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Category Archives: Social Media

// Crowdsourcing vs. Competitions (Part 1)

05-Nov-09

Everyone’s talking about crowdsourcing, and when everyone talks about it, everyone else thinks they need to do it. The only problem is most people don’t know how. In fact, I’ve found that most people don’t even know what crowdsourcing is.
Crowdsourcing is a term coined by Jeff Howe in a Wired article way back in June [...]

// May You Live in Interesting Times

29-Oct-09

Some purport this line of copy to be an ancient Chinese curse; others give credit to long-gone scholars, authors, lawyers and such for this mixed blessing and salutation.  To me, the times are pretty much what we make of them.
Today’s recession is going to bury many of our old methods of communication; however, it’s also [...]

// My Take on the TTU Football Twitter Ban

29-Sep-09

Yesterday, the Texas Tech football team made national news. Not for a big win, or anything directly football related for that matter. They made news for one big call made by Head Coach Mike Leach. He banned all players and staff from Twitter.
Almost immediately, the news swept the major outlets. It was picked up by [...]

// YouTube to Share Advertising $$ for Viral Videos

01-Sep-09

YouTube has developed a plan to share advertising revenue generated from viral videos with the owners of those videos.