Social media is not hard to understand. Of course, if you read the Wikipedia definition, it makes it seem hard to understand. “Social media is media for social interaction as a super-set beyond social communication. Enabled by ubiquitously accessible and scalable communication techniques, social media has substantially changed the way organizations, communities, and individuals communicate.”…

I’ve been struggling to put into words why I’m not drawn to Pinterest. JWT North America CEO David Eastman, who opened up Social Media Week in New York finally put a voice to what I have been feeling. ”Pinterest – it’s a beautifully laid out visualization of all the stuff we like, but am I the only…

The Latest Social Media Drug I created my Pinterest account on January 21, 2011 and, quite frankly, pinned three items and forgot about it until the recent tsunami of interest flared up. Now it’s become almost impossible for me to escape tweets and status updates that mention Pinterest. Frankly, it’s been a while since I’ve…

In preparing for a demo of Dashter for Chris Smith this morning, I decided to curate the #isuckattwitter hashtag stream that was active for his Inman webinar this morning. Just prior to the webinar, Chris asked his followers to give him some input on what Twitter behaviors really bug them. Chris Smith – @Chris_Smth What…

Every so often, we need to step back and appreciate the power of social media to move masses of people in a positive direction. This video has gone viral, partly because Dred Scott is a talented musician, and partly because it’s a moving story of hope that makes us feel good. It makes me feel…

Stumbled on Mentions Map today while waiting to board my flight to Denver > Austin. I think it’s revealing. Sometimes things are clearer from a 50,000 foot perspective. Of course, this is limited by the Twitter API. It can only look back so far, but it’s an interesting snapshot of of

Before I went to bed last night, I sent this message out on Twitter. respres Jeff Turner New Facebook Patent: the Huge Implications of Curated Search http://bit.ly/hLGnhL (@gahlord have you seen this?) I was hoping it would find Gahlord Dewald fresh and rested and ready to dig in. My plan worked. I got up at 4:15am…

There are almost as many video hosting sites as there are social networks. Each site has it’s own unique qualities and benefits. Here are a few more places I’ve posted videos.

You can only participate proactively and effectively in a small number of social networks, two or three at best. At least that’s my personal opinion. You can, of course, set up a virtual presence anywhere and everywhere. But should you? That’s a different question entirely.

My decision to NOT use the following sites isn’t an indication that they aren’t as good as Upcoming. It’s purely random.