Tag Archives: Facebook

What Would Jesus Do

I have always believed that one of the really important responsibilities a writer has is to ask interesting questions. Questions make us think about life in new ways, and once we do, our minds cannot snap back to what they … Continue reading

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Humanity and the Socialtech Storm

There are moments in life when I am very conscious that I am an animal at heart. When I get hungry, there comes a point where I cannot focus on anything other than hunting prey – or at least a … Continue reading

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The Skill of Multi-Tasking

Sure, multi-tasking has always been with us. From the earliest days of man in the cave, I am sure there was a woman that was cleaning off a hide, boiling some food, and having a conversation with two different cave … Continue reading

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The Power of Platforms

The announcement of the Google Wave platform and all the early descriptions of the role it could play in building Web based applications has me thinking about the power of platforms in general. I think an important concept for us … Continue reading

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Corporate Social Media Policy

I cannot stop myself from writing this specific message for you to because I am becoming frustrated that organizations are moving so slowly on this subject. I have been asked to speak to quite a few audiences lately about social … Continue reading

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Measuring the Results of Social Media Participation

A question from a reader sparked this new stream.  Jeff Hurt from NADP asked me if I has written anything on how to measure the success or failure of working with social media as a tool.  Or, put another way, … Continue reading

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The Crowd Is The Cloud

People are talking about the Internet morphing into a Cloud based technological organism, but it has always been a Cloud of sorts.  It is just lately that we are all becoming part of the Cloud.  Micro-blogging has erupted into an … Continue reading

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Are You My Friend?

I was reading a self help column today (not because I need it) and saw and letter written in from a young man who had friended his girlfriend’s mother on Facebook. His girlfriend was livid at this and demanded the … Continue reading

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The Platform of Clouds

We hear about the ‘Cloud’ at every turn lately, but the cloud has been coming for a long time, in many varied ways.  The well known players are all household names: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce.com, Sun and … Continue reading

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Google Is Learning

This morning there was a neat new toy in my web arsenal.  First let me set the stage for you, you see, I use a lot of Google services; from Gmail, Google Calendar and the Google Documents suite, all the … Continue reading

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