Posts Tagged People
Twitter Friends – Tell Me About Yourself
So I was thinking (yes I know, a scary concept LOL). I was thinking that while I do engage with a lot of people on Twitter, there are a lot who follow me, who I never talk to.. so this is where the thinking part comes in..
Continue Reading 2 comments January 6, 2010
Social Media – The Illusion of Connectedness?
I have been running so many thoughts through my mind since returning from SESNY. What to write about? I have been almost paralyzed in the depth and breadth of topic choices. Mostly because it seems that with the plethora of bloggers now, my voice would have been merely a repeat of everything out there. Unfortunately, or maybe selfishly, part of me feels that if I am going to take time to write a blog, I don’t want to just repeat what others have written, so what to write about? Then last week it hit me. The sudden evangelism surrounding all things social media. The idea that all is good and those who critique are somehow out of touch, or out of date and while some are, something struck me while reading my Facebook status posts and twitter tweets is social media truly social or does it just provide an illusion of connectedness? While it has many positives, what are its negatives? ….>
Continue Reading 3 comments April 23, 2009
Live from SES NY – Day One Wrap
The Donger Need Food!
Ok, so maybe I am showing my age here, but that eighties “Sixteen Candles” reference pretty much says it all and then some!
The first day was the usual. Fast paced, lots of hellos and card swapping, socializing with old friends, meeting new people and of course “networking events”. Of course networking is code for – There will be a lot of alcohol and usually without time for food. Which was the case here as well. Unfortunately, to protect the guilty umm I mean innocent those happenings will be left as memories in our minds and not shared in the blogosphere. As we say in Las Vegas, “What Happens Here, Stays Here!”. It is our code.
Continue Reading Add comment March 25, 2009
SES NY Virgin?! The TOP 10 Things I Have Learned About SES.
I was talking to a friend this week and he mentioned that he had been talking to someone about being an SES newbie, or virgin so to speak. He remembered that my first year, I had a kind of list of things I learned and thought maybe I should share it to help make the experience easier for new attendees.
So, since SES NY is just around the corner, I thought I would do so today. Mind you this is all just my opinion, but it is what I have learned about SES conferences over the past three years. Hopefully, if it is your first conference, it will help you not feel like you just started your first day of high school. Because I know my first time, felt like that, just like that. Did I mention I was a geek and not in a cool way, in high school 
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In fact, if it weren’t for my friend who suggested this article, I might have just put my head under the covers and hid away. However, he was my first conference friend and somehow that makes the rest so much easier.
So new to SES NY? Here is what I learned.
Continue Reading 1 comment March 16, 2009
Facebook Redesign No Bueno! Oh Where Oh Where Did Your Little Site Go?
Facebook is a simple site, white background, not much clutter and pretty easy to get around. The ease of the design is part of its success, at least in my humble opinion. So when I started seeing articles about how negatively large groups of people were reacting to the redesign I was curious. I mean, unless you completely changed how Facebook looked, how bad could it be?
Continue Reading 4 comments September 11, 2008
