Untrusting Your Intuition: Trying Something You’ve Doubted

You've heard the axioms: Don't knock it until you've tried it. and How would you know if you haven't tried it. How do you expect to get results...

Sad QR Code Failures & Tactics that DO Work

  Is there a wrong way to use QR codes? You bet. The majority of QR codes I've seen printed on products and in magazines aren't...

How many Facebook Profiles are really fake?

Here's an interesting article that appeared on CNN.com about fake Facebook Profiles:http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120516043821-facebook-reflect-02-t1-main.jpgThere's not much more about it on Mashable, but it's interesting to hear...

3 Ways They Tricked Us: Muting, and Unboosting, Shadowbanning and De-Ranking

Shadowbanning, Muting, Unboosting and De-Ranking are technology tactics social media companies use to  silently control speech without letting their users know they're being censored....

Thinking about Minecraft

  A true viral phenomenonEveryone dreams of their promotions "going viral", but most intended to don't. Why? When a promotion goes viral it shows ROI orders...

Don’t Confuse Tagging with Tracking in “Do Not Track”

  A few blog posts ago I wrote about the Do Not Track movement – I haven’t gotten any comments yet on that post outside...

Where Viral Falls Short

Something is viral when it numbers increase rapidly using its audience to propagate itself. The Wikipedia definition is a little more elaborate. I myself...

Three tools you’ll have to pry from my cold dead fingers

I've been enamored by a new product that I first learned about from Jeff Bullas' Blog. That tool is called MarketMeSuite. If use Twitter...

Panhandler Whispers My Click

 Upon exiting the highway, a local panhandler had effectively drawn my attention. It ended up with me shelling out what small change I had...
YouTube Education

YouTube Education: Online is Subbing for the Classroom

Does Retail Apocalypse Foreshadow A Looming College Armageddon? Will a "You Tube Education" compete some day with brick and mortar colleges? Will the advantages of...