The Next Frontier of Search

I think that the next search engine built should focus on mood. It would ostensibly already know where you were, since everything else already knows where we are. All you would have to do is now how you feel have some idea of that nature of the activity you’d like to participate in. Or maybe not even...

Social Media in Times of Crisis

When the world is in crisis mode, it’s always a little hard to know what to do. As children we were given detailed evacuation plans and meeting places for after the crisis has passed, two, three at a time. What to do in a fire. In a tornado. Hurricanes, earthquakes. We were told what to do in as many...

WordPressKC Talks about Multisite

This Thursday, August 25th the Kansas City WordPress group will have a meeting in order to learn about WordPress Multisite. Multisite is a built in functionality that allows you to create a network of sites. You don’t have to RSVP to come, even! If you need to do some pre-game reading, I offer you...

The Strength of Weak Ties

I had some lack of digital connection over this past weekend, something that is entirely unlike me. When I returned to the land of the ever-tweeting living, I found in my mailbox three requests. One was for assistance with finding a job, the second was for help locating a not-for-profit group, and the third...

Marketing and Social Media: Building Relationships Where They Are

The good people over at GentlemanREDUX, are having quite the debate about Social Media. It began with a question about formalizing training for Social Media Management and then quickly turned into a look at relationships. My attention was drawn to this conversation via twitter and I discovered as I was...