Since I took a departure from the intent of my previous posts, to provide an unofficial guide to SXSW, I thought it nonetheless would be helpful to share the rest of my thoughts on SXSW in a helpful metaphor: SXSW is the physical embodiment of...

17 March, 2011

I spent most of the second day of SXSWi as an observer and I tried to remain objective, if not idealistic, to the experience as a whole. As a marketer and as a naturally curious individual, though, it is often difficult for me not to...

13 March, 2011

This is my second year at SXSWi, and though things are just beginning, I can already tell that the convention is turning into something it did not set out to be in the first place. It certainly feels more like "Geek Spring Break" than it...

11 March, 2011

I've recently come across some really cool concepts that herald the dawn of a new era in technology. I'm billing these as a peek into what we may see a lot more of in 2011, so get used to it. The following concepts are quite...

08 December, 2010

Recently some game changing news hit the social street when Facebook announced "Deals," which finally explains why Facebook's "Places" function unrolled earlier this year. ...

05 November, 2010

Nothing we say online is private. If you post something to your Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or Flickr page, the world can know about it. When you communicate via a social media portal, it is the equivalent of being at a crowded party with a microphone....

04 June, 2010

I got excited about his panel because it seemed to speak to me specifically, and sure enough, it really delivered. The panel concentrated on two aspects of web writing, first is to explore writing web content, and secondly how to write web content for a...

14 March, 2010

As the year draws to a close, I'd like to take a moment to reflect on some of the moments in social media and social media marketing that left me saying "uhhhhh...

23 December, 2009
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