Publications
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Twitter monitoring to strengthen your team
When, how and why you might find it useful to track the Twitter feeds of specific colleagues in a focused way.
Responding to online criticism
Will Aldrich responded today to my post about my experience with TripIt’s social invitation process, and his response is a model of how to handle online criticism.
Social network invitations: Rules for services and users
My experience spamming my address book with a social network invitation inspired this run-down of how to set up network invites that avoid the spam trap.
Rob’s Northern Voice keynote
If you've ever wondered whether social media is funny, check out the reaction to Rob's Teh Funny Northern Voice keynote. The Twitter backchannel is reprinted in text below. These tweets are in chronological order, so you can follow the thread of the conversation. In...
Why online conversation matters
Why online conversation holds the key to social, political and community change.
Keep iPhone, iCal, MobileMe and Google Calendar in sync with BusySync
If you use Apple’s iCal, Google Calendar and an iPhone, you want to look at this application.
NIche messaging with social media: going for the Golden Graham
The Golden Graham Effect is what happens when a product or service achieves a consistent and coherent brand, despite offering different benefits to different audiences. Today, social media doesn’t just offer the opportunity for niche messaging. It introduces the informational equivalent of nutritional labeling for every product, and every service on the market.
ManyMoon offers collaborative task management that project managers can love
I was thrilled to discover a new, hot, collaborative task management app this week: ManyMoon. It’s the first web app I’ve found that provides team-centric task management without falling off the ledge and into the bottomless pit of project management.
Seven people’s seven favourite things?
I’ve been memed. As commanded by Dave Eaves and the many people upstream of him in the 7 Things thing, here are my 7 things.
Know how dorky you feel when you find you’re bopping along to your iPod in a public place?…
Know how dorky you feel when you find you’re bopping along to your iPod in a public place? Feels 2x as dorky if it’s bopping to a showtune
The Harvard Business Review
Twitter monitoring to strengthen your team
When, how and why you might find it useful to track the Twitter feeds of specific colleagues in a focused way.
Responding to online criticism
Will Aldrich responded today to my post about my experience with TripIt’s social invitation process, and his response is a model of how to handle online criticism.
Social network invitations: Rules for services and users
My experience spamming my address book with a social network invitation inspired this run-down of how to set up network invites that avoid the spam trap.
Rob’s Northern Voice keynote
If you've ever wondered whether social media is funny, check out the reaction to Rob's Teh Funny Northern Voice keynote. The Twitter backchannel is reprinted in text below. These tweets are in chronological order, so you can follow the thread of the conversation. In...
Why online conversation matters
Why online conversation holds the key to social, political and community change.
Keep iPhone, iCal, MobileMe and Google Calendar in sync with BusySync
If you use Apple’s iCal, Google Calendar and an iPhone, you want to look at this application.
NIche messaging with social media: going for the Golden Graham
The Golden Graham Effect is what happens when a product or service achieves a consistent and coherent brand, despite offering different benefits to different audiences. Today, social media doesn’t just offer the opportunity for niche messaging. It introduces the informational equivalent of nutritional labeling for every product, and every service on the market.
ManyMoon offers collaborative task management that project managers can love
I was thrilled to discover a new, hot, collaborative task management app this week: ManyMoon. It’s the first web app I’ve found that provides team-centric task management without falling off the ledge and into the bottomless pit of project management.
Seven people’s seven favourite things?
I’ve been memed. As commanded by Dave Eaves and the many people upstream of him in the 7 Things thing, here are my 7 things.
Know how dorky you feel when you find you’re bopping along to your iPod in a public place?…
Know how dorky you feel when you find you’re bopping along to your iPod in a public place? Feels 2x as dorky if it’s bopping to a showtune
OneZero
Protecting social spaces from cell phones and social media marketing
If you have ever glared at someone who is having a loud cell phone conversation on the bus, or felt slighted by a friend who answers a phone call during a dinner date, you have to read Christine Rosen's insanely awesome take-down of public cell phone use. Written in...
Good news for Internet users who need a boost
Happy News is a site that accentuates the positive: it promises to deliver only good news stories. You wouldn't want to make it your only source of information, but when the endless stories of crime and conflict get you down, here's a nice way to balance it out. It's...
Social networks say good-bye to difficult but crucial interactions
Todd Essig has a thoughtful post about how social networks have affected the process of saying good-bye in our culture. Now that the hospital where he works is closing, he anticipated more than the usual end-of-school-year good-byes. Instead, he's seen less: as one of...
Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: Not addiction; dependency
Nicholas Carr has genius take on the conversation about "Internet addiction": By dismissing talk of "Internet addiction" as rhetorical overkill, which it is, we also avoid undertaking an honest examination of how deeply our media devices have been woven into our lives...
5 paths to self-discovery online
One of the key ways to make your online life more meaningful is to use it as an outlet for self-discovery and self-expression. Here are 5 ways you can use the Internet to get to know yourself a little better.
Choosing a widget control plugin for WordPress
For the past few months I have used the Widget Context plugin on my WordPress blog in order to control where widgets show up on my site. Everything you see in the two right-hand columns of my site is widget-based, as are the 3 columns that display teasers for featured...
The meaning of engagement
A great description of meaningful engagement from Chris Jones: True engagement requires more time and energy and active listening skills, but the resulting flow of information brings rich rewards. Insights begin to accumulate and multiply. Ideas get validated and...
Is social media just for married people?
Think Social is a blog from the Paley Center for Media that focuses on the public benefits of social media. It's an incredible blog and one that you must follow if you are looking for thoughtful reflection on both the social and political potential of social media....
JSTOR DAILY
Protecting social spaces from cell phones and social media marketing
If you have ever glared at someone who is having a loud cell phone conversation on the bus, or felt slighted by a friend who answers a phone call during a dinner date, you have to read Christine Rosen's insanely awesome take-down of public cell phone use. Written in...
Good news for Internet users who need a boost
Happy News is a site that accentuates the positive: it promises to deliver only good news stories. You wouldn't want to make it your only source of information, but when the endless stories of crime and conflict get you down, here's a nice way to balance it out. It's...
Social networks say good-bye to difficult but crucial interactions
Todd Essig has a thoughtful post about how social networks have affected the process of saying good-bye in our culture. Now that the hospital where he works is closing, he anticipated more than the usual end-of-school-year good-byes. Instead, he's seen less: as one of...
Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: Not addiction; dependency
Nicholas Carr has genius take on the conversation about "Internet addiction": By dismissing talk of "Internet addiction" as rhetorical overkill, which it is, we also avoid undertaking an honest examination of how deeply our media devices have been woven into our lives...
5 paths to self-discovery online
One of the key ways to make your online life more meaningful is to use it as an outlet for self-discovery and self-expression. Here are 5 ways you can use the Internet to get to know yourself a little better.
Choosing a widget control plugin for WordPress
For the past few months I have used the Widget Context plugin on my WordPress blog in order to control where widgets show up on my site. Everything you see in the two right-hand columns of my site is widget-based, as are the 3 columns that display teasers for featured...
The meaning of engagement
A great description of meaningful engagement from Chris Jones: True engagement requires more time and energy and active listening skills, but the resulting flow of information brings rich rewards. Insights begin to accumulate and multiply. Ideas get validated and...
Is social media just for married people?
Think Social is a blog from the Paley Center for Media that focuses on the public benefits of social media. It's an incredible blog and one that you must follow if you are looking for thoughtful reflection on both the social and political potential of social media....
THE VERGE
10 funny things to read or do online from a hotel room
Welcome to Social Media for Bored Travellers
4 easy steps to creating a Twitter list from your conference backchannel
You know you're at a conference with a great backchannel when you want to stay in touch with all the folks who've been tweeting away under the designated hashtags. That's how I felt about the Association of Internet Researchers (AOIR) conference last week: from the...
Leaning into online struggles
The fourth time I got a call from the principal's office, I knew I had to rethink our school year. One of our kids was having a tough time in class, and I had already made several visits to the teacher, the classroom and the principal's office. Not only was I worried...