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Basics of Web 2.0 Acronyms or Evolution of our CQ

Having been in the online world for 18 years, if I hear one more acronym I am going to hurl myself onto my Uggs. Are we all so pressed for time that we cannot use our breath to articulate a complete phrase? Must it all be SMO, SEO, and SMS? Using my happy study of biomimicry, nature shows us the pattern and process of extinction. New niches evolve in order to adapt to a changing environment. We … [Read more...]

How To Create a Strategy that Increases Sales

I believe a vacuum of air blew out this title... So please allow me to blow out a few more: Is your product worthy of a crowd conversation? Have you considered this in your initial strategy? Why do you think so? Truly... Who have you asked?  How many people? Do you like your product? Why? Would you or your family/friends be okay if they were spammed by your product … [Read more...]

Basics of Building a Social Crowd

I just finished a Skype call with an American friend of mine who has been in Cape Town for a year.  She was telling me how she loves it, yet misses certain aspects of her American country.  Being an immigrant myself (born in Zimbabwe, with the fortune to have dual citizenship with Britain and the US, I find it an interesting dilemma having what I call "global buffet" syndrome. Little bit of this … [Read more...]

Basics of Open Source: It’s More Than A Bunch of Software

Please note: this is a cross-post by Alasdair Munn. You can find his website here. Enter Alasdair Munn: Open source is more than a bunch of software, but our quest to define, own and control ideas limits our ability to progress. This is the war cry of open source enthusiasts.  Our capitalist indoctrination and the command and control structure within our institutions have a hard time … [Read more...]

Basics of Creating Thoughtful Blogs… or is Blogging Passé?

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Print is dying. This is news that won’t make the front page of the daily paper, which a majority of us don’t read anyway. According to Technorati's State of the Blogosphere 2008, one in five bloggers believe that newspapers will cease to exist in the next 10 years. In fact, blogs will become the major source of news and entertainment in the next 5 years. This most likely explains why a … [Read more...]