Getting back into the blogging swing of things...with some linkety-link
Due to various personal reasons, I've been uncharacteristically unconversational (not a real word, but whateva). My last post was July 9th and I guess I feel a little more comfortable today to get back into the swing of things. So here goes with some linkety-link:
- Conversational marketing is in wikipedia. No mention of me or Join the Conversation so I added it myself. My experience with Wikipedia is that this will probably be removed, so if you'd like to add to this entry, please feel free to do so.
- Westport Library is twittering. Now if that isn't the twitting point, I don't know what is.
- More twitter....a VERY interesting approach by Len Kendall to solving Twitter's service woes. Could this be the future of community-led business model monetization?
- Group M pairs search with social media. The sound you just heard was the sound of dumbness.
- Steve Lubetkin publishes a podcast on my SNCR keynote. Love the pic, Steve :)
- The rock stars of 2.0 - mildly humorous (read: ridiculous) that I'm above Larry Page + Sergey Brin, Jimmy Wales, Stowe Boyd, Doc Searls, Steve Jobs, Steve Chen and more. Vote early and often. First prize is the real rock start accolade: Guitar Hero.
- The 5 creepiest ad techniques of the (near) future. And they are: 5) Tracking every site you browse and every show you watch, 4) Custom-made shilling, 3) Fusing ads and culture, 2) Going undercover and 1) Getting in your head. The real sad part to this article is how many of these worst practices are in place right now!
- Firefox apparently set a world record on June 8 with a bumrush-type community effort to download the latest version of the popular browser. I heard mixed reports about how this turned out, with server/file outages impeding the day's efforts. That reminds me...now that I've purged my 50+ tabs, it's time for me to update Firefox as well!
- What the F*** is social media? Find out here. This presentation from Marta Kagan is getting a ton of views. Congrats to her!
- Anti-conversation meme going around. Really very pathetic and when I get the strength I'll respond to this neurotic search for the next new big thing
- Wearing the brand. A very nice "campaign" for CNN using T-shirts as ways of immortalizing headlines in a very smart and creative way.
- Interesting post relating to Delta Skelter, where I'm being compared to Kevin Rose and Robert Scoble insofar that influence has been misused for personal gain. I weigh in with my response in the comment section. It's a good debate, although I'm still not thrilled with being compared to Rose and Scoble (see the rock star point)
- More Skelter...an Ad Age opinion piece from Craig Daitch on my Delta experience.
- One Red Paperclip's Kyle MacDonald published a book on his accomplishment, but like many athletes who went out on top, perhaps should have stayed retired. He's trying to barter once again, this time using his house as the starting point. From what I read, lightening hasn't struck the same place twice.
