Facebook Posts Go Stale in 80 Minutes
Your posts on Facebook, like the milk in your refrigerator, have a half-life. Unlike Carbon-14’s 5,730 years, or milk’s 3-day half-life, your Facebook post will get half of its “likes” in the first 1...
View ArticleWhat the Navy SEALs Proved About the Internet
Where were you when you heard that a team of Navy SEALs had killed Osama Bin Laden? Many answers include “on Facebook” or “on Twitter,” which proves a point I start every social media class with: The...
View ArticleMore Smartphones; More Location-Based Checkins
There was a time we were told never to tell a stranger where we are. Now we tell all of them where we are – or at least some of them. In return, we are starting to get discounts, mayorships, game...
View ArticleThe Blue Key Campaign
There are a handful of people I’ve come to know primarily online for whom I would tackle just about any task. Mark Story is one, and Shonali Burke is another. So when Shonali sent me a note asking me...
View ArticleGrowing Innovation After School
Last week I spent in one of the few places in the world that creativity and innovation skills weren’t allowed – they were required to get in the doors. I was with about 7,500 of the world’s most...
View Article“Popcorn brain” and Leadership
With near constant access to information and media, I’m often struck by the way that content from many different sources surfaces. How two very different pieces of information meet and spur a thought...
View ArticleCustomScoop Named September Innovation Rocks! Winner
I am pleased to report that CustomScoop has been named the “Innovation Rocks!” award winner for September by the New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development. This is a great...
View ArticleApplying Vegan Lifestyle Principles to Social Media Activity
We have all heard the benefits of eating a vegan diet, whether you do so for moral or health reasons. But what if we applied those same principles to our social media activity? In an actual vegan diet,...
View ArticleQuantifying Influence, and a new ranking system
Back in April, the New York Times ran an article by Alina Tugend titled “In a Data-Heavy Society, Being Defined by the Numbers.” It was a great piece, and is worth seeking out and reading as people all...
View Article7 Reasons Government Agencies Should Monitor Social Media
Last week, I posted about the teen who snark-tweeted Governor Brownback of Kansas. While the story is interesting, what really got under my skin was the insinuation by a guest writer at CNN.com that...
View ArticleQuality Trumps Bias Every Time
Everyone has bias. No matter how loudly a journalist may proclaim innocence on this front, we all come to stories with our own experiences and perspectives. This influences how we approach a topic, who...
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