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Social Media Glutton

By On June 27, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In Social Networks

I’m really, really excited and curious about where social media is headed. Each new platform has the potential to become the next unexpected (but obvious in retrospect) step in its evolution.

That’s why I feel it’s my duty and obligation to join as many social media platforms as possible…

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A song for the Book of Faces

By On April 25, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In Communityology, Social Networks

Otherwise known as…

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Our Snapchat selfie is an us-ie

Why I won’t be deleting Snapchat just yet

By On January 7, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In Social Networks

We’ve tasted Freedom of Information, and I don’t think we’re going to easily let go of it.

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A Rolling Sunrise on Twitter

By On November 28, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Cool Stuff, Social Networks

I happened to notice a few folks I follow on Twitter had posted sunrise photos today. Then the sun sent pink and gold rays into my own window, so I thought I’d join the chorus.

Then I got curious. Who else posted a sunrise photo today? How often do we do this? A Twitter friend […]

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Everything Comes Together in the Lifestream

By On January 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Communityology, Design, Social Networks, Web Design

Do you play on a number of different social networks, like Facebook, Twitter and Flickr? Do you like keeping those different worlds separate, or do you like to have them overlap? Have you experimented with bringing your different posts together in one place?

You can do that with services like About.me and

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Re-find Your Online Voice

By On January 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In In Brief, Penina-isms, Social Networks

Twitter’s not a higher mountaintop to shout from, but a noisy brook and a chorus with which to sing.

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Social Media and the Freedom Continuum

By On November 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Collaboration, Communication, People, Social Networks

I recently listened to Clay Shirky give a TED Talk championing my favorite view of social media: The idea that it’s a world-changing revolution and a profoundly good thing. Shirky, author and adjunct professor in New York University’s graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program, titled the talk, How social media can make history, and begins […]

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6 Things I Love About Twitter

By On January 22, 2009 · 4 Comments · In Communication, Cool Stuff, innovation, Social Networks, Tools

Viva la Revolution!

Granted, Twitter is noisy, overwhelming, confusing, and difficult to step into. It’s also incredibly vital, and potentially bottomless. I’m still experiencing regular epiphanies about business, collaboration, art and humanness. Half the fun is that I’m doing it together with others. It’s the biggest team effort I’ve ever seen.

Without further ado, here […]

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Five Favorite Follows on Twitter

By On January 10, 2009 · 1 Comment · In Marketing, People, Social Networks, Tech Innovation, Tools

I’m now a 3-week-old Tweeter, and new enough to be having daily ah-ha’s (and woopses). I’ve followed, then un-followed some good folks whose messages were more than I could process. I’ve obsessed over replies and RTs, downloaded TweetDeck, and installed, uninstalled, and […]

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I Believe Community is the Future

By On October 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In In Brief, Marketing, Social Networks

An empowered, engaged customer base is a sustainable customer base, as this impassioned Adweek article reminds us. And it’s more than just exceptional service that makes them loyal. Be inspired, and steer your enterprise this way.

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NY Times: Exquisite Handling of Massive Content

By On August 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Cool Stuff, In Brief, Social Networks

Check out the beautiful page announcing the New York Times social network beta, MyTimes. It only displays if you haven’t already signed up, so I’ve placed a screenshot here:

I continue to admire this site for its super-clean handling of massive content. Just look at how much they manage to tell […]

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Creating Community is Like Childbirth (a Little)

By On August 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In People, Social Networks

Birth is personal, miraculous, mundane. Mothers and fathers have been profoundly transformed by the experience of having a child as far back as human beings can remember, and yet we accomplish it with no training or even forethought.

Now consider cliques, teams, buddies, clubs, tribes, neighborhoods and nations: Community is […]

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