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Confessions of a “Type A” Blogger

A guest post from {grow} community member Taryn Erickson A perpetual ‘go-getter’ by nature, when I jumped into the Social Media scene it was a calculated attack. I was on […]

The hidden costs of social media conversation

It’s all about the conversation. Have you heard that a thousand times? It’s a ubiquitous mantra of the social web to the point where sometimes I think it takes over as the […]

The problem with personas. Remembering Trey Pennington

The death of Trey Pennington shook me up and made me reflect on the role of social media in this tragedy.

A broken heart for the social media community

My friend Trey Pennington, one of the most popular figures on the social web, committed suicide today. I have been trying to figure out how to deal with this tragedy. I’ve […]

Committed. A {growtoon}.

The Top Five Crowdsourcing Mega-trends

I had my eyes opened to the massive growth of the crowdsourcing industry at a SXSW panel earlier this year. Ever since then, I have been looking for an […]

American social media usage reaches milestone

Social media usage may have reached a tipping point, according to a new report from one of my favorite sources, The Pew Internet and American Life Project. Fully 65% of […]

Social media sewage … and hope

I’ve started and trashed this article at least six times. As you will see, I have my reasons to be conflicted about publishing it. Yet I can’t deny this gnawing […]