Longtime readers of this blog (and the two of you know who you are) are aware that I love maps. I’m on record as saying the greatest software ever is what is now Google Earth . In presentations about social media, I always emphasize that the way in...
Topics: maps, wiki, wikis

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I had a minor jolt seeing a big banner ad across the top of Wikipedia this morning. However, the “ad” (actually a few are rotating) is a link to a message from Jimmy Wales encouraging users to donate to the WikiMedia Foundation . Part of the...
Topics: all other, wiki

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I have a theory that goes something like this: If the name of your organization is Interactive Advertising Bureau, any study of the needs of internet marketers is going to suggest that “advertising” is the solution. According to my theory, such a..
Topics: advertising, content marketing, internet, marketing, media

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One of the magazines Hammock has the honor to publish is Semper Fi , the national magazine of The Marine Corps League, a congressionally-charted national auxiliary organization founded in 1923 that promotes and preserves the spirit and traditions of...
Topics: appreciation

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Twitter Starts Curating Trending Topic Tweets | MG Seigler, TechCrunch The Twitter feature I hate the most, Trending Topics, is getting tweaked by Twitter. I don't hate the notion of surfacing topics that are getting discussed the most. Why I think.

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