Social Media Summer, or Do People Still Get Thrown Into Pools?
July 30, 2009 :: Joe LoongI have to ask a stupid question, as it’s been a while since my last pool party: Do people still get thrown into pools these days?
The reason I ask is I was with a friend the other night (at a restaurant, not a pool) and as she was gesticulating with her hands, the cell phone [...]
Extending Situational Relationships With Social Media
June 24, 2009 :: Joe LoongWe all know that the Internet, online community, and social media tools are great for enabling and strengthening the connections between people of every combination of like-minded/differently-minded and geographically distant/nearby.
Here, I’m going to look at social media and expanding relationships between people who are already like-minded — even excessively so — and physically near each [...]
Exploring It All With The Conversation Prism
June 23, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungBack in August 2008, public relations professional, author of the book Putting Public Back In Public Relations and creator of the term “PR 2.0″, Brian Solis released what is called the Conversation Prism. But what exactly is this Conversation Prism? According to Solis, it’s to help “provide a visual representation of the true expansiveness of [...]
5 Ways to Strike a Work-Life Balance with Social Media
June 11, 2009 :: Steve FisherIt is hard building a business and even harder keeping up with all the technologies that go into participating in “Social Media” to help support and promote your business. I haven’t even touched upon how many personal accounts you might have that don’t stray or even worse, blend into your work life.
There are so many [...]
Social Media Tools for Restaurants
June 9, 2009 :: Steve FisherIn all honesty, Shashi should be writing this post since our Social Media Swami used to be an Executive Chef that worked all over the world, but you have me a guy that by all views of photos in the last few years, loves food. What I can offer you is my passion for social [...]
Making Your Social Media Campaign A Success Through Whuffie
June 4, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungThere is a phenomenon that is growing in the social media sphere known only as “whuffie”. But just what is “whuffie”? It’s social media capital. In other words, it’s street credibility. It will have considerable effect on whether the information you post on your website is repurposed, spread virally or redistributed, or commented on. So [...]
Suffering From Twitter Fatigue (Post-Twitter Stress Disorder)
June 1, 2009 :: Joe LoongI seem to be experiencing Twitter Fatigue (judging by the search results, it’s a term I can’t even pretend to have coined). It’s not so much the constant talking about Twitter, or even the hearing about it. It’s more like the actual using of it. But not the part where I broadcast to my legion [...]
What “American Idol” can teach us about crowdsourcing
May 27, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungIf you’ve been living under a rock over the past few days, you may not have known that a new American Idol was crowned. But we’re not here to debate whether the right contestant won. Rather, the focus is on the example this show has on the power of crowdsourcing. Just what is crowdsourcing? According to [...]
Which Is More Effective For You: Twitter or Facebook?
May 27, 2009 :: Joe LoongThe following entry is a personal look at the relative effectiveness of Twitter vs. Facebook in getting responses from people — specifically, answers to questions. It’s based completely on anecdotal observation, and as such, solely applies to my own situation, and my own unique friend / follower makeup. So it’s probably completely worthless for anyone [...]
Zannel offers an adventure with every upload.
May 26, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungSeveral weeks ago, I was invited to participate in a public advisory committee meeting for a new startup here in the San Francisco area. The startup is called Zannel and focuses on aggregating photos and videos you take through your mobile device and displaying them in a central repository online – similar to Twitpic, but [...]
