by Whitney | Feb 22, 2011 | business, community, happiness
A few years ago, the concept of personal branding became all the rage. In the age of social media, people no longer build their reputations -solely- based on location and between real friends and business associates, but can have a reputation that exists beyond your...
by Whitney | Feb 17, 2011 | community, new media, social media, Uncategorized
I’ve been on Twitter since October 24, 2006. My “twitter user number” is 10,233, meaning I’m the 10,233rd person to sign up for Twitter. Chris Brogan got me to join (his twitter number is 10,202) when he emailed a bunch of us about it a little...
by Whitney | Feb 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
The SuperBowl half-time show is the world’s toughest gig. It’s a huge audience to play to, but because of the size and diversity, it has to meet the following metrics: 1. Visually engaging, both to those in the stadium and to the world-wide TV audience 2....
by Whitney | Feb 7, 2011 | business, community, economics
This past weekend, I spent some time visiting social spaces where I haven’t “hung out” in some time. I poked around to see what I had been missing in groups and forums I used to be a regular participant in, to see what was still worth while, and...
by Whitney | Feb 2, 2011 | business, community, economics
The most entertaining item to geeks in this morning’s news has to be Google’s accusation that Microsoft’s Bing search engine competitor is hijacking Google search results. (The BBC has a good article about it here). Explaining how search works to...
