Early warning signs your company’s media network will fail

August 30, 2010

Companies are so eager to get involved in social media. Problem is some requests or wants to “just get it done” are often tell-tale signs that your company’s media network is going to fail. Make sure you read this list and don’t fall into the ever-so-common traps.

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The cool and not-so-cool from Gnomedex

August 24, 2010

The annual geek conclave or “TED light” in Seattle has wrapped up and here’s my review of what was valuable and what really annoyed me.

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Gnomedex’s Chris Pirillo on Our Individual Power to Create

August 23, 2010

Gnomedex Master of Ceremonies and founder Chris Pirillo discusses the theme of this year’s Gnomedex. It’s all about the power of the individual to create, without someone else telling them that they can or can’t do it. Technology is simply the enabler.

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How to make sure journalists get your story correct

August 16, 2010

There’s always a tension between interviewees/PR reps and journalists. We need each other, but sometimes the experience doesn’t go as well as we’d hope. Here are some tips to make sure your interview experience goes over as well as possible.

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On KQED talking Google, Verizon and Net Neutrality

August 15, 2010

Watch my appearance Friday night on KQED’s “This Week in Northern California” discussing the open letter Google and Verizon cowrote to the FCC proposing new broadband requirements for mobile and some type of second Internet. Google has severely compromised given the past three years of trying to undermine the mobile carriers.

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Did HP’s Mark Hurd sexually harass an iPhone user?

August 12, 2010

Who knows? The mystery around Mark Hurd’s leaving of HP and the absurd study by OKCupid about iPhone users having more sex than Android phone users became the fodder for this week’s episode of John C. Dvorak’s Cranky Geeks.

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Interview: Steps to getting started with your media presence

August 10, 2010

Want to learn how to get up and rolling with social media? Even if you’ve been hesitant about getting involved, listen to this short 26 minute interview with Conrad Hall of “Social Media: Cheap and Easy” as we discuss four steps to get you a media presence online.

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Digging deep into company knowledge to improve productivity

August 9, 2010

Where do you increase productivity in your company? After a round table discussion at the Techonomy conference in Lake Tahoe, California, the realization that productivity requires getting information from the bottom to bubble up to the top so as to make proper decisions.

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Bill Gates on in-person vs. online education

August 6, 2010

(I’m reporting all this week at the Techonomy conference in Lake Tahoe, California. For more coverage, check out the Techonomy blog.) At the Techonomy conference in San Francisco, Bill Gates closed the event and answered questions from the audience. One woman asked him whether he thought that online education could potentially supersede in-person education.

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Bill Gates: Non-profits vs. for-profit businesses

August 6, 2010

At the Techonomy conference in San Francisco, Bill Gates closed the event and answered questions from the audience. One woman asked why non-profits can’t behave more like for-profit businesses. Gates said that wasn’t necessarily the best idea.

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