fund raiser, life, social media
Social Media Fund Raiser - Where and When!
07.23.08 | Permalink | 10 Comments

It’s been twelve days since I’ve brought up the idea of a Social Media Fund Raiser. That time’s been spent trying to figure out things like how many people will come, how long the event should be, and what is going to be served. Oh, and when it will all take place.
I have some answers. [...]
Twitter, blogging, social media
There Are No Experts in Social Media
07.23.08 | Permalink | 5 Comments

This past weekend, I attended PodCamp Boston 3. This was my first PodCamp (read my guest post on MediaBullseye for a wrap up of “PodCamp Boston - The Newbie Perspective“), so there was a lot to take in.
Twitter, blogging, change, fund raiser, life, social media
Let’s Have a Social Media Fund Raiser!
07.11.08 | Permalink | 10 Comments

A couple weeks ago, someone presented the idea of a Tweetup at Radius, a high-end restaurant and lounge in Boston’s Financial District (I run the valet operations there.)
What a great idea, I figured. If there was ever a way to draw my social media friends from New York (hello, Matt?) up to Boston, a restaurant [...]
Twitter, blogging, social media
Gary Frickin’ Vay-Ner-CHUCK
06.21.08 | Permalink | 5 Comments

If there’s one thing I love, it’s wine. If there’s another, it’s friends. If there’s a third, it’s social media.
Of the three, the one I love but am not that familiar with is wine. Which is okay, because Gary Vee is here to help me out.
Who’s Gary Vee? Gary Vaynerchuck is the host of Wine [...]
Twitter, change, social media
10 Things I Learned from 5,000 Tweets
06.15.08 | Permalink | 9 Comments

Earlier this week, Aaron Strout hit 5,000 tweets. At 4,999, he went on a Twitter fast - no updates until someone gave him a worthy reason. That ended with a slip of the keys, unfortunately, but it got me thinking.