Monthly Archives: May 2009

Crazy Times Call For a Unique Approach

John Stewart reminds all PR professionals and companies one simple truth:

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The Magic Behind Human2.0

Over the weekend I got some wild notion the era of social media was over. I opined we were embarking on a new time period I dubbed, Human2.0.  My thought-process for such a random, if not selfishly promotional, statement was that … Continue reading

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“Missing Link” Google Image

Google celebrates the debut of the “missing link” fossil.  However, it’s not so much the link to homo sapiens, but rather ancient primates to modern primates.  Google links to this National Geographic article, but I read CNN’s take. Both very … Continue reading

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Nielsen Reports Online Video Stats

Nielsen released its online video stats yesterday and not surprisingly, YouTube still remains the most viewed video site online.  But my boy, Hulu, continued its onslaught on people’s brain and increased 490 percent in total streams year-over-year, from 63.2 million … Continue reading

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People Love a Good List

BrandRepublic.com issued its top 100 brands on Twitter list. Pretty fascinating list I think. The list and all the discussion is here.

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Social Media Cold War

This is an idea that’s been brewing in my head for sometime now. The idea that we’re in the middle of a social media cold war of sorts. The Cold War between the U.S. and Soviet Union was fueled by … Continue reading

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Hulu Wins, Who Loses – UPDATE

5/5/09 More goodness today from The Silicon Insider on Hulu.  Another possible loser: Comcast. The story leads with a powerful statistic:More than 40% of U.S. households under age 35 watch Internet video on their TVs at least once a month, … Continue reading

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May 3 #BlogChat Recap

There was another cool #blogchat last night.  Blogchat is a crazy hour of flash-discussion on Twitter that has a set topic defined by @mackcollier.  Users engage the discussion by adding #blogchat at the end of their tweets.  Using Tweetdeck, TweetChat … Continue reading

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Dragon Fort Completed

I’ve been quiet for the past three weeks because I’ve busy building the first ever Dragon Pirate Fort. I built it myself and didn’t go to the store and buy something in a box. And, the best part about the … Continue reading

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Hulu Wins – Who Loses?

Mashable reporting that Disney has signed on to put its shows on hulu.com by buying a stake in the online video site. That means all networks except for CBS are now on Hulu, and really who cares, except for How … Continue reading

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