Unstuck, is a free iPad app available in the iTunes app store and fits into my favorite category - designed to solve a problem. Specifically, as the name implies, the app helps users get unstuck. The app is easy to use. Users begin the process with the nice introductory cartoonish page at which time the app digs into…
I love LinkedIn and honestly find more value on this one social media platform than just about any other. Especially in a world of business to business, it can be critical for success. Even if someone doesn’t connect with you they might still visit your page (you can tell, but more on that later) to…
There have been a lot of studies which pertain to trust, the most famous probably the Edelman Trust Barometer. If you haven’t read that stop reading this now and spend your morning being truly enlightened. If you have, then please read on. A few weeks ago during what seemed to be a crescendo of online…
About this time we see a flurry of top ten predictions about social media. Some are legit but most are simply predictions made by those who are experts on social media – both kinds, Twitter and Facebook.* I have lots of predictions about social media and 2011 and I might share some of them later…
Oklahoma State University president Burns Hargis announced this morning the University will pilot an Apple iPad initiative during the Fall 2010 semester with select courses in the School of Media and Strategic Communications and the Spears School of Business at both the Stillwater and Tulsa campuses. “This pilot initiative will provide valuable insight into the research benefits…
I posted part of this taped interview a while back and the folks at Oklahoma State University were gracious enough to give me the entire taped interview with Dr. Weinberger, outtakes and all. There is lots here so I hope you will take a second (2,119 to be exact) to watch, learn and debate below. Later…
Update – the interview has been posted in its entirety on the KOSU website (The State’s NPR Station). Disregard the interviewer, a total amature to say the least but Dr. Weinberger’s responses are awesome. If you listen, please leave a comment in their comments section to show your support for their hard work and appreciation for…
From his email newsletter Hugh MacLeod will no longer be blogging his artwork. Why? After reading his letter it is my opinion his community simply got too big which reinforces that in social media communities size matters – inversely. (thank you @mattgalloway or Matt Galloway in the real world for forwarding his letter) gapingvoid 2.0:…
When I work with groups on their strategic use of social media I assure them, “size doesn’t matter” and they look at me funny. We have been told our whole lives that bigger is better. As it turns out, when it comes to building a community via social media and specifically when you amass a…
The recent Morgan Stanley Report regarding teen usage of social media has generated a lot of discussion. What caught my eye was twitter and the statement, “Teens don’t use Twitter because no one is reading their tweets. Twitter is totally different when you have thousands of people following you versus only a handful of your…