October 31, 2007

Google, OpenSocial, and Marketing

Google, OpenSocial, and Marketing

October 30, 2007

Silly business term: thought leader

I'm always amused when I see someone bill themselves as a thought leader in their field (heck, my own company's marketing department does it to me), mostly because the term thought leader is a joke. You are either a leader or you are not. It'd be like having a thought quarterback in the NFL, a thought pitcher in Fenway Park, a thought general on the battlefield. Do leaders need to think? Of course! But then they need to demonstrate the true leadership part and do.

The Revocation of PodCamp Rule Four

The Revocation of PodCamp Rule Four

October 29, 2007

Initial Thoughts After PodCamp Boston 2

Initial Thoughts After PodCamp Boston 2

October 25, 2007

Exile

In a few private conversations today, some folks have wondered - what's the most painful thing you can do to someone in new media? There is the example of the modern day pirates off the coast of Sumatra, who will tie your children to a boat anchor and slowly submerge them, then cut off your fingers joint by joint, but electronically, there's not much that has an impact except a very, very old punishment - exile. In any kind of community in the old days, exile was tantamount to a death sentence, since it meant you had to forage and survive on your own.

October 23, 2007

Please stop calling Bum Rush the Charts mine

I'm thrilled to see so many people running with flash mob ideas, like Joseph Jaffe and his new book, Join the Conversation; Joseph's campaign was called Bum Rush the Amazon Charts, inspired by Scott Sigler and the original Bum Rush the Charts. That said, I want to reiterate something - the inspiration behind, the creator of Bum Rush the Charts is not me. Never was, never will be. That honor, and the ideas that went along with it, belong to Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff and Michael Yusi, when they announced it on February 16, 2007.

October 22, 2007

The Horseradish of Julien Smith

Julien Smith writes about the implied violence in rap music and real violence:

October 18, 2007

Did you know?

One of my favorite videos, redone by XPLANE, originally by Karl Fisch of Arapahoe High School. Watch it. Think about it. The implications are enormous and potentially devastating or liberating.

October 15, 2007

A quick rant about PodCamp co-organizers

A quick rant about PodCamp co-organizers

October 14, 2007

Google Personals?

I must have missed the memo on Google's new service. I typed in "Buddhist Temple near 01702" and got some VERY different results than I was looking for.