Category Archives: Google
The Original Twitter Qs: WWJJD?
I’ll take Jeff Jarvis at his word that he did not see these two Twitter @ questions posed to him by me @mootsman this week. This may be a first: Posting old Tweets on a blog. Note times, dates and … Continue reading
WWJJD? (What Would Jeff Jarvis Do?)
It’s a brave new world full of a billion voices, tapping away, sounding off, getting snarky, demanding their due. Anyone with a computer or smartphone can jump in and say something. And somewhere, someone is listening, if just for a … Continue reading
Filed under Blogs, Books, Brand, Communications Society, Google, Social Networks, Twitter, Web, Writing
Do Foods Really Make You Smarter?
When the conservative Economist reports that Facebook is hiring a Google chef away, it’s kind of del.icio.us. The more important question (aside from which company has the best food) is this: Do certain dishes make you smarter? Let us count the ways … Continue reading
Filed under Creativity, Food, Google
Mitt, the Campaign is Over, Pull Down Your Google AdWords
Type “Barack Obama” in Google. Everything’s in order: sponsored link on top, then organic search results of his three books, news feeds, official campaign website, Wikipedia entry, official Senate website, grassroots T-Shirt sales, MySpace profile, a website on whether Obama … Continue reading
Filed under Advertising, Awareness, Google
As Expected: Facebookers and Privacy
A check of blog feeds over lunch turned up this: Facebook members aren’t too worried about their privacy settings. According to Compete, traffic of Facebook members to the social networking website’s privacy settings pages has been essentially flat for several months, Beacon … Continue reading
So You Want to be a Writer?
I have strong memories of my first Page One byline article for the Los Angeles Times in 1988 (gasp). The thud of the newspaper hitting my apartment doorstep at 5:30 a.m. never sounded better. Today newspapers as a printed medium are dying and we’re all bylined writers in … Continue reading
Filed under Communications Society, Google, Technology, Writing
