Chris Brogan recently blogged about the addiction of giving one’s opinion. As I read it a few questions and thoughts entered my mind on why we comment.Do we comment for the sake of commenting?Are we going through the motions of commenting because...
Topics: blogging, charlene li, chris brogan, groundswell, social media

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 Through the course of  11,000 plus tweets, 2  years of using Twitter, as well as creating, hosting, and participating in some very high level Twitter chats around the business of social media, I have oftentimes been struck with moments of...
Topics: marc meyer, social media, social media manifesto

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Twankers, Rock Stars & Gurus – Authenticity In A World of Exploding EgosThe term “Authenticity” get played out a lot.  I mean – ALOT!  It gets used to discuss personal branding issues like what kind of avatar should you use and how to...
Topics: rohit bhargava, social media, Tweetchat

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I don’t always drink my own Kool-Aid but I think I have a good reason. I don’t have time to wait for certain aspects of social media to “Take-Off”. That’s a mistake on my part and I need to remember that social media  is...
Topics: social media

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This quote kills me… “I tire of your analogue attitude…”Beware that this is somewhat of a NSFW video, but there are some pretty factual things in this.
Topics: YouTube

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