24
Jan
jonathan22.jpg "Once you have learned a language, then comes the far more difficult and far more important moment when you have to decide what to say. And this might be the only decision that really matters....Technology is just a language, just a tool...it is important to remember that tools are just the language – you still have to decide what you will use the language to say."
12
Nov
This guest post is from Dave Levy (@levydr) from Edelman’s Digital Public Affairs team in Washington, D.C. Disclosure: Wave was created by Google, a competitor of Edelman's client Microsoft The human understanding of communication has always been send-receive, speak-listen, post-read....
11
Oct
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Today, as I waded through a stack of magazines to read a week's worth of news and editorial, I was sad to see the cover of one of my favorite pubs with a headline reading "The Lost Generation" and inside, a story warning about the "enduring harm" young people face in this economy.

"Bright, eager—and unwanted. While unemployment is ravaging just about every part of the global workforce, the most enduring harm is being done to young people who can't grab onto the first rung of the career ladder." (Source)

In the very same stack I'd collected for my morning reading, Tavi, a now infamous 13 year old blogger known for turning her interest in fashion, thrift shop finds and smart use of a free blogger account into a powerful new voice in the industry, graced not one, but two limited edition covers of POP magazine. I couldn't help but take note of the powerful contradiction between these two covers- with Tavi as a veritable antidote to the notion that we're a "lost generation."

Yes, the economy has put a strain on everyone and has certainly not helped the post-college job search now faced by many of my friends and peers. But to assume that we are a lost generation is to forget that we are one of the most empowered generations to-date.

29
Sep
If technology in development by the likes of Google (Android) and some of the top handset makers (Nokia, Motorola, LG) is any indication, social is about to get a lot more integrated into mobile. Forget that iPhone Facebook app, I'm...
13
Sep
At the start of the month, I had the pleasure of attending and blogging for ad:tech Chicago. I thought I would re-share my notes from one of my favorite sessions of the conference. You can view all of the ad:tech Chicago coverage on the ad:tech blog here.
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"This is not the end of the newspaper business. It’s not the last chapter; it is merely Chapter 11.”

Fred Lebolt, President and Publisher of (and prepare for attribution to an incredibly long title) Sun Times Newspaper Group Suburban News Division and New Media Integration, kicked the Transformation of News Media session off with this rather epic sound bite. Fred was joined on the panel by Mark Marvel (MSNBC), Kinsey Wilson (NPR), Kay Madati (CNN) and moderator David Griesing (The Chicago Tribune).

24
Aug
How do you measure return on investment in social media? How do you measure the value of staffing a customer service center? How do you measure the value of a CSR helping a customer to resolve a difficult problem? What...
21
Aug
Minority Report comes to mind when taking a look at what I am certain will be the next big wave in mobile applications. Simply put, Augmented Reality utilizes a local camera as an input device, combined with either location based...
11
Aug
As featured in the NYTimes, YouTube is experimenting with a local news filter at: http://www.youtube.com/news. Viewers are able to pull local news-feeds down to a specific zip code. While much of the news-feeds are in-fact professionally produced content, many are...
9
Aug
Having attended an iBreakfast this past summer on moblie app development, I could not help but wonder if it makes sense moving forward for app developers to have to cater to multiple mobile OS platforms. If you use the PC...
6
Aug
The BBC recently unveiled Shownar, a site dedicated to tracking online conversation about the broadcaster's shows. Shownar collects up all the online content discussing BBC shows and then aggregates it to tell you and I, what’s causing most waves in...