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Back to Your Future: “What Is Internet Anyway?”
This tremendous Today show clip is, um, today circulating around the very Internet Katie and Bryant (along with some other person) were not quite understanding (or, it seems, caring much about) back in 1994. Katie thinks the @ means “about.” … Continue reading
Posted in Email, Internet, Television, The Future
Tagged Back to the Future, Bryant Gumble, email, Internet, Katie Couric, NBC, Today show
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Infinite Like? The T-Pain Facebook “Like” Button Tattoo
This has been making the rounds today: First off, is it ironic to lead with a tweet about a Facebook “Like” button tattoo? It’s a social networking ecosystem, after all… Anywho, here’s the tattoo: I’m not sure I like the … Continue reading
Posted in Branded Content, Facebook
Tagged “Like” Button, Facebook, T-Pain, tattoo, TechCrunch
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Social Networkers: Don’t Go Outside (Today)
A recent piece on the 10 most popular brand pages on Facebook produced, among others, this important reader comment: Harsh, Mike. And dangerous, my angry friend. Check out our weather in Boston below (or from the “Ridiculous cold…” editorial source). … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Mobile, Social Networking
Tagged Boston, Facebook, mobile, Social Media, social networking, weather, whdh
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Verizon, Apple: Take My $$, Please
With Verizon expected to announce today it will finally sell the iPhone, I in turn announce that my own Palm Pre POS’ days are numbered. The Palm is a corded (battery life: 6 mins), sort of smartphone that is very … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile, The Future
Tagged Apple, BlackBerry, iPhone, mobile, Palm Pre Plus, smartphones, Verizon
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7 Things To Do in 2011/Tomorrow
1) read more stuff that has a number, indicating list, in headline 2) read more stuff about things that will trend in 2011 3) retweet something trending, to be trendy 4) to buck New Year’s resolution trend, eat more unleafy … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Social Media, The Future
Tagged 2011, AMC Eagle, Instagram, New Year’s, Polaroid, Snooki, trending topics, trends
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When You Do Not Have Mail
Yesterday, on account of #snowpocalypse2010, I didn’t get mail. Fine by me, although surprising. Until yesterday, the mailman has always had a Santa-down-the-chimney mystique about him (or her, as the case may be). What happened, I wondered, to “Neither snow … Continue reading
Posted in Email, Social Media, The Future
Tagged #snowpocalypse2010, AOL, Elwood Edwards, Jim Breuer, mail, usps, You’ve got mail
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LinkedIn Creepiness
Yesterday, a friend tweeted the following: I could not agree more and was just recently thinking the same thing. I don’t think I’ve imported email contacts into LinkedIn. So what gives with the algorithmic creepiness, LinkedIn? Check out some of … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media, Social Networking
Tagged contacts, LinkedIn, People You May Know
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The Price is Print?
Reports of their demise greatly exaggerated or not, I still subscribe to actual print magazines. With an ever expanding media consumption mix, I recently cast away one of these magazine subscriptions. It was painless and I can envision starting to … Continue reading
Posted in Magazines, Media, Print, Subscriptions
Tagged Amazon.com, conde nast, digital, magazine, mail, postal, print, the new yorker, usps
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Fortune Cookie Tweeting
Brands are better served differentiating themselves in social media by ensuring their social media copy is less fortune cookie copy; more sharp, conversational copywriting. A quick scroll of the Coca-Cola tweet stream, reveals they are sparing with broadcast tweets (the … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Branded Content, Social Media, Twitter
Tagged Coca Cola, Coke, fortune cookie, happiness, tweets, Twitter
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Small Town Lament
In the recent Bob Edwards’ interview of John Mellencamp (Bob Edwards Weekend podcast), Mellencamp talks a bit about progress and quality of life. He then says: The invention of computers and the internet… is going to turn around and destroy … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Social Media, The Future
Tagged Americana, Bob Edwards Weekend, John Mellencamp, music, Social Media, the American Dream, the internet
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