Being employed by Georgia Tech means that I don’t travel that much for business these days. In all the time I have been at ATDC I think I have gotten on a plane for business exactly once (make that twice, it was a round trip ticket). The first week of November I am going to […]
Continue reading →I love Foursquare. I really do. I am a SuperUser. I play all the time. And have been doing so since it was introduced to Atlanta last year shortly after South By. Foursquare is fun. It's on online location based game that is currently available in a select few cities in the United States. When […]
Continue reading →I am removing the Twitter application from my Facebook account. I am doing this because I spent about four hours with some of the folks I came of age with at my high school class reunion. It was good time. And I learned a few things. Most of these folks are not in the world […]
Continue reading →Buried deep within the comment stream of Don’t Blame BackNoise was a remark by Jeff McConnell talking about the different uses of the back channel at New Media Atlanta and CapVenture. With his permission I lifted the comment as it seems worthy of discussion. I attended the Cap Ventures showcase last night and found Backnoise […]
Continue reading →Hands On Small Business is a program that intends to deliver over 100 events in October and November in 20 cities across the United States and Canada. Atlanta is one of those cities. Hands On will be just that. The sessions are designed to offer practical advice, direct instruction, and application tips for online and […]
Continue reading →People are good. It's a fundamental belief of mine. People should be friendly and courteous. It is our obligation as members of a somewhat advanced civilization to treat other individuals with dignity and respect. To be cooperative, direct, honest and open. To also be graceful with measured words and actions. I say this as I […]
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Continue reading →Big news last week in the world of Internet applications was Mint's acquisition by Intuit for $170 million. It seemed to set off quite the storm. The 37signals blog called it the result of a "VC-induced cancer" to which Fred Wilson responded with his thoughtful post on how exit decisions are made. And it seems […]
Continue reading →Went to the Lift Summit today and saw Erik Qualman give a great presentation on socialnomics. He kicked it off with this kickin video. Back in the day we used to joke around that the answer to hitting our quarterly numbers was porn. According to the vid social media has overtaken porn as the number […]
Continue reading →An update by Marta Kagen of her popular social media marketing slideshare presentation previously posted on FoG.
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