At a recent conference I spoke at, I remember one of the audience members asking, “When does anyone have the time to blog?”  The issue of effort involved is an interesting one.  I think there is a common conception that blogging is some form of activity that exists completely outside the realm of a professional’s [...]

The first talk I attended after lunch was given by Katie Paine from KDPaine & Partners, which focused on how to measure social media.  Katie offered a pretty complete framework for measurement of social media that included: Defining goals Prioritizing audiences and needs within those goals Determining indicators of success Picking an analytical ‘tool’ – [...]

The day began with a keynote from David Weinberger, a commentator at National Public Radio.  Shel Israel has written a great synopsis of the keynote that I would like to direct your attention to. After the keynote, the event separated into a number of different ‘tracks’.  As my interests varied, I sort of wandered between [...]

Yesterday morning, I was a bit downcast by Vegas.  I have to say that things started to really pick up as the day progressed.  First off, I was actually fairly impressed by the Venetian (even though I did get lost again).  I was absolutely disoriented when I got to the fake plaza in the Venetian, which [...]