Preparing for PodCamp DC with the Jeff Pulver Method Jeff Pulver writes a great recurring blog post about how to prepare for an upcoming conference. His method of making a conference a productive experience for you is one that is infinitely valuable, and I highly recommend adopting the framework for your own conference experiences, whether…
Andrew Baron Selling Twitter Account, Database For Sale? Chris Brogan raised the question people should be asking about Andrew Baron’s eBay sale of his Twitter account. What are you buying? What’s the value? Laura Fitton said on Twitter: “you can’t sell relationships.” You can’t. But you sure as heck can sell data. In the case…
Marketing Sucks Marketing sucks. That’s the perception that many, many consumers have about marketing, for good or ill. Here’s an example of what I mean. Richard Mondello, a high school senior in Dover Plains, New York, recently wrote on his blog: In my opinion, marketers will always be marketers. It’s their job to manipulate you…
A few folks have been talking about how following works for them on Twitter – do you follow back everyone who follows you (minus the spambots)? Do you selectively follow some people? How and why? Here’s my rationale. As I said in a recent post, Twitter is my AP Newswire. As such, I look to…
Quoting Gillian Tett of the Financial Times: In recent years, the concept of a “Goldilocks” economy has permeated the policymaking world. For after decades of painful economic booms and busts, politicians and central bankers have become wedded to the idea of chasing a growth rate that is neither “too hot, nor too cold, but just…
China’s power today is driven by economics first and foremost. Want to lead the charge, make a difference, influence their human rights policy? Forget the Olympics, forget Olympic Torch protests. The Olympics are symbolic, and while as a Buddhist, I certainly acknowledge and applaud any attention given to the plight of Tibet, protests will accomplish…
I’m loading up my iPod before heading back to Boston, and it occurred to me this simple thing: With as much content as we have available to us – TED Talks, Google Talks, Google Employee Discussions, NY 2012, PodCamps, etc. – if you own the gear and don’t arrive at your destination smarter than you…
It’s all good fun today on April Fool’s Day as Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up is linked from all of YouTube’s featured videos. Just fun, right? Heck no. There’s a lot more to this. We’ve heard a lot of metrics about YouTube and other social sites, about how many users there are. But…
Lots of debate lately about Twitter – what it is, why it matters, how to use it. I’ll throw this thought out there: Twitter is my personal AP Newswire. Here’s the thing. I can’t afford a Bloomberg terminal ($1,800/month) or an AP newsfeed in real time and I’m unwilling to even spend on real time…
