TED Talk from Clay Shirky: Why SOPA is a bad idea

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Tweet Look, I knew SOPA, and it’s little sister PIPA (at least that’s what it sounds like), was a BAD IDEA. But after yesterday’s punky little protest from Wikipedia, I full grokked the tragic implications SOPA could have ON MY OWN LIFE. Obviously, after a very trying Wednesday, I cannot live without a roster of [...]

Facebook Changes, Again

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Tweet It’s a little like when your friend gets a radically different hairstyle – it takes some getting used to. Facebook has made some changes and you can bet the bulk of your friends’ status updates for the next week will be about how much they don’t like these changes. My personal favorite, now you [...]

Oops… @Qwikster is not available

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Tweet In working with small business clients, I often have to start with basics. I explain not only the how of social media platforms, but the why (clear communication with your customers) and the basics of branding (let’s use the same handle and icon everywhere, shall we?). One might think that large and seemingly web-savvy companies [...]