Tag Archives: Twitter

September 28, 2012

Fear of Missing Out — The FOMO instinct

Could it be that FOMO is really tribal disconnection? Ever been proud that you didn’t know what was going on? Been happy that you had no clue about the newest big deal in your community? Pleased that you had no … Continue reading

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March 7, 2011

Twitterstorm + Twitterment | The Twitching of Charlie Sheen

The rise of the stormtwister: which one are you following? Surely, it’s changed, Charlie’s tiger-blooded human branding keeps on surging. But why? Friend Robert Weitz pointed out, as he put it, the gladiatorial posting of winning wars of followers. Andrew … Continue reading

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June 25, 2010

Bright lights, big city: luminous people

The collaboration of the crowd, inspiration in community, creativity and sharing. As a strategist, as a storyteller, a designer, I’ve been working and circulating the world for 35 years +. But of course, I’ve been living some 20 years beyond … Continue reading

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June 11, 2010

American Express | Social Media (what’s the story?)

A note from Ed Kelly: content, contentment, relevance, resonance What’s the story, who’s telling it, what’s it look like, and who cares? I’ve been an American Express cardholder for coming on 20 years. And I met Ed Kelly, CEO, American … Continue reading

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December 14, 2009

Twitter persona | who are you?

The analysis of Tweeter types: person to person, twitter profiles. It’s good to be clear about who you are. It’s interesting that there are emerging personality profiles, in users, that come into the webbed world of community in communications. And … Continue reading

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November 28, 2009

Twittering | Black Friday | 2009

The First Twitter Christmas What happened? Less shoppers, but more money spent (than last year, surely!). By the running analyses, online, the gathered summary is that the National Retail Federation estimated that 140 million people hit the stores and shopped … Continue reading

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July 17, 2009

Twittering brands of freedom

Twitterstory as the last line of defense, offensively. Twitter is a storytelling tool. Every person tells a micro-story in the 140 characters of text that are tied to the messaging output from many tiers of devices. To the brand, the … Continue reading

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June 14, 2009

Twitter-out | Twitter-in’

(Twitter founders: Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, Evan Williams) Jessica B. Lifland | USA TODAY Who stays, who goes? I can’t push too hard on the proposition that I have anything truly ground breaking, in the context of twitterology, the new … Continue reading

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April 27, 2009

Twitterstorm | flogging commentary in twittertime

Sure, I care what you have to say. I’ve been thinking about storms. Mostly because I thrive on storms. When a storm comes, I savor it. I relish the word, the nature of it – the overwhelming presence of the … Continue reading

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February 12, 2009

flowdataflow

Thinking about how things are seen, scene… scene, this — ? the seen, the seeing, the scene? right? http://flowingdata.com/2009/01/22/visualizing-twitter-as-barack-obama-became-the-44th-president/ tableau, go. I was studying this modeling, and collided with, again, Tableau.

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