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Instantaneous Movements, Mobile Rising, and Data Streams
In the 90's, I read a change management book called Managing At the Speed of Change, which later became a classic in the field. In this new decade, someone needs to write a book called "Living at the Speed of Digital Change." Photo by jpctalbot It was just a little over two years ago that…
Read MoreJeremiah Owyang, Part 3: Starting and Growing a Community
“People would rather have [a] knowing they are accepted and appreciated. That’s far more important than lining one’s wallet…This is about the core essence of humans connecting with other humans.” –Jeremiah Owyang In this last installment of my interview with Jeremiah Owyang, we talk about the increasing influence of communities, ways to kickstart a community,…
Read MoreWhere the Future Lies: Snapping Up Michelle Obama’s Dress
I recently attended a presentation, via videoconference, by Christine Heckart, General Manager at Microsoft for their television division and most recently, their music division. She's a seasoned technologist with a big picture marketing bent and humility that is refreshing for someone in her position. (Slight tangent: Afterwards, I wondered if a man would ever display…
Read MoreJeremiah Owyang’s Keynote at Thin Air Summit
It’s one thing to read someone’s blog over time. It’s another thing to see them speak in person. Jeremiah Owyang gave the keynote yesterday on the second (and last) day of the Thin Air Summit,with a talk titled, "The Future of Media….in the Social Era." When I heard about the conference last month, it was…
Read MoreWho’s Reading Blogs? Maybe Your Grandmother…
Josh Bernoff, co-author of the book, Groundswell, and an analyst at Forrester, provides some fascinating data about the adoption of social media, hot off the WordPress (or whatever his blog is built on.) What makes the data so valuable is not only that it’s current and compares the same data to last year, but also…
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