by Whitney | Jun 8, 2010 | business, community, economics, new media, social media, Uncategorized
Someone on Twitter was talking about how to celebrate a big Tweet number- 25,000 tweets. Some people have chosen to try to raise money for their momentous tweet, but what struck me was what might have been said in those 25,000 tweets. Does that equal a novel? A Book?...
by Whitney | May 26, 2010 | business, community, economics
Yesterday, I spoke at the Social Media Plus conference, and finally got to meet the great Jason Falls. In Jason’s presentation, he spoke about how sometimes, a relationship with a customer gets damaged, and there may be no going back. Sometimes, there’s...
by Whitney | Apr 29, 2010 | books, business, community, economics, education, Uncategorized
One of my favorite concepts from all of those years studying biology was the concept of the niche. An organism or creature finds a spot where the competition isn’t too intense, and raw materials they can work with, and decides to set up shop. They work with...
by Whitney | Jan 15, 2010 | books, business, community, economics, education
I was one of the lucky early few that signed up by making a donation to the Acumen Fund, to get an advanced copy of Linchpin by Seth Godin. Seth has asked people to read it, think about it and give a thoughtful review. I couldn’t wait to tell you about it...
by Whitney | Jan 13, 2010 | business, community, economics, learning, new media, social media
When is sharing your life online with others crossing over into TMI (Too Much Information) territory? Like it or not, we make judgments about people based on the integral of all we know about them. The baseball player who bets on sports in Vegas is assumed to have...
by Whitney | Nov 23, 2009 | community, learning, new media, podcamp, social media
The Miracle is not that I finished, the miracle is that I had the courage to start. John Bingham This has been a big week for me. After organizing Podcamps – digital media community unconferences – for the past few years, we were asked to organize the Open...
