I think it’s well established that I geek out about weird things when it comes to content/communication on the Web. So I hope you’ll bear with me while I yet again show my geeky side.
For those of you not familiar with URL shorteners; A URL shortener is a servive that takes really long URL’s and […]
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Posted by Tac on
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
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If only I could recreate corporate email. <sigh>
What you’re are seeing here is TweetDeck overlaying my Outlook. I only use Outlook at work because I have to. I love the simple fact that TweetDeck let’s me divide Twitter into groups. I’ve organized this by my local friends and everyone else. TweetDeck automatically separates replies […]
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
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I don’t usually talk about my religious view here on this blog. But in this situation I find it particularly relevant to the usual discussion here.
I’m a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saint also referred to as lDS or the Mormons.
In this months Church publication, The Ensign, one of our […]
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Posted by Tac on
Monday, June 30th, 2008
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There have been two huge enablers in my online publishing habits. FriendFeed and my BlackJack 2.
I’ve always had a variety of desktop *publishing tools* but my BlackJack has enabled me to create content on the go, and FriendFeed pulls all that content together. While Louis Gray is the real maven on FriendFeed and all […]
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Posted by Tac on
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
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I recently sat in on a research forum where we asked small business owners several questions about how they find solutions to business problems on the Web. The following is pieces of relevant transcript. There are multiple people commenting all at once but I think you’ll get the idea.
when is video better? when […]
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Posted by Tac on
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
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The title of this blog should be read out loud in your best drunken Scottish accent.
Twitter seems to be failing at an ever increasing rate. Some people are calling for a global day of tough love to show Twitter that this isn’t acceptable.
Others are just moving on to FriendFeed. If you’re not on […]
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Posted by Tac on
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
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I probably have a bout 50+ Twitter friends request sitting in my inbox right now. There are some people I know that would hate to have to deal with this. I enjoy the interaction.
I click through every singe request and make sure that they’re not just some automated bot or obvious spam. If […]
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Posted by Tac on
Monday, May 19th, 2008
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I’ve always been very talkative. Maybe it’s because I’m a social learner. Talking through things helps me learn. Maybe it’s because I like the sound of my own voice, who knows.
I’ve talked written about the importance of learning to listen.This is a very important lesson to learn as an organization. As an […]
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Posted by Tac on
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
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Garrett Rogers over at zdnet felt the new Google Reader, notes functionality was a possible threat to Twitter. I don’t totally agree with that. It hurts Twitter only because it helps FriendFeed so much. This feature will mostly challenge bookmarking sites like del.icio.us and Diigo.
While it doesn’t completely replace how I use […]
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Posted by Tac on
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
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Conversation Matter: Bridging the Social Media Gap
Last month Michael Brito contacted me about a project he was getting ready to launch. I’d met Michael at a conference last year, he had left HP right before I started working there. He went to Yahoo and now is at Intel. Michael’s idea was to […]
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Posted by Tac on
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
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