From Micro Persuasion, popular since 14 hoursI love Friendfeed. However, I am far more enthusiastic about the platform's robust RSS and search capabilities than its current value proposition as a universal social aggregator. I find it generates too much noise at times, but when you tap [...]Read more
From Micro Persuasion, popular since 3 daysAnyone who knows me well would never call me a Renaissance Man, which from here on in I will call a Polymath to keep this post gender-neutral. A Polymath is "a person with encyclopedic, broad, or varied knowledge or learning." [...]Read more
From Micro Persuasion, popular since 1 weekHow to tag nearly anything anywhere in Leopard | Dennis Best(tags: OSX Leopard Tags spotlight lifehacks)Geek Tip: Keep Your iPod Cords Untangled For Free | geeksugar(tags: ipod iphone lifehacks)Is Your Consumer Using Social Media? - Advertising Age - Digital"Nine Profiles [...]Read more
From Micro Persuasion, popular since 1 weekChart of the Day: A Breakdown of Facebook ApplicationsIt's all about fun.(tags: Facebook Widgets Stats SocialNetworking)Nielsen: Mobile Internet Causes 13% Jump in Web Site Audience - ReadWriteWeb(tags: Mobile Stats)Free online photo editor with printing and slideshows(tags: Flickr Mobile Photography Web2.0 [...]Read more
From Micro Persuasion, popular since 2 weeksThere's been an interesting discussion over the last few days about Twitter's reach. WSJ reporter Kara Swisher surveyed her dinner party and found out that no one there uses the micro-blogging site. Meanwhile Gina Trapani on Lifehacker is running a [...]Read more
From Micro Persuasion, popular since 2 weeksAbout a month ago, I wrote about three career tracks that won't exist in a few years - at least as I see it. Now let's take a look at three emerging digital jobs that will become increasingly important in [...]Read more
From Micro Persuasion, popular since 4 weeksOver on Authenticities, the Edelman Digital weblog, I wrote about Hugh Macleod's abrupt, yet cordial departure from Twitter and whether a mass exodus is brewing. If you're not subscribed I highly recommend it. We're blogging daily. I and I have [...]Read more
From Micro Persuasion, popular since 4 weeksPhoto credit: Copenhagen Industry Pollution #1 by Miguel A. Lopes "Migufu"Earth Day is around the corner and a lot of marketers are thinking about the sustainability of our planet. Some are recognizing that doing good also helps business. Edelman's Good [...]Read more
From Micro Persuasion, popular since 1 monthOver on Authenticities, the Edelman Digital weblog, I wrote about Hugh Mcleod's abrupt, yet cordial departure from Twitter and whether a mass exodus is brewing. If you're not subscribed I highly recommend it. We're blogging daily. I and I have [...]Read more
From Micro Persuasion, popular since 1 monthThere's an ongoing debate online and in marketing circles as well over who "matters": the super node influencers or basically anyone that a particular peer group looks to for information, entertainment, inspiration and more. This meme got kicked around in [...]Read more
From Micro Persuasion, popular since 1 monthOn December 28, 2006 I wrote..."As we conclude 2006 and head into the new year it is my conviction that the phrase 'social media' is moot....In 2006 all media went social. Pretty much every newspaper, TV network and publication has [...]Read more
From Micro Persuasion, popular since 1 monthEarlier this year the New York Times detailed how careers in medicine and law - formerly bankable lifetime gigs - have lost their luster. College grads instead are pouring their resources into trying to create (or join) the next Facebook [...]Read more
From Micro Persuasion, popular since 1 monthThis Blog Sits at the: Curator: meme in motionGrant McCracken tracks the curation meme, which I certainly have helped to propagate!(tags: Curators Memes)Executive-To-Entrepreneur {E2E} CoachingGreat blog for startups, written by a mentor of mine.(tags: Careers Blogs newvoices entrepreneurship)Active Home Internet [...]Read more
From Micro Persuasion, popular since 2 monthsEarlier this year the New York Times detailed how careers in medicine and law - formerly bankable lifetime gigs - have lost their luster. College grads instead are pouring their resources into trying to create (or join) the next Facebook [...]Read more
From Micro Persuasion, popular since 2 monthsLike lots of bloggers, my latest fascination these days is Friendfeed. The site, which opened up to everyone about three weeks ago, has been on fire. It aggregates the various streams of all your friends from across all the big [...]Read more
From Micro Persuasion, popular since 2 monthsRemember The Graduate when Benjamin Braddock was advised to go into plastics. The clip is here. It seemed like a safe bet at the time - and it was. Today the web maybe "the new plastics." It seems like every [...]Read more
From Micro Persuasion, popular since 2 monthsGirls and young women are now the most prolific web users - Times Online"The internet began as an almost exclusively male preserve. Now young women, from primary school age upwards, are now making it their own"(tags: culture demographics digital women [...]Read more
From Micro Persuasion, popular since 2 monthsWeb startups need access to talent. Often they need capital too. But I am going to argue here that their most essential currency is trust. However, a lot of emerging companies in particular tend to ignore it.Here's a great example. [...]Read more
From Micro Persuasion, popular since 2 monthsThe following is cross-posted on a new blog I am contributing to called Authenticities. It's the official blog of my employer, Edelman Digital, which we officially unveiled yesterday.- - -We're barely into the second decade of the the Net's development. [...]Read more
From Micro Persuasion, popular since 2 monthsThe following is cross-posted on a new blog I am contributing to called Authenticities. It's the official blog of my employer, Edelman Digital, which we officially unveiled yesterday.- - -We're barely into the second decade of the the Net's development. [...]Read more