Seven Things People Do That Kill Presentations

I gave a talk last week at the SocialDevCamp last Saturday on Social Media for business. I also had the opportunity to watch many presentations, both good and not-so-good. I’ve had some great training on presentations from Northwestern (particularly Surepayroll founder Troy Henikoff) and notice where people go right and where people go wrong with… Continue reading Seven Things People Do That Kill Presentations

It's Time We Defined Social Media. No More Arguing. Here's the Definition:

A nice side-effect of tracking the blogosphere’s reaction to my Mashable post on Social Media Jobs has been a debate on the definition of Social Media. What the hell is it? I agree – the definition is vague and sometimes completely idiotic. So let’s finally put this question to rest and get a consensus. What… Continue reading It's Time We Defined Social Media. No More Arguing. Here's the Definition:

There's a Reason Health Websites Make More Money than Technology Blogs

People need medication to relieve their pain. People don’t need another way to bookmark and share websites. People need to learn about their options in battling cancer. People don’t need to learn about their options for microblogging. As a technology evangelist, I feel weird saying all this, but really, think about it. Back pain is… Continue reading There's a Reason Health Websites Make More Money than Technology Blogs

Has Facebook Become Too Cautious for its Own Good?

Update 9/9/08: I’m pretty sure I was wrong on some of the points of this article. Facebook agressively launches features, and despite the slow rollout of the new facebook layout, it’s created a small revolt which I expect to become a bigger one soon enough. Read on, I stand by my work, but know that… Continue reading Has Facebook Become Too Cautious for its Own Good?

The Goal of my upcoming blog TechThrill: Make technology easier and more useful.

First of all, I want to thank everyone who has visited my article on the things Google would do if it bought Digg. It’s been an incredible response (over 2100 Diggs as of this post) and I’m honored you think so highly of my article. I want to keep everyone up-to-date on my blog happenings.… Continue reading The Goal of my upcoming blog TechThrill: Make technology easier and more useful.

You're Not Going to Change the World (or become renouned) by Sitting On Your Ass.

I thought I would remind everyone of that. In the meantime, I am working on the design of my new multimedia weblog (multilog? mlog? I haven’t though of a name since it isn’t completely a blog). That’s why posts have become a bit more infrequent. TechThrill will incorporate FriendFeed, a uStream.tv web show with Matt… Continue reading You're Not Going to Change the World (or become renouned) by Sitting On Your Ass.

Want a unique background? How about Profile Pictures of all your Facebook Friends?

So the last background on my Twitter profile was of Cancun, Mexico. Nice, but not unique or all that interesting. Then I read this post on Digital Inspiration about how to make a photo collage of your Facebook friends. I decided it would be fun and interesting and thus I went nuts, created a rectangular… Continue reading Want a unique background? How about Profile Pictures of all your Facebook Friends?

Six Useful FriendFeed Rooms – Don't you want to be more productive?

FriendFeed rooms have been a major hit on the lifestream aggregate service, but being part of too many rooms just adds to the noise. If you want to focus, choose FriendFeed rooms that have the ability to help your productivity or even land you a job. Thus below are six rooms I believe are hugely… Continue reading Six Useful FriendFeed Rooms – Don't you want to be more productive?

THIRST: An Incredible Presentation on the Impending Water Crisis

I’m going to go a little off topic, but I felt compelled to post this. My friend Jeff Brenman created this incredibly visual presentation on our water crisis. We worry about energy and oil, but the most vital resource to life is dwindling down at the same time. Take a look. I’ve got some notes… Continue reading THIRST: An Incredible Presentation on the Impending Water Crisis