“I figure lots of predictions is best. People will forget the ones I get wrong and marvel over the rest.” ~ Alan Cox
With a few basic top-level predictions earlier this week – namely brands beginning to better understand social ROI, integration of shopping functionality into social channels, and web 3.0 and the semantic web doing our discovery and [...]
“The groundhog is like most other prophets; it delivers its prediction and then disappears.” ~ Bill Vaughan
It’s that time of year again when we have to dig out our crystal balls and do the obligatory blogging of predictions for next year. As a futurist, here’s a few top-level guesses based on the technology, trends, and [...]
A lot of users complain that they can’t keep up with Facebook and its constant tweaks, modifications, and changes. On the back-end, for business, things are moving all the time and it’s a full time job to stay abreast of what happening. Over the years I’ve developed something of a Taoist attitude to social networks. [...]
When I worked on Wall Street, the dividing line between my personal life and my professional one was dark and bold. Like many people, the reasons for such a dark line were concerns around judgment and perception. Would I be taken seriously if my coworkers knew I relished playing Dungeons & Dragons on the weekends?
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Social Media has quickly become a key component in Brand Loyalty. All brands seek to find loyal fans, fans that come back over and over again to purchase a product or service and better yet, evangelize the brand to their friends. Social Media can help you engage with your loyalists, learn about [...]
A good chunk of my career has focused on the cultural habits that lend toward adoption of technology. My latest conundrum is Google+’s Circles, which allows (requires?) you to sort your contacts into a series of Circles you create.
We sort people and things. It’s in our nature as humans. Technologically [...]
