Archive for February 2010
Where I’ll be over the next few weeks
I’ve got two conferences coming up that I’m really excited about. And I won’t be speaking at either one which is great because I can just show up and soak in the smarts :) The first is The Art of Marketing which is in Toronto on March 2nd. Among other speakers, Seth Godin will be…
Read MoreAn interview with Hollrr CEO David Hegarty
Hollrr is the newest social product that’s getting a lot of attention lately (TechCrunch, Mashable, etc.). I posted a blog recently about Hollrr but the easiest way to describe it is FourSquare for products. I reached out to their “Chief Hollrr”, David Hegarty (his Hollrr page), to find out more about this new service. I…
Read MoreAardvark = Hell yeah Animalympics
Every once in a while our VP of Digital Strategy suggests I try something new that I haven’t yet tried, and I begrudgingly try it, and my first reaction is “Well, this sucks”. Then I see him use it some more and I try it again and damn if I don’t start seeing the value.…
Read MoreWhat I’m playing with now: Hollrr
Have you hollrred yet? If you haven’t heard of hollrr, its kind of like the Foursquare of products. With Foursquare you tell people where you are and what locations you like, with Hollrr you tell people what products you’re using and why you like them. Mashable wrote up a nice piece on the service so…
Read MoreCan someone explain to me why people are bashing on the Associated Press?
The Associated Press has decided that they are going to be pushing people via their Twitter account to their Facebook fan page to read articles. They post a bit.ly link and an article heading on @ap and the link takes you to the “Notes” page on their Facebook fan page. Apparently a lot of people…
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