Too many times when I talk social media with clients, they want to start with tactics not strategy. Facebook! Twitter! Q&A sites! The questions you should start with are — Why are you looking at social media, and what do you have to say? This is why a post early this month by Om Malik […]
If you are serious about issues involving Internet infrastructure, then you’re probably a member of CircleID. It’s the online community where the “big brains” of the Internet go to debate Internet technology and policy. I’d never claim to be one of those big brains, but I’ve been a member since 2005. And during that time […]
My post last Friday questioning whether there is a future for BMW enthusiasts struck a nerve. To date the article has been viewed over 500 times, and there have been numerous comments made in online forums. Here’s a sampling of what I’m hearing from fellow enthusiasts. Many agreed with me, but some thought I was […]
I’ve been a subscriber to Bimmer Magazine for a long time. I really like their coverage of all things BMW. In the most recent issue I read an article that in my opinion spelled out bad times coming for BMW enthusiasts in the U.S. First I should define what I mean by enthusiast. It doesn’t […]
Gabriele and I headed west on the Little River Turnpike Saturday night and ate at the Foxfire Grill. Some restaurants make you feel as if they will do anything to make their customers happy. We definitely got that vibe from Foxfire, and had a very nice experience. It’s located in a shopping center just before […]
B2B publisher Penton announced today it purchased DC based online marketing firm EyeTraffic. Due to the seismic changes that have buffeted b2b publishing in the past few years, this acquisition made a lot of sense to me. Trade magazines have been decimated by the rise of the Internet. As eyeballs moved online, the b2b publishing […]
Gabriele and I just got back from a quick getaway to the Shenandoah Valley, renting a cabin we’ve been to a few times before. I wrote a post last year about the great time we had, and this visit was again just what the doctor ordered. Last year we didn’t realize that downtown Front Royal […]
A few weeks ago I published a post about xtranormal, a free online text to video tool. It’s a fun way to create animated videos and inject a bit of humor into your communications. I’ve been around the domain name space for over a decade, and I’ve been following the new TLD story closely. Seems […]
Twice in the past six months I’ve written about examples of poor technology reporting. These posts have been popular and have garnered a decent number of comments, including some who questioned calling out reporters publicly. Well, there is plenty of bad PR out there and it’s only fair I highlight that side of the story […]
Wow, that didn’t last long. TBD, a hybrid of a traditional broadcast affiliate and a community news web site that launched last August, announced major changes including staff cuts yesterday. The question is — was this marriage doomed from the start, or is there a broader message here for the hyper-local business model? Like a […]
I truly started utilizing LinkedIn only about three years ago. I had created my account years before, but it was in 2008 that I spent a little time and discovered the value LinkedIn can deliver. One of the best things about LinkedIn is how self-identified audiences form around specific topics to share information, network and […]
The biggest story coming out of the RSA show this week has been the public embarrassment suffered by the security firm HBGary Federal. If current reporting is accurate, it’s a sobering story of online dangers and unprofessional behavior on the part of the company. The hacker group Anonymous penetrated the computers of HBGary Federal on […]