October 31, 2008 – 2:26 pm
A brief "state of the union" update for DC’s Social Media Club.
It’s already been a great year for DC’s Social Media Club (SMC-DC). We kicked off with our September meeting on Social Technologies in Associations and Non-Profits. Jeff De Cagna of Principled Innovation LLC moderated and Fleishman-Hillard hosted the event.
Our October meeting brought us [...]
October 16, 2008 – 11:30 am
I came across this blog post by Jason Baer of Convince and Convert and thought it was a great piece that deserved some additional attention (apparently so did 50+ other people as evidenced in the comments section).
Jason lists six fallacies of social media and explains as to why they are false. There are good [...]
October 8, 2008 – 9:38 am
Liveblogging is not a new phenomenon, but with the Presidential debates over the past few weeks, it’s come into the limelight. There are a few benefits to liveblogging, and a couple different methods of doing it.
(Photo Credit: MEGATONik)
Benefits of Liveblogging
Liveblogging is beneficial for a variety of reasons.
It provides quick and easy content for your [...]
October 3, 2008 – 10:10 am
We live in an online world filled with endless information. You can search and find anything online, and day by day that available information grows exponentially. There are even tools to search the web for you.
While at Web 2.0 Expo and Interop NY a couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to listen to Clay [...]
September 24, 2008 – 9:25 am
The much anticipated Microsoft ads (part two) earn a big FAIL from the general public and bloggers alike.
With hundreds of millions in their marketing and advertising budget, it’s amazing that their recent “I’m a PC” ads were not better.
The new ads may be a simple case of a company scrambling to REACT to the [...]
September 17, 2008 – 9:47 am
A recent article in Advertising Age states that the future of consumer surveys may be at risk. Don’t think that this means your voice will no longer be heard, rather, market researchers are turning to new methods to collect data: online interaction. The Advertising Research Foundation said that this change will
signal a shift [...]
September 10, 2008 – 9:41 am
Clive Thompson’s latest article in the New York Times has caused many to consider the good and bad of the almost "incessant" contact and growing number of contacts that people now have online. The idea of "ambient awareness" (which they say is "very much like being physically near someone and picking up on his mood [...]
September 3, 2008 – 9:52 am
As with any shiny new object (especially from Google), Chrome has burst onto the scene with a flurry of feedback and is looking at a bright future.
Perhaps it is the comforting familiarity of the browser that increases its popularity. Unlike Google-esque rival search engine Cuil (which suffered an early launch with a ton of buzz [...]
August 20, 2008 – 11:00 am
It was either a stroke of genius or a moment of weakness that prompted SXSW’s Interactive Panel Picker. The website works by crowdsourcing potential panels that attendees (or, wishful attendees) want to see.
Since the Web 2.0 community is all about being interactive and promoting conversation, this appears to be the perfect solution to picking [...]
August 13, 2008 – 1:15 pm
There is some speculation on the Web that the Russian attacks on Georgia were very strategically planned. Planned in such a way that Olympic fever and vacation schedules were bound to overtake coverage (or, even appearance of concern) of the conflict. NBC seemed more worried about stopping Internet leaks of the opening ceremonies than reporting [...]
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