From iPad to Web TV – Four Trends That Are Changing How We Create and Consume Media

April 2, 2010

The pace of change in media is happening so fast, most of us have barely wrapped our minds around current accepted notions, just as they are swept aside by technology driven evolution.  All of this overwhelms me, and I grasp that it is well out of our control.  But observing these patterns emerge is instructive [...]

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Foursquare vs Gowalla – One Location Based Service Will Break From the Pack

March 26, 2010

Race to the Finish Everyone loves a horse race. Whether ponies, politics, or tech startups – when the best and brightest pit their talent, passion, and strategy against one another in a high stakes challenge – it makes for high drama. As Foursquare and Gowalla appear to be emerging as leaders in the location wars, [...]

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The Disclaimer Revisited – An Opportunity for Employer Brand and Personal Brand to Coexist and Prosper

March 17, 2010

The Employee Blogger – Manage the Risk and Reap Reward I wrote my very first blog post here three years ago, nearly to the day.   In 2005, I had an awakening to just how disruptive the empowered social web was to my industry, and ultimately my job.   So rather than just sticking my head in [...]

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Creating Video for the Web – Examples, Strategies, and Pitfalls

March 12, 2010

I come from a tradition where creating video requires expertise.  The web has changed that, both for traditional media and emerging, evolving media.  Now that we’re all brands and we are all the media, McLuhan’s “the medium is the message” rings true more than ever before. In simpler times, when web video pioneers like Casey [...]

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Social Media and Customer Service – Long on Promise, Short on Delivery.

February 28, 2010

Free Social Media Strategy Advice Here’s some FREE social media expertise. As such, it’s likely valued similarly, but just as useful as any other “thought leadership” floating around out there. Here’s the deal: If you’re a brand using social media to field customer service complaints on Twitter or Facebook, make sure the other links in [...]

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White House Press Corps – The Road Warriors of the Fourth Estate Travel to Asia

November 11, 2009

On the Road Again In a few hours I’ll be wheels up from Joint Base Andrews on a chartered 747 bound for Asia.  I’ll be accompanied by my colleagues and contemporaries from the worlds of broadcast, print, and online journalism.  We’ll be keeping tabs on President Obama has he participates in the APEC summit in [...]

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