Category Archives: social media

Social Media is Not Cool

Social media is not cool. Social media is not a fad. Social media is not easy. Social media is not for everyone. Social media is not a silo. Now that I got those five misconceptions out of the way, I want to get to the root of something that has been sticking in my craw…

MLB Introduces Social Layer to Online Viewing

Baseball is America’s sport – no matter how boring or long it may seem at times, we are drawn to the sport in some way shape or form. I like listening to baseball over the radio as it paints a picture and you can have it on in the background. This year, I have taken…

Global Pulse of Social Media in 2011

I have a problem that I need to admit. I read and I mean a lot. I am also a research junkie when it comes to the social space and like checking out reports even if it takes me a few months to clear the foot high stack of them sitting on my work desk….

ESPN – Wicked Local

I really love how ESPN gets their commercials hyper local. This one with Dustin Pedroia is especially awesome on two fronts. One he is my hight and is called the laser show and two, Esposito is referenced as the best. A win-win in my book. Thanks to Nick Gosselin for pointing this out — RELAX….

What a difference 10 (work) days makes

On April 12, I called out of work because my wife went into labor. Over the 13 days that followed I was out of the office and really stepped away from my keyboard to focus on my new expanded family. Sure I Tweeted or checked in on foursquare or Facebook here or there, but for…

Five blogs that you should be reading

Fridays are typically a day where I share the five best articles that I read in a given week. While I would love to continue that tradition this week, I have spent more time changing diapers than sharing and digesting links and articles so I decided to share with you five blogs that you should…

Another reason to love Livefyre

About six months back I was urged to check out the Livefyre comments system from Danny Brown. While I loved Disqus, the real-time and almost IM speed of Livefyre and this experiment (results) from Danny, were enough to convince me. Ever since signing up for the beta test, I could not have been happier at…