An Adweek article with the engage-y title, “Why The Average Starbucks Barista Gets More Training Than Ad Agency Staffers” caught my attention a few days ago. It had a cool infographic attached and referenced a new Arnold study on the lack of Ad Agency training, but it really wasn’t about why the average Starbucks Barista… Continue reading The Barista, The Ad Agencies and Social Business
Tag: Media 2.0
BUT What Will I Do With My OLD iPad??
I wrote recently about cutting the cord , i.e. canceling cable TV and watching TV programming online and “over the air.”  We did it in December and for me, so far so good. I haven’t decided whether its better…it probably isn’t. But then again, it’s not worse. It’s just different. My 18 year old son, Sam,… Continue reading BUT What Will I Do With My OLD iPad??
Cavaet Emptor Yes, But Wait There’s More…
The recent story in the NYT about the latest PT Barnum (although ironically enough this history buff says that we can’t even believe that story)Â of the internets and his evil linking strategy has been a hot topic since Sunday. The issues of What Should Google Do and Flipping Off the Consumer for Fun and… Continue reading Cavaet Emptor Yes, But Wait There’s More…
Mid-Term Elections 2010: Everyone is on Facebook So Stop Phoning
For those of us who have been involved with social media for a number of years, it seems lately like everything social that we have been talking about over the past several years has simply happened overnight. Not only is everyone’s mother on Facebook, everyone’s grandmother is on Facebook and companies large and small have… Continue reading Mid-Term Elections 2010: Everyone is on Facebook So Stop Phoning
My Bottom Line on the iPhone4: Apple Service
So, today was the big day….big lines, lots of chatter, reviews, comparisons, and complaints. I would post a photo of my IPhone4 but I don’t have one… not yet. Oh, I will get one. Just not today. So I am writing this post not to talk about the lines in St. Louis (Were there lines… Continue reading My Bottom Line on the iPhone4: Apple Service
Privacy is Dead, Reputation is Alive
Michael Arrington wrote a post today with the title Reputation is Dead: It’s Time to Overlook Our Indiscretions which makes the point that on the internet today, unlike in 1993 everyone does know that you are a dog. Even though you have carefully chosen your Facebook profile photo, there are all of those less discreet… Continue reading Privacy is Dead, Reputation is Alive
Social Media and Life: The Lesson of 2009
OK, so there are lots of 2009 lists and reviews circulating right now….some thoughtful, some funny and some thinly disguised attempts to lift one’s leg on social media’s grandest hydrant of them all, social media expertise. I think the theory is that by being the creator of a “best social media something” list, one must… Continue reading Social Media and Life: The Lesson of 2009
Facebook’s Openness and Your Privacy
Innovation is critical to business success. Innovate or die. I think we all understand that, right? Especially on the web when yesterday’s hot, new place is forgotten in the dust of today’s hot new place. And a market is a terrible thing to waste. Hence, we have Facebook’s latest announcement on OUR new privacy tools.… Continue reading Facebook’s Openness and Your Privacy
Tide Basic….For Those Who Don’t Mind Kinda Clean
P&G, are things really THAT bad? When I first began reading the article in the Wall Street Journal all I could think about was that it sounded like a SNL skit….P&G is testing a line extension to Tide called Tide Basic, and “it lacks some of the cleaning capabilities of the iconic brand — and… Continue reading Tide Basic….For Those Who Don’t Mind Kinda Clean
The Many Futures of Search
Lots of discussion lately about search and its future. Before we really have had time to decide if Bing was necessary to our search life or that the thought of Yahoo’s new homepage was interesting enough to take a look at, Ad Age reports that, “Yahoo is close to making Microsoft’s Bing its search provider.”… Continue reading The Many Futures of Search