A few years ago I was sitting at the airport in Austin, laptop on lap, writing up some notes from a meeting I had earlier that day at South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi), the annual technology conference in Austin, TX.   I looked up from my laptop to see Chris Brogan standing there looking at me. He said something like, “You don’t look exhausted. … How’d you do that?”  Chris was making reference to the fact that SXSWi is a bit of a marathon, and many people only prepare for a sprint.
I told …

There has been a lot of commentary over the past couple months about Facebook’s new Frictionless Sharing.  Announced at their annual F8 conference in late September, the basic idea behind Frictionless Sharing is that actions you perform on the Internet —  like reading an article or watching a video — will be shared with your Facebook network, without you initiating it. In other words, without you having to click a ‘share’ button or ‘like’ button or any button.  When you first connect with a website or application that has integrated …

In mid-September, I was on board a plane preparing to head to San Francisco for business, when suddenly we unexpectedly had to evacuate the plane. It was very scary and I will add more detail to this post later, but for now, here are my tweets, as I live tweeted the event.
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Recently I was asked my predictions for social media in 2011. I thought for a moment and realized my answer wasn’t really different than my answer last year.  I decided to review the various blog posts I’d bookmarked a year ago and see how the expert’s predictions looked year over year.
In December of 2009, Mashable, one of the best resources for social media news, had many posts on social media predictions, including this one: ‘Social Media Experts Make Their Predictions for Trends in 2010′ which linked to Trendspotting’s Influencer Series.
I’ve …

On the evening of January 25th, like many, I was watching President Barack Obama deliver his State of the Union address.  As with many events, I had my Tweetdeck in front of me the whole time.  I didn’t have a search set up for the hashtag #sotu, I just watched my regular Twitter feed flow through.  What I saw, which I have said time and time again, is that people are hysterical.  I am constantly blown away by the humor of regular folks out there providing social commentary.
I immediately started …

Facebook has updated their Fan Page design and it appears that much of what was leaked late last year made it to the final design.   The new fan page design aligns their pages with the new profile design they launched a couple months back.  Facebook is trying to make the experience on Facebook.com have more uniformity across profiles and pages.   You can preview the new design before you actually upgrade.  Once you upgrade though, you cannot switch back.  As mentioned below, everyone will have four weeks to upgrade their pages.
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I read a lot.  I probably spend a couple hours a day just trying to keep up with new social media related content out there.  I also send out a lot of articles and Tweets to my colleagues, mostly information relevant to projects we are working on, or projects I think we should be working on.  Last week, a co-worker asked where do I find all of it.  So I thought I would just write a post about what I read everyday (*or almost everyday).
I am not big on my …

Thought I’d launch my new social media blog with a befitting Thanksgiving #thankfulfor post.  And it’s social media I am thankful for.
Let’s talk about Twitter.  I started a new position in November 2008 as a social media content manager for Gannett.  The position has many facets.  It was not a coincidence that I already had a mild obsession with Twitter, but now that it was part of my job, I jumped in 110%.  I have to say, I understand why Twitter is such a great tool, but it has also …

This past weekend (Sept 19-21) I attended Blogworld and New Media Expo in Las Vegas, sort of. You see I am trying to not spend money (read: pay debt off) so I couldn’t really fully attend. I instead just visited the exhibit hall and went to some parties. I really wanted to attend the sessions, but couldn’t swing it ($).
I think the highlight was meeting so many great people and really starting to build a great list of people I follow on twitter. This group of …