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The Future Is About Focus

April 22, 2014 By Jeff Turner 5 Comments

Our distractions are real. But distractions are are not unique to us or to our time. Our challenges are not greater. Our challenges are simply different. And the key to success in the face of those distractions is the same as it ever was – focus.

Filed Under: Behavior, Commentary Tagged With: craft, distractions, focus, skill

Nobody Is Smarter Than The Truth

April 21, 2014 By Jeff Turner 6 Comments

While I’ve attempted to make strong statements about the ineffectiveness of social media for advertising, I have never come close to nailing it as hard as Mr. Hoffman nails it in his presentation at Advertising Week Europe.

Filed Under: Commentary, Social Networking Tagged With: advertising, social media, truth

Truth: Some Apps Simply Shouldn’t Exist At All

April 14, 2014 By Jeff Turner 7 Comments

Fearing this might just be a publicity stunt designed to gain attention, despite the founder’s claims otherwise, I wasn’t going to write about this today. Providing this idiocy with more attention, even negative attention, might just help the founders raise the funding from Silicon Valley they are apparently seeking. But I decided to write anyway.

Filed Under: Commentary, Technology Tagged With: bad ideas, technology, values

The Power of Diversity And Respect

April 4, 2014 By Jeff Turner 3 Comments

Today, I’m renewing my commitment to live the values of respect and diversity. If you share these values, I invite you to join me.

Filed Under: Commentary Tagged With: diversity, respect, values

Facebook Is Not Your Friend. Get Over It.

April 1, 2014 By Jeff Turner 24 Comments

Two years ago I argued that Facebook Is Not The Internet, Nor Should It Be.  The last few days of furor surrounding a very well written “Dear John” letter from Eat24 to Facebook  (a beautiful piece of content marketing if I’ve ever seen one) has certainly proven that many are now awakening to this fact. […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Social Networking Tagged With: Facebook, fraud, social media

I Want A Better Twitter Experience

March 31, 2014 By Jeff Turner 2 Comments

Last week I wrote a brief “history” of my relationship with Twitter over the past seven years. As a result, I let myself meander down memory lane a bit on and recall what Twitter “felt” like back in 2007. Because there were fewer people on Twitter then, it was easier to connect with someone, to […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Social Networking Tagged With: curation, lists, noise, twitter

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