Monthly Archives: June 2009
Takeaways from Day 1 of #140Conf: The real-time Web disrupts the media
Kudos to Jeff Pulver and his staff for creating what turned out to be an extraordinary day of discussion and learning, not to mention more than a little music and humor. Following is a digest of some of my favorite … Continue reading
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@RichSanchezCNN was listening to #CNNFail: Did Twitter change CNN coverage?
I’m still mulling over an extraordinary panel on newsgathering held here in New York City this morning. One panel stands out, however, and no doubt will continue to for years to come. It’s not just that I had the chance … Continue reading
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Top 50 Twitter Acronyms, Abbreviations and Initialisms
Image by luc legay via Flickr This past January, I wrote up the “Top 15 Twitter acronyms” for @pistachio‘s Touchbase blog. As readers rightly pointed out, many were abbreviations or initialisms — hence the title for this post. I followed … Continue reading
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IT innovation in Massachusetts: MIT-style business plan competition
Another day, another opportunity to meet Deval Patrick and report on innovation and technology in the Commonwealth. Actually, it wasn’t just another day: I livestreamed the governor’s announcement of the MassChallenge Venture Funds Competition. His twitter account @MassGovernor picked it … Continue reading
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Compliance Week thoughts, takeaways, memories [new articles]
Image via Wikipedia I’m still working though two intense days in Washington, D.C. last week. I met John Kerry on the way home. I took thousands of words of notes and tweeted up a storm at @ITCompliance. I published three … Continue reading
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Framing problems with ow.ly: Why I won’t click, RT or use your links
I’ve had it. I see ow.ly links all over Twitter and I’m not going to take it anymore. What’s the issue? Framing and search engine optimization (SEO). I just read through a comment thread on “The Day I Decided to … Continue reading
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