What can we do better?

July 18, 2011 By 2 Comments

I watched a really cheesy movie last night called “Twelve”. It had popped up in the new movies section and clicked play instead of more information on accident and decided to roll with it. Twelve is what you might call a trash movie, lots of young actors and actresses, [...] Continue Reading…

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Google Offers live in the Bay Area, NYC and Portland OR

July 12, 2011 By 4 Comments

Groupon had the opportunity to sell to Google for $6B (Billion with a B) not too long ago, with Google launching offers do you think they are kicking themselves for not taking it? I know many readers of popular PR/Marketing Blog spinsucks.com thought so when Gini Dietrich wrote “My [...] Continue Reading…

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Curating Tweets on Amplify and using Twitter to get off pesky Email lists.

July 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment

What do you use Twitter for? It seems a great use is to get opted out of Email lists where the opt out procedure leaves a lot to be desired (or doesn’t work).

Also a great use of Amplify is curating tweets right from Twitter.com or Hootsuite. The Amplify clipping [...] Continue Reading…

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Exporting Facebook contacts to Google+. Facebook > Yahoo > G+ = #win

July 8, 2011 By 29 Comments

I was really disapointed when Facebook slammed the door shut on the friend exporter. I don’t even think the app was live for 24 hours before it was blocked. There is a way to bypass Facebooks desire to prevent this from occurring and here you go!

Amplify’d from plus.google.com

Ok now [...] Continue Reading…

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Google opens and closes the spigot for Google+ invites. #sm #news

June 29, 2011 By 6 Comments

So thanks to an invite from Diane Bjorling (a long time friend on Amplify) I was able to connect to Google+ tonight. I have to say initial response is very positive. In typical Google fashion they did something “different” time will tell if it really hits the sweet spot [...] Continue Reading…

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Darwin and Family Dynamics with Frank Sulloway (Podcast)

June 17, 2011 By 3 Comments

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Listen as Dr. Frank Sulloway explains the science behind family dynamics and personality. The connections to birth order are particularly fascinating. Dr. Sulloway is a meticulous researcher, in fact he put 26 years of research into one of his books. You can learn more about Dr. Sulloway’s research on [...] Continue Reading…

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This is personal – Pancreatic Cancer Sucks

June 1, 2011 By 22 Comments

Mom Christmas Eve 1999

Around the holidays in 1999 my mom was experiencing serious abdominal pain. Within 1 month she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She passed away early Easter Sunday morning just months later. Mom was in her sixties and at the time had a [...] Continue Reading…

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Interview with Martin Seibert CEO of Twentyfeet

May 25, 2011 By 7 Comments

I was interviewed this morning by Martin Seibert the CEO of Twentyfeet about their service. The last time I wrote about Twentyfeet I had interviewed Martin so it was his turn this time. I’ve been a paid subscriber of the service and as I noted in the interview found [...] Continue Reading…

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How I am working to find focus

April 25, 2011 By 12 Comments

I am sharing this in the hopes that you will find it helpful if you are finding it difficult to manage your time in this 24/7/365 connected world.

How am I working to find focus? Perhaps will start with a little bit of background. In addition to my freelance work [...] Continue Reading…

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What is Podcasting with Guest Host Erica Allison

April 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Erica Allison Guest Host

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Listen as Erica Allison asks panelists Adriel Hampton and Joe Hackman (yep, that’s me) what is podcasting? This episode is the result of a guest post request by Erica for her blog as she was analyzing the value of operating a podcast [...] Continue Reading…

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