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Scripting News: 1/24/2009 Guy Kawasaki, American venture capitalist and ... Image via Wikipedia To Be Or not To Be With Gusto : an individual or special taste enthusiastic and vigorous enjoyment or appreciation vitality marked by an abundance of vigor and enthusiasm. I find a few people that I follow have " Gusto !" Guy Kawasaki Fred Wilson Gothan Gal Frank Eliason Chris Brogan Seth Godin Louis Gray. Steve Rubel There was a book written a few years ago called the Talmud ! Among other things it stated We don't see things as they are we see things as we are ! [Talmud ] In my reads I find Dave Winer in the top slot as King Of Content Creation with Gusto ! I personally have only talked with Chris Brogan so I have to view the others as I read them ! For years I have been a student of General Semantics : Advocates of General Semantics view it as a form of mental hygiene that enables practitioners to avoid ideational traps built into natural language and "common sense" assumptions, thereby enabling practitioners to think more clearly and effectively. General Semantics thus shares some concerns with psychology but some do not consider it specifically as a therapeutic system, evaluating it as more focused on enhancing the abilities of normal individuals than curing pathology. This post What made the Mac different Saturday, January 24, 2009 by Dave Winer. Is a great read and is a nice complement to Guy Kawasaki ! The people who I have mentioned above will be the driving force behind what many have called Social Media ! At 72 years old I was brought up on the old media and am afraid it is as dead As Custer ! I watch with saddness as it shuffes off the mortal coil ! Mortal coil is a poetic term that means the troubles of daily life and the strife and suffering of the world. It is used in the sense of a burden to be carried or abandoned, most famously in the phrase "shuffle[d] off this mortal coil" from Shakespeare's Hamlet. I once comm

Micro Persuasion: Marketing Authentically with Personal Brands as Corporate All-Stars Image representing Squidoo as depicted in Crun... Image via CrunchBase Hook-If you are attempting to brand read Steve Ruble he and the folks at Edelman do it for a living and they do it with GUSTO ! I think the greatest site on the Internet to start branding your self is http://www.squidoo.com/ Squidoo is a community website based in Irvington, N.Y. that allows users to create pages (called lenses) for subjects of interest. Lenses are interactive, and can contain Flickr photos, Google maps, blogs, eBay auctions, YouTube videos, and other links. Squidoo is in the top 500 most visited sites in the world, and in the top 250 most viewed in the United States.[1] It has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to charity. Development on Squidoo started in 2005, launching a beta testing period in October of that year.[2] The launch team consisted of Seth Godin, his book editor Megan Casey, former Fast Company employee Heath Row, Corey Brown, and Gil Hildebrand, Jr. Upon its announcement, Seth Godin, Squidoo's CEO, released a free ebook titled "Everyone's an Expert."[3] The ebook outlines the difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0, and then goes on to detail lenses and their effectiveness as a "nowblog." The site came out of beta testing two months later and reached 100,000 lenses within the first six months. It now has more than 700,000 lenses. Squidoo owes its name to the squid, which has eyes containing large lenses, analogous to Squidoo's lenses which as Godin notes, "provide a view on the world."[4] It ends in "oo" since tech companies with two "o"s in their name - Google, Yahoo!, Godin's own Yoyodyne - have all been a success.[4]Key people Seth Godin, Founder. Megan Casey, Editor in Chief Gil Hildebrand, Jr., Chief Engineer Corey Brown, COO Kimberly Dawn Wells, Community Organizer I have Lense and work on it a couple hours a week. Squidoo

What happened to NakedJen on Facebook? Scripting News Dave Winer Image via Wikipedia This article by Dave Winer is a very important read for anyone using Facebook ! It is possible that their marketing policies may be now controlled by legaleze, not by tried and true marketing techniques ! What happened to NakedJen on Facebook? Scripting News. Related articles by Zemanta * Developer Note: Facebook Deprecating Marketplace APIs in March (insidefacebook.com) * Now Even the Mafia's on Facebook (futurelab.net) * Warning: Dependence on Facebook, Twitter Could Be Hazardous to Your Business (cyberjournalist.net) Active member at zimbio.com follow me on my krumlr link Check out my lens Seth maxOSX Software tracking Cool page alert for Marshal Sandler » Main Scrapplet for Marshal Sandler follow MarshalSandler at http://twitter.com Lijit Search

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Out of bounds Sometimes people push back on posts of mine they don't like by telling me I'm out of bounds. Somehow, they say, I've crossed the boundary of what I'm allowed to write about. They are angry that I'm now writing about something outside my defined area. I'm usually taken aback by this, because I didn't realize I'd actually agreed to any boundaries.

May 29, 2009 The Graduates I am in the midst of graduation sensation, with my eldest to receive her college diploma next Thursday and my middle child having earned her high school diploma just a week ago. We entertained thirteen college students at our home last weekend; I could now write a new script for "Survivor; The Parents" based on that experience. I am very pleased that my college graduate will begin her career at Edelman Chicago in the fall; Generation Three begins! Given the terrible job market for college and professional school graduates, I thought it appropriate to offer some advice on how to approach the employment search in PR. First, consider working initially as an intern. Most of our offices are utilizing summer interns. Some of these jobs will become full time in the fall, given normal employee turnover. We have the interns do real work, from preparing press lists to writing press materials. Second, digital is your fastest way in the door and to the top. All PR firms are rapidly adapting their core offerings, as the game shifts away from sole reliance on media relations. Show us how you're blogging, tweeting, utilizing video, participating with communities, advancing issues. If you can demonstrate how you can advise on social media, then you have immediate value. We operate a facebook site solely for potential interns, and a twitter, facebook, widget and a LinkedIn site for all pros so they can participate with the Edelman community.

The Culture of the Internet I've been thinking a lot about Internet culture lately. Or, rather, the culture *of* the Internet. A peculiar chain of events unfolded on Twitter a couple nights ago. I sent my followers a link to a hilarious sendup of Internet comment culture, a music video spoof called "We Didn't Start the Flamewar." (It's at http://bit.ly/16NZLH, and it contains a ton of bad language, plus parodies of offensive, juvenile comments). Then I made the tragic mistake of mentioning, in a subsequent tweet, that that song's lyrics mentioned something I hadn't heard of: Rickrolling. DOH!

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iPhone in a house fire……. the outcome?-Techburgh Image representing iPhone as depicted in Crunc... Image via CrunchBase This is an interesting post since it give's the I Phone A Shout Out-most articles about cell phones pan them. I use an LG View and have found it very stable, then I am not jumping into a fire -probably cell phone manufacturers should create equipment for people working in hazardous situations- an Local Media should republish this type of content-this is social media iPhone in a house fire……. the outcome?. Related articles by Zemanta * Helium Digital's Quality iPhone Cases (idiomag.com) * Turn Your iPhone into a NYE Noisemaker (cultofmac.com) * Adwords Unveils Advertising for iPhone and Android (montysmegamarketing.com)

« A Different Davos | Main February 13, 2009 How To Push Back Constructively It has been a strange week for the business community on both sides of the Atlantic. Big bankers from the US and the UK were called before their legislators, who were venting public frustration over huge pay packages, constipated lending and opaque use of government bailout funds. It is important that companies learn how to play a new game, to dance the tango with a newly aggressive partner, namely government. Here are the four steps to a more equal relationship with the big-footed dancing companion: 1. Explanation and Contrition-No forward movement is possible in this relationship without an examination of the past. Companies should be willing to acknowledge misjudgment, and yes, even error. There should be lessons learned, policies amended, personnel changed in the process. The more specific the information, the more likely it is to be credible. For example, "We anticipated that the maximum decline in housing price would be 20% but the decline has proven to be 35%." There must also be a clear statement of contrition, not a fuzzy "once in a lifetime market circumstances". Executives should acknowledge personal failure and apologize to shareholders and employees alike. 2. Appreciation for Change from Shareholder to Stakeholder-CEOs must change from a uni-polar world of investors and analysts to a broader definition of audiences that puts employees first in line in the need to know. There should be a recognition of implication for society in any action, from reduction in force to decision to relocate production to another facility. 3. Presentation of Long Term Vision-The company needs to solicit buy-in for its future direction. Rather than keeping strategy as a matter for the board of directors alone, the CEO should share the vision with its broader publics. This will enable its new investor (government) to have the public support for a long-term view instead of b

July 26, 2008 Complaining Bloggers Have a Cable Company's Ear - NYTimes.com Filed under: - Tags: Big Brother, Business, Cable Company's Ear, NYTimes.com, The New York Times, Twitter, University of Washington, World Wide Web - Digtital Move's @ 5:56 am Image via Wikipedia I have found Communicating with Mr Eliason thru twitter very effective!  I have gotten excellent service from Comcast when I had trouble !  But I am 72 years old and have learned to treat people with respect ! Not every customer service person is perfect but neither am I !  Real simple they will eventually get it done or join Custer

Time to be Frank » A Rebel with a Customer Service Cause? This is a very Interesting post by Frank Eliason of Comcast Cares- re Critics Time to be Frank » A Rebel with a Customer Service Cause?. Related articles by Zemanta * Twitter for Customer Service Enhanced by Zemanta Stumble It!