As a social media proponent, online contact forms and 800 numbers don’t provide the personal touch and transparent answers I crave in interactions with companies, so this blog post is a test, to see who’s out there listening (and who’s responsive).
I have a rental car need that shouldn’t be too ...
It's been a week since the Iranian government announced President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landslide election victory over popular reformist candidate Mirhossein Mousavi, which sparked lasting, national demonstrations. Protesters believe the election results are fraudulent, and see this moment as an opportunity for change, or perhaps revolution.
Certainly, if a revolution is possible, ...
When hundreds of spam comments flood your blog everyday, that's the kind of discouragement that will keep you, the author, from returning, let alone posting, very often. What's worse is when spambots simultaneously attack your wiki site as well.
Losing the will to continually sift through all the spam, I've neglected ...
eMarketer posted a study today focusing on online marketing budget allocation of small businesses and not surprisingly, social networking has the highest budget increase over all other methods. 25% of small businesses say that they plan on spending "More" money on social networking while only 5% plan on spending "Less."
All ...
Following his killer campaign, our new President Elect has decided to continue his efforts at involving his followers and engaging them through the use of "new" media at Change.gov
Featured on the site is...
The complete agenda on everything from civil rights to rural policy
Infomation on the transition
Blog
Newsroom updates
"An American Moment: Share ...
The Flickr blog happily reports that one of its members used the photo-sharing site to get a lost camera back into the hands of its owner.
Irenicdonna posted the following in the Flickr Help Forum and the "Scotland" discussion group:
I found a camera, 2 months ago, which I handed in to ...
It's no surprise that some of the most popular blogs and frequently author-updated websites are about pop culture. Mass media usually dictates what we find appealing and crave to see more of. In most 20-something’s lives, particularly females, this means gossip. These blogs make this often celebrity-based info available 24/7. In ...
The Olympics never fail to be an exciting time for not only the world of sports, but also for the world of marketing and branding. The Olympic athlete is viewed as patriotic, heroic and even superhuman, so when brands get the chance to be associated with these people, they take ...
CNN is running an interesting blog, about two guys driving across the country on biodiesel.
Producer Cody McCloy and web developer/biodiesel enthusiast Brian Hardy will spend the next two weeks driving from San Francisco, CA to Atlanta, GA in a 30-year-old diesel vehicle to report on the convenience and effectiveness of biofuel in ...
WordPress, the free software that powers this blog (and many others), has released a free iPhone application that allows for mobile blog posting. WordPress could not have made it easier to make quick updates on the go, however this comes at a cost of losing some of the more advanced ...
