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Social Media Means People and, Eventually, Maybe, Friends

by Tim Berry on November 20, 2009

in Social media

It was one of those sudden-realization moments for me.
I was talking to one of my favorite lawyers last night at a local startups event (smartups.org). He mentioned a person I’d sent to him a couple weeks ago. That person had asked me to recommend a small business lawyer, and I recommended him.
The realization was that [...]

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Technology vs Productivity vs Expectations, Oh My

by Tim Berry on September 30, 2009

in Current Affairs, Productivity Software, Reflections

This post title should be recited to the tune of “lions, tigers, and bears, oh my;” that is if you’re old enough to remember The Wizard of Oz, or young (at heart) enough to have seen it as a rerun. It’s rhythmic and its cyclical and it never stops.
Twitter and Facebook and LinkedIn are potential [...]

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But Can We Trust the Trust Agents?

by Tim Berry on September 22, 2009

in Social media, Weblogs, Writing

I was just getting back to the office yesterday, a Monday morning after a week away – 4 days of business, and 3 relaxing and invigorating days in Yosemite, which is really away — when Dan Levine (@schoolmarketer on Twitter) suggested I read The social media country club on Mark Shaeffer’s businessgrow blog.

Yes, I’m a sucker for contrary points of [...]

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The Landrush Problem in Social Media

by Tim Berry on September 16, 2009

in Social media

I’m engaged in an email discussion that’s getting heated now and seemed relatively simple when it started. At the heart of the problem is what I call the landrush problem in social media.
I refer to the Oklahoma landrush. You might know the history. There were several movies based on it. On April 22, 1889, thousands [...]

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Twitter As Big Brother and Sports Celebrity as Intoxication

by Tim Berry on September 9, 2009

in Current Affairs, Social media, Web/Tech, Weblogs

This post isn’t about the football star who punched an opponent; it’s about sportsmanship in general, sports business as oxymoron, twitter, YouTube, millions of dollars, and the impact of the ultimate big brother.
The ultimate big brother in this story is a lot like George Orwell’s 1984 Big Brother, but without the malice. He’s just [...]

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Facebook Disaster: Don’t Bother Coming In Tomorrow

by Tim Berry on August 12, 2009

in Weblogs

I’ve had a run-in on this before, including this one on the Huffington Post that got a lot of comments …  but still, look at this delightful post from thenextweb.com:

Author Zee, editor in chief at thenextweb.com, titled it: “Note to self: Don’t ‘friend’ your boss and then bitch about the job.”
After all, what part [...]

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Does Twitter Matter? Can It Possibly Last?

by Tim Berry on August 5, 2009

in Social media, Twitter, Weblogs, Writing

Yes, I think it does matter. And no, although it won’t last, not like it is now, it is the beginning of something that will last, but will be changing a lot. I could say the same about personal computing, the Web, and blogging.
Twitter is all the rage because it hit fertile ground. People like [...]

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GDGT: No, Please, Not Another Social Media Site!

by Tim Berry on July 6, 2009

in Social media, Starting a Business

I read it last weekend on the New York Times website. It’s about a new gadget site to be called GDGT starting this week, developed by founders of other gadget site successes. Get this:

Their new site, called GDGT, will open to visitors on Wednesday. It differs from Engadget or Gizmodo by aspiring to be a [...]

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Big Brother vs. Social Media vs. Basil Fawlty

by Tim Berry on June 5, 2009

in Business Management, Social media

(Note: I posted this first on Huffington Post, and I’m reposting here because this is my main blog. Tim)
Secret cameras, secret Web utilities tracking employees’ Web use, secret phone recording and IM monitoring: that’s creepy. That’s BIG BROTHER: the Orwellian 1984 nightmare. But bosses reading your tweets and Facebook? What’s creepy about that isn’t that [...]

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Boomer Business Blogger Part 4: You Have to Like Writing

by Tim Berry on May 8, 2009

in Baby Boomer, Blogs and blogging, Journalism, Social media, Web/Tech, Weblogs, Writing

True confession: I love writing. I love short sentences, strong words, making myself understood.
I think most, if not all, good bloggers like writing. Video people do vlogs and YouTube, poets go to Twitter (say, what?), but bloggers are writers. Almost all of my favorite blogs — I’ve got the blogroll on this blog, rightmost column, [...]

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