Facebook Deals aims ‘squarely’ at Foursquare

Thumbnail image for Facebook Deals aims ‘squarely’ at Foursquare

Article first published as Facebook Deals aims ‘squarely’ at Foursquare on Technorati. Like 2 cagey boxers, going around and around, eye-ing each other for the right moment to pounce… such is Facebook Places and Foursquare. If you aren’t familiar with Foursquare, just Google it and you’ll find out all you ever wanted to know. The […]

Read the full post here

The Most Important Person In the Room

Thumbnail image for The Most Important Person In the Room

My grandmother reached up and wiped a bit of lint from his shoulder.  She adjusted the medals on his chest and ran her hand down his lapel.  And she looked up at my dad with a smile as big as Texas.  She was extremely proud of her son, my dad.  The only one of 7 […]

Read the full post here

Why Apple Would Be Crazy To Announce A Verizon iPhone

Thumbnail image for Why Apple Would Be Crazy To Announce A Verizon iPhone

Article first published as Why Apple Would Be Crazy To Announce A Verizon iPhone on Technorati. They think I’m crazy. My colleagues that is. Several of them are iPhone users and to bring up the idea that Verizon would be crazy to sell the iPhone causes bewildered looks on faces. Are you serious?? It’s a […]

Read the full post here

How Google Is Killing Higher Education

Thumbnail image for How Google Is Killing Higher Education

Article first published as How Google Is Killing Higher Education on Technorati. Google is killing higher education.  It’s true.  Well… hold on… wait a min…  maybe I should clarify what I mean by that. First of all, let me say that if anyone is a Google-fan, it’s me.  I use Google services every day.  I […]

Read the full post here

No, it’s true. Really. Trust me.

Thumbnail image for No, it’s true. Really. Trust me.

I recently had a discussion with some colleagues in an organization that I am a part of.  I don’t want to name names or name the organization, and honestly, that isn’t the important part of this story.  We were talking about social media and the relative importance of it compared to other forms of outreach, […]

Read the full post here

5 Easy Steps To Turning Yourself Into A Brand

Thumbnail image for 5 Easy Steps To Turning Yourself Into A Brand

I have been working for some time to develop myself into a ‘brand’.  Now, don’t get me wrong, I don’t aspire to be Coke.  I don’t think I’ll ever be Oprah.  And I don’t think my name will ever be on the same level as Disney.   But a brand isn’t a bottle of carbonated beverage, […]

Read the full post here

When A Mountain Becomes A Molehill

Thumbnail image for When A Mountain Becomes A Molehill

The statistics speak volumes… half of small businesses don’t even have a website, much less have stepped into the social media waters.  And I have blogged previously about why small businesses don’t get into social media.  But I wanted to write today about the fact that the mountain isn’t as high as you would think. […]

Read the full post here

Why They Act And Think The Way They Do

Thumbnail image for Why They Act And Think The Way They Do

“I just don’t understand them.”  I hear that alot when it comes to today’s young people, often called ‘Generation Y’, sometimes ‘digital natives’, and sometimes ‘millennials’. Whatever you want to call them, numerous statistical studies out there state that there are so many of them now in the workforce that they have either surpassed the […]

Read the full post here

How “the Golden Rule” can transform your social media strategy

Thumbnail image for How “the Golden Rule” can transform your social media strategy

“When you show interest in others, others will show interest in you.” My friend Michael Angelo Caruso says that alot. And in addition to having a cool name, Michael is right! When you think about it, it sounds alot like the golden rule… ‘do unto others as you would have them do unto you.’ I […]

Read the full post here

Dumb terminals and Member’s Only jackets

Thumbnail image for Dumb terminals and Member’s Only jackets

I graduated college back in 1991. I still remember fondly the first time I ever saw someone typing an email and it had to be explained to me exactly what “electronic mail” actually was. But that story is for another day. I am taking a stroll down memory lane in my mind this evening thinking […]

Read the full post here

Why Social Media Is So Difficult For Small Business

Thumbnail image for Why Social Media Is So Difficult For Small Business

I talked to a friend of mine tonight who runs his own business. He does about 2 million dollars of internet business every year and he has done well for himself because he found his ‘niche’ in his business and works hard to do well at it. He was telling me how many orders he […]

Read the full post here

The 5 Google Things I Don’t Want To Live Without

Thumbnail image for The 5 Google Things I Don’t Want To Live Without

I wrote an e-book about Google, in case you missed the ads splattered all over my website about it, so I get invited to speak about it often. I have always loved Google and the services it provides, and when I got my Android phone a whole new world of Google ‘things’ was opened up […]

Read the full post here

Pretty soon, they won’t need me anymore

Thumbnail image for Pretty soon, they won’t need me anymore

That’s what I used to think.  You see, for the past 11 years I have taught an introductory course in computer science at a university.  In my class we talk about current technology issues in our society and how they feel about them.  And we also learn about the Microsoft Office Suite… Word, Excel, and […]

Read the full post here

Customizing your life and why higher education better get this right

Thumbnail image for Customizing your life and why higher education better get this right

Mass customization. Those 2 words can explain what has happened in this country over the past several years. From consumer products, to what we expect on the internet, to just about everything…. including education… mass customization is not just what people want, it is what they expect. I don’t want just plain vodka. I want […]

Read the full post here

Social Media is a big, fat waste of time

Thumbnail image for Social Media is a big, fat waste of time

I hear that occasionally when I talk to people about using social media to do various things.  I also hear things like “I don’t have time to bother with it.”, “I wouldn’t know where to begin.”, and one of my favorites… “I don’t see how it would benefit me, I mean, my customers don’t really […]

Read the full post here

Social Networking Glue

Thumbnail image for Social Networking Glue

As I stated in my last post, blocking social media tools/sites from your employees just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense nowadays.  You have to manage the process, yes, but there are more benefits than drawbacks in my opinion.  Here are the various reasons why you need to not only stop blocking social networking […]

Read the full post here

Embracing Social Media By Blocking Facebook… say what?

Thumbnail image for Embracing Social Media By Blocking Facebook… say what?

I had a pretty interesting conversation a few months ago with a business that had hired me to speak to them about using social media to promote their business to the younger generation.  You see, their customer base in general is getting older and they fear they aren’t doing all they can do to build […]

Read the full post here

The Secret Ingredient

Thumbnail image for The Secret Ingredient

I do consulting with businesses and groups, both small and large.  And a common desire with many of my clients is that they want to work better/smarter/faster among themselves.  Well, there are alot of hardware and software tools out there that would purport to meet that need, but I want to float some ideas to […]

Read the full post here

7 Leadership Traits Enhanced (or hurt) By Technology

Thumbnail image for 7 Leadership Traits Enhanced (or hurt) By Technology

We’ve all seen it. We’ve all worked for some person who had no business being in a leadership position. How they got there is a mystery to everyone, and when it comes to using technology, oh my… they are about as sharp as a bowling ball. Am I right? So to make sure that you […]

Read the full post here

We are a ship with no port…. so get used to it

Thumbnail image for We are a ship with no port…. so get used to it

Last week I spent 3 days with people just like me…. instructional designers… teachers… IT support people… and we all had one thing in common:  we all are trying to figure out how we can use technology and the fruit-basket of tools available today to deliver high-quality education while meeting the needs and desires of […]

Read the full post here

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →