I was about to go through a process where I would quit following over 450 people. I had face-to-face relationships with some of them. I was doing this in the name of being helpful. A few years back I wrote an article that continues to resonate. It’s read, tweeted, facebooked and spread around. It’s about […]
Category Archives: Making Things
People first, technology second.
Lauren Glenn Davitian taught me about facilitation and developing a helpful manner around technology. She recently received a lifetime achievement award from the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network. If you’ve ever enjoyed the way I talk about technology or work with people on technology it’s really because of things I learned from Lauren Glenn. Shortly after […]
Coffee & Cars
The other day my friend Matt Bushlow asked what he should do on his staycation. I suggested he come over to the Thoughtfaucet studio and learn how to do stop motion animation. He did. This is the result:
Introducing the flowgraph
As I’ve been messing around with a pile of event data for Twitter I’ve been mulling over aspects of visualizing the data in a way that helps to unlock the meaning and insights contained in that data. Along the way I’ve come up with a new way of visualizing data and I’d love your thoughts […]
Social Media and Government, a mind map of a panel discussion
I just returned from an event hosted by Amanda Levinson titled “#BTVMayor: How Social Media is Redefining Politics” and as can be expected when you get a bunch of smart people in a room and give them a topic in which they are directly involved, many great insights and thoughts were shared. I made a […]
Thoughtfaucet apprentice perspective
Reflections of a Thoughtfaucet apprentice.
How To: Use the Twitter Favorites Button
Simple, easy, quick way to make Twitter a little bit more useful. Explained in detail for the curious minded. Includes strategic considerations.
Social media in the large, international organization
While presenting at Global Strategic Management Institute’s Boston Social Media Strategy Summit I had the chance to see Stefan Heeke from Siemens Corp present on their use of social media. Below you will find my notes in mindmap format and a text outline of the mindmap itself.
Convergence is a fairy tale told by people who miss the good old days.
Video and slides from my presentation on Convergence.
Mindmap of Guy Kawasaki’s presentation: Enchantment
Guy Kawasaki and I keynoted the GSMI Global Blogging Strategies Summit. Here’s a mindmap of Guy’s presentation related to his book “Enchantment” but with some great keepers familiar to readers of one of my favorites “The Art of the Start.”