Monthly Archives: August 2008

Facebook Unveils Friend Request v.2?

I will be the first to admit that sometimes I feel social media lacks just a bit of personal touch to its users. Ironically, you can only be engaged in most forms of social media while you are… well, alone. It's a new semester and during each class I speak about the value of being…

Oklahoma Social Media Club

The first post on the front page of the Oklahoma Social Media Club looks a bit like this: Welcome to the Oklahoma Social Media Club. You are most likely here as a result of the facebook page I created, my blog , tweet or a personal invite from me, Bill Handy. All the communication tools…

Why Twitter? Why Have a Website?

I heard the first question the other day and am old enough to have heard the second a while back. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying twitter is the new Internet. It is simply a new tactic to put in our quiver, just like websites, blogs, Facebook and a host of many other…

Rule #1 – Conflict Always Makes News

Semgroup has been making lots of news lately and they are probably getting tired of it all being negative. The video below speaks for itself but let me give an intro. Tulsa's KTUL Channel 8 news decided to set up shop on the sidewalk outside the Semgroup building. For those of you who aren't in…

Research Right in Front of My Face

I haven’t posted in a while. My reasons are varied (more on that in a moment) but the bottom line is I figured my audience, my students, were also on a break of sorts and would not be very interested in what I had to say (which, assumes they are interested when school is in…