Brand stories

 I blogged a bit about story telling the other day, and it seemed to touch a nerve, so here’s more on my take on personal brands and brand stories. Brand Stories- Not Just For Business Family Stories Marketers talk about Brand Stories- what does a brand say to...

Thoughts on Second Life

I want to get Second Life, I want to understand, but no one seems to be able to explain it to me. I downloaded Second Life to my computer for the first time about a year ago.  I spent time trying to figure out what was going on, and teleporting to some areas set up by...

Swing for the Fences

Last year, my New year’s Resolutions were about getting over fear.  If there’s one thing I learned over the past year, it was to take some chances, and not dismiss the crazy idea too easily.  Here’s an example of what I did, and the results: 1. Wrote...

Stories as Learning

My good friend, Chris Brogan, had an interesting blog post today that developed into a discussion about learning, and how learning was taking place in social media. This sparked several ideas in my head, and I felt I needed to write a post rather than just submit...

The Vernacular of New Media

The more I meet new people on the web, the more things I find we all have in common. There are some variations on the theme, but here are a list of ten “keystones” we seem to have in common: 1. We’ve read Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by...