From the category archives:

Social Media

A Tale of Two Texans

February 8, 2012

All is right with Texas, and all is thusly right with the World. As a former Texan, circa 1980-1983 I am a living testament to the uniqueness of Texas, actually really it’s the Texans who are so ‘unique.’ I now enjoy having Son#1 living in Austin, the unique heart of Texas, with his native Texan wife and native Texan daughter. I loved living in Texas, back then, and they love Texas of the 21st Century. The last few months have been trying times for Texans as they cheered and mourned the fates of two favorite sons – Rick Perry and Lance Armstrong. Now there is resolution for both.

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Groupon’s Big Coming Out Party

November 4, 2011

Today is Groupon Day!  Perhaps this will become a national day of recognition, just like Groundhog Day when we all come out to see if “Phil” sees his shadow or not.  Today we’ll see if Groupon, has the “legs” to go the distance as an investment stock.  I’ve held my tongue until now, though my [...]

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To the Twitter Barricades, Men!

April 11, 2011

Back in March I posted on the Egyptian revolution – “The Facebook Revolution” and how digital tools and social communications helped to power the people’s revolution there, as well as in Yemen and then Libya.  My quick research lead me to Evgeny Morzov and his book “The Net Delusion.”  In it, Morozov postulated that the [...]

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To Become the Change We Are Looking For

March 29, 2011

I have to admit I have a love hate relationship with David Brooks from the New York Times.  I don’t think we have much common ground, and I either love what he has to say on a given day, or I hate it.  Today David and I are simpatico.  His article “Tools for Thinking” caught [...]

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Lessons in Reputation Managment

March 9, 2011

In my last post ‘Runaway Journalist Attacks Again’ I focused on the story of LTG William B. Caldwell, an old acquaintance of mine who had been charged in a The Rolling Stone article of using ‘psyops’ on visiting U.S. dignitaries in order to secure more resources for his assigned mission in Afghanistan – training Afghan [...]

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The Social Media Revolution is for Real

January 30, 2011

Recently I highlighted the retro-digital movement with a fun poke at the Newton, the precursor to the hand held movement.  Now the Middle East is erupting with revolt in Tunisia , Yemen and Egypt.  George W. Bush projected the hope that the war in Iraq would be about new regimes, and I guess that is [...]

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