From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Facebook in Real Life

by Justin Levy on January 29, 2009

While catching up on my RSS feeds tonight, I came across a new cartoon from HubSpot.  The title of this new cartoon is: “Facebook in Real Life: Throwing Sheep”.

This cartoon made me laugh a lot and reminded me of this video that I came across last year:
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If you haven’t checked out the series of cartoons [...]

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The Reduction of Personal Interaction

by Justin Levy on January 23, 2009

Yesterday I was running a few errands when it struck me.  With the advancements of technology moving into the retail and consumer spaces, it is possible to go an entire day of being out without ever having a personal interaction.  Take this sample morning of running errands as an example:

You leave your house and stop [...]

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The Transition from Cable to Internet TV

by Justin Levy on January 22, 2009

In about a week I will be moving up to Boston.  For the first time one of the calls I will not be making during this transition is to set up cable service.  We have decided to forgo paying for cable and just watch selected shows via the Internet.  Nowadays most prime-time shows are available [...]

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Synchronize, Backup, and Expand Your Social Networks

by Justin Levy on January 19, 2009

What would you do if you woke up today and found out that overnight Twitter closed up shop?  What if it was LinkedIn?  Facebook?  Would you be able to still stay in contact with the networks you have spent time building on these platforms?  My guess is that you would remember some of your contacts, [...]

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What I’ve Been Reading Lately

by Justin Levy on January 14, 2009

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The last time I flew Southwest out of Bradley International Airport was in September when I was headed out to theBlogworld Expo.  When I arrived at my departure gate earlier today heading to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), I was pleasantly surprised to see that Southwest had made some upgrades.  Southwest removed some of the [...]

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Donating to Charity in Exchange for Email Subscribers

by Justin Levy on January 5, 2009

Yesterday I was contacted by Lee Dryburgh, organizer of the eComms Conference.  eComms is a conference about emerging communications focusing on the telecom industry.  Lee told me that he was running a social media experiment of donating $0.50 to Shelter Network, a Bay Area-based charitable organization, for every email subscriber he received for the eComms mailing [...]

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A Quick Thank You

by Justin Levy on January 3, 2009

I just wanted to take a brief minute to check in and say thank you to everyone who wished Laura a Happy Birthday yesterday!
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Happy Birthday Laura!

by Justin Levy on January 2, 2009

Today I dedicate my blog to my best friend and wonderful fiancé Laura. Today is her birthday so I wanted to write this post about her.  I talk about her a lot on Twitter and people have come to know her by name, and a few, by actually getting to meet her.  But today, I [...]

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