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Bands to Help Brands, Brands, Twitter, change, social media, work
Bands to Help Brands: How a 30 Year-Old Punk Band Can Help Your Brand
12.31.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

When you think of punk rockers, what comes to mind?
A bunch of strung out, skinny white kids rebelling against any and everything, all at once?
If so, take a look at Bad Brains, circa 1979.
life, work
Michael Douglas Played Me in a Movie. Kind of.
10.26.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

It’s the late 90s. I was working at Verizon (then Bell Atlantic) in a 700-person customer service center. One day, as with the thousands of calls I took in the two years I spent there, I answer a call with the standard greeting that I can recall to this day: “Thank you for calling the [...]
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, 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 [...]