March 2011
31 posts
GroupMe has it backwards #(
This morning a friend thought it would be a good idea to create a group on GroupMe— a group messaging service that works through their iPhone app, SMS or push notifications. You supply your phone number, pick folks from your contacts and you’re done. Sounds like a good idea and it is, except GroupMe assumes it’s perfectly fine to begin sending sms messages to your phone if you a)...
“But what about the personal files, the things of sentimental value? I have...”
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Doreen Marchionni spent the last four years studying how journalists can boost their credibility and engagement with digital audiences. She found the simple secret: Interact online and be human.
However, she says, it takes more than simply having a Twitter account and posting story links. “When your audience is able to participate and influence the outcome of a story,” that is...
WatchFor some damn reason, Jeremy wanted to interview me for his show. He talked to Doreen, and Adam and Merlin and Ethan (all people I either have or have been accused of going to bed with,) because they have real things to say. I don’t have a research agenda, a ground-up advertising career, productivity advice, or design skills but somehow he got me talking about the horror of Battledecks at...
Truthful Tuesday
So far, the best thing about the new Tumblr Explore page is that my dashboard contains less begging by big media companies for a Tumblr Directory recommendation.