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Profile Information
- My company/organization:
- Say it Better Center, LLC
- Title on my business card:
- co-founder
- But really, my title should be:
- sidekick
- I blog at:
- http://www.movingfrommetowe.com/
- I'm an evangelist for:
- SmartPartnering to accomplish more together than apart
- I'm currently reading:
- Johnny Bunko + Sway
Kare Anderson's Blog
WOm Gone Wrong in Real Time at SXSW
Traditionally, conference attendees fill out conference evaluations after a session or conference is over, but the SXSW conference for entertainment folks is anything but traditional. Some attendees heckled in real time at the “pandering” and/or “self-promoting” style of Business Week’s “Valley Girl” columnist Sarah Lacey during her interview of Facebook CEO, Mark Zukerberg. A “trainwreck.” (Advice: know your audience.) A surge of audience members started criticizing her via their blogs and mi… Continue
Posted on March 12th, 2008 at 7:06pm — 3 Comments
Clay Shirky's Newest Book: Here Comes Everybody
Just weeks before her wedding, Ivanna got out of a cab in New York, leaving her T-Mobile Sidekick cell phone behind. Her friend sent emails to the Sidekick account offering a reward for the phone’s return. No answer. So Ivanna bought a new phone. When she activated Sidekick she was startled to find that someone was using her lost phone. She then discovered that person, a young woman, was emailing Ivanna’s private pictures to herself and friends and taking photos of herself and friends, using th… Continue
Posted on March 12th, 2008 at 2:51pm — 3 Comments
Alltop: Kawasaki's Latest Venture to Show What Hot Right Now
Perhaps the fastest way to find the latest blog news items on the web (that most matter to you) was launched yesterday by former Apple evangelist, Guy Kawasaki. It is called Alltop and it was inspired by popurls. I love the elegantly simply display of condensed subjects – and the way featured items are chosen. Says Kawasaki, “As a news aggregation site that provides all the top stories for forty of the most popular topics on the Web. The headlines and first paragraph of the five most recent sto… Continue
Posted on March 12th, 2008 at 2:47pm — 2 Comments
WOM featured in New Yorker article (not in the best light)
Hari Kunzru skewers WOM evangelists who don't reveal they're being paid. Read his fictional article in The New Yorker here http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2008/03/10/080310fi_fiction_kunzru
Posted on March 12th, 2008 at 2:41pm —
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I'm just coming from your blog. I must say I love your writing style, so insightful, generous, and extremely pleasant. In particular, and among many other things on the blog, I really enjoyed your post on Anita Campbell (I've been a huge fan of hers for so long)
Anyway, let's keep in touch!
Amadou
Keep smiling and making it great!
Phil
Thanks so much for your comment. I truly appreciate it. I look forward to learning about WOM from you as well!
All my best,
Jeff
Hadn't seen the article - now I'll have to find it!! Thanks!
It is a wickedly well-written article by Hari Kunzru ("Raj, Bohemian") in current issue (pg. 109, March 10) of the New Yorker.
http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2008/03/10/080310fi_fiction_kunzru