Not sure whether it was the move from Typepad to Wordpress, other social media hang outs, being preoccupied with a home construction project gone wild, or work, kids, mom, or any combination and/or permutation of these things, but I just kind of stopped regular blogging
I found myself writing imaginary blog posts in my [...]

According to the Chicago Tribune, five days after his site went live, 4000 people have started blogs and 2400 groups had formed on Obama’s site, "ranging from Iowa Union Members for Obama and New Hampshire Firefighters for Barack to Hip Hop for Obama."
Joe Rospers, Obama’s new media director seems to understand exactly what building an [...]

According to a new study by BIGresearch the most influential media is 100% consumer generated. This study is consistent with prior data from Yankelovich indicating that 76% of consumers in their survey don’t believe that companies tell the truth in advertising.
Of further interest, the BIGresearch study found that consumers use more than one media [...]

The annual Time Magazine person of the year is slightly different this year….in their own words….

"But look at 2006 through a different lens and you’ll see another story, one that isn’t about conflict or great men. It’s a story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before. It’s about the cosmic compendium of [...]

Dave Sifry issued his State of the Blogosphere this morning and suffice it to say its bigger than it was last report (57million blogs tracked world wide, 2 blogs created each second of every day, 1.6 million posts per day, 55% of blogs are defined as active which means that they have been updated [...]

I just received a participant’s copy of  the study Thinking Like A Blogger: Is Blogging an Attitude That Can Be Taught? conducted by Nora Ganin, PhD and Eric Mattson. The full study is published by the Society of New Communications Research and available for purchase through Lulu.
Two hundred and sixty-six bloggers invited to participate in [...]

In continuing to read opinions regarding the recent announcement that Facebook was going to go niche-less and open its network to everyone, I found it interesting to note that almost no one thought the move was a good thing. I say almost because surely there must be someone who thought it made sense, I just [...]

Yes, I am really writing a second post on Snakes on a Plane. Why? Because my 13 year old son asked me this morning if he could go see it. His reason? "Because I heard it was really stupid and I want to go see what its about."
And that just about sums up the impact [...]

  A John Edwards presidency may be that moment that we look back upon and say, "He was the first president of the social media age." He seems to "get it." His wife, Elizabeth seems to "get it."  I am not saying that just because he was the keynote speaker at  Gnomedex. Visit his website [...]

An AAF (American Advertising Federation ) survey of industry leaders on digital media trends indicates that advertising agencies are not confident that Fortune 500 companies quite appreciate the effectiveness of digital marketing. Sixty three percent of Fortune 500 companies according to the survey are, "generally behind the curve when it comes to online strategy." However, [...]