I will be teaching Social Media & Audience Profiling next week in the UCI Extension Business School. As part of the course materials, I made a PowerPoint presentation explaining some of the basics of network properties to provide some background. Call me crazy, but I think it helps to understand... read more →
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Jun
05
(This was posted June 5, 2009 on my blog "Positively Media" at PsychologyToday.com) Ralph Waldo Emerson said: "No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby - so helpless and so ridiculous." Think of the tech-saavy... read more →
Apr
14
This was posted April 13, 2009 on my blog "Positively Media" at Psychology Today. First it was "Dell Hell" and now it is "#AmazonFail." For all the debates over the purpose, point, and value of social media, it is events like these that illustrate how important they have become and... read more →
Apr
10
An article on Entrepreneur.com "In This Economy, Everything's (Re)Negotiable" got me thinking about how hard it is to make changes in a business. Aside from contracts and other commitments, it's difficult to retrench because it means redefining how you think about yourself and success. Running a business is hard work... read more →
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