I wanted to share some of my 1st impressions after having the iPhone 4 for the past 24 hours. My overall reaction: it's an amazing device and I'm not experiencing (knock on wood) the issues that are being reported across the blogosphere. I shot a quick video highlighting some of the new features and my ...
Over the past year or so there have been several books written about President Obama, his historic presidential race and exploring how his presidency. As someone who is extremely interested in government and politics, I have read several of them. None of them have gotten as close as Jonathan Alter has with his book
One of the most engaging features of LinkedIn, Groups, has been been refreshed and is starting to roll out to their users, now at 70 million worldwide. LinkedIn Groups has been a part of the core feature set within the professional social network but, in my opinion, was one of the most under-utilized features. ...
If you're anything like me then every time you see CTU headquarters, the White House Situation Room or any other fusion center-styled office space, you wish you could have a similar set up. Imagine if you could have your own Situation Room to monitor everything going on online around you and/or ...
A recurring topic seems to be whether or not social media is a fad. Personally, I'd like to think that we're past having to justify whether or not social media will disappear any time soon. But then I interact with my circle of family and friends that aren't marketers or involved with social ...
Most of the business books that are published focus on teaching you what you can do to improve your sales, marketing, customer retention, productivity or a number of other business-related goals. The case studies in these books typically highlight role models of the concepts being described and then have actionable tips that you can follow ...
Coca-Cola has updated their social media policies (or principles, as Coca-Cola is calling them). Guess what? The policies are only 3 pages in length. Yep, that's it. 3 pages. One of the largest brands in the world that sells into 200 countries with dozens of products and billions of dollars in revenue has ...
So, I'm here in Las Vegas gearing up for the start of CES 2010 tomorrow. Since this is my 2nd year attending CES, I wanted to share with you some advice as well as what I'll be carrying in my gear bag to help keep me connected without creating unnecessary weight. If you can't ...
Don't you wish you knew what the magic trick was to going viral? Wish you could get your video viewed by more than your mother, best friend, and dog? While there is definitely more advanced advice available, it does all start with the basics. Matthew Liu, the YouTube Product Manager over at Google, ...
All across the interwebs over the past several weeks bloggers have been posting their recaps of what happened in social media during 2009. But, one of these recaps, in my opinion, stood out from the rest of the pack. That recap was the one that Rob Cottingham recently published. Why? Not only did ...