Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category

Dispatch from SXSW

I thought I would pass along a few impressions from Day One of SXSW. This is the epic meeting of all things digital, and all things that WANT to be […]

How blogging changed a life

Here is a take on social media you may have never seen before — the capacity of blogging to transform a life.

OK. 30,000 followers. Now what?

Back in college I had this hilarious geology professor who told me that “tsunami” was Japanese for “Where in the hell did all that water come from?” That’s kind of […]

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.

Happiness, joy and a big fat Klout score

The reality of a big fat klout score

Dead man blogging

Dead man blogging is the theme of this post.

Back from the Baltic

If you can’t view the video above, click here: Mark Schaefer from Russia. I’m rested and refreshed from an extended digital de-tox as my wife and I spent our “annual […]

It’s the drugs talking.

This is Day Four of my bout with strept throat. I am taking strong antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, decongestants, and whiskey but recovery is freaking slow. I feel like I have two flaming […]

How do you REALLY build a blog community? A love story.

This is my 500th blog post. It snuck up on me. I’m sorry that I don’t have anything particularly profound to say to commemorate this milestone, but I thought I […]