I’ve been trying to put this year’s South by Southwest Interactive experience into words, but it’s proving impossible. I was hoping to come home inspired and focused, and I definitely got what I wanted. I’ve already been doing some work in the area of online privacy, and the keynotes and sessions I went to proved [...]
Blogworld Expo Free T-Shirt Round-up
I’ve got lots to say about Blogworld Expo, but let’s start simple. How was the schwag? Specifically, how were the t-shirts? I only grabbed shirts from 3 sponsors, so this isn’t an inclusive list… Most Well-Targeted to the Crowd: Geeks love braaaains! (from Server Beach) Most WTF: Complete with a Sharpie to fill in the [...]
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NY Times Story on Marketing Small Businesses with Twitter
“We think of these social media tools as being in the realm of the sophisticated, multiplatform marketers like Coca-Cola and McDonald’s, but a lot of these supersmall businesses are gravitating toward them because they are accessible, free and very simple,” said Greg Sterling, an analyst who studies the Internet’s influence on shopping and local businesses. [...]
(Very) Random SXSWi highlights
As most of you know I finally traveled to Austin TX for the annual South by Southwest Interactive conference (SXSWi). I’ve been wanting to go since 2007 when, shortly after I joined Twitter, I started following social media types talking about the conference. Attending this year was a pretty last minute decision. It’s expensive, for [...]

