httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1ANVCDHYA4 If only these walls could talk, the saying goes. In the case of the N building near Tachikawa station in Japan they do. In fact the whole building facade has been transformed into a real time dialogue between smart phones and what’s going on inside the store. All you do is hold your phone up […]
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvhzuSfhx4U This week I had the pleasure of speaking at Jeff Pulver’s #140conf meet-up in LA. It was held in the Comedy Store on Sunset Blvd (which is why I start by kissing the stage floor to honor the Comedy Gods). The event was remarkable because of the great information that was shared but even […]
Read MoreI was speaking at the Connect Now conference with Gary Vaynerchuk a couple of weeks ago and he kindly gave me a signed copy of ‘Crush It!’ to pass on to someone. That’s him signing it below. It’s a truly inspirational read which exhorts you to “cash in on your passion.” ‘Crush It!’ is written with […]
Read MoreToday was transformative for the Web. When Facebook announced that its ‘Like’ button is going to appear on publisher sites throughout the web they smashed their own dam walls positioning themselves as treasurer of the social currency of emotion. This not only gave Facebook the capacity to capture an almost unlimited amount of real-time consumer […]
Read Morehttpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv82i03tvUM I got a chance to sit down with Chris Brogan at SXSW but the sound in the blogger’s lounge was so crazy loud you can barely hear a thing. So here’s a transcription (and the video if you want to try to hear us). Chris is always gracious with his time and he shared great […]
Read MoreThe launch of Twitter’s own advertising platform, Promotional Tweets, is risky for several reasons. Firstly, the monetization of these platforms, while inevitable, goes against the very attributes that made these new social platforms so compelling – people could connect free from advertising and its ulterior motives. Secondly, as with any new business model, there is […]
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