Just read valleywag’s post about “cloud computing” as a term. It said:
Portfolio blogger Sam Gustin dislikes the phrase “cloud computing,” a term for Web-based software whose popularity he attributes to “desperate reporters who, for the sake of the almighty scoop, are willing to publish just about any nonsense that [...]
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Just a simple question. But let me give it a little bit of context:
Let’s say you’re a human being.
A spaceship lands in your front yard. A group of aliens in business suits comes out of the ship with suitcases full of cold hard cash. The leader of the alien contingent walks up to you [...]
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Buzz monitoring has been a hot topic on Blogstring lately, as Nathan expanded on his recent post in a lengthier piece for my company’s multimedia magazine, Media Bullseye.
Today, Converseon CTO Jeff Doak responds to Nathan’s piece, laying out the challenges associated with machine-based sentiment scoring, and some possible solutions. I encourage you to check [...]
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I was catching up on my RSS feeds this morning when I saw a post from Seth Godin entitled “People don’t truly care about privacy.” It’s exactly what I’ve been looking for.
In the past, when I’ve been explaining what we are doing at matchmine, [Disclosure: matchmine is my employer] I’ve really pushed the privacy/anonymity angle. [...]
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I just couldn’t shut up about buzz monitoring services, so I wrote a longer piece. It’s now up on MediaBullseye.
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There’s a great conversation going on over at my employer’s new publication, Media Bullseye. Chip Griffin has written a post questioning some of the widely-accepted “rules” of social media. Among the rules to refutes, the idea that transparency trumps all, and that the term “audience” no longer applies.
I agree with Chip regarding the idea that [...]
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I’m pretty sure I’ve used the “get niche quick” phrase before, but I am only human, not an endless cavern of clever blog titles that play on common cliches (see that alliteration, there? My 8th grade English teacher would be so proud).
I’ve been doing some off-topic thinking lately, and examining blogs outside my usual [...]
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Michael Arrington of, well, you know, has an article covering a new buzz tracking service called Scout Labs. Here’s the idea: Businesses (brand managers in particular) create an agent called a “scout” for their brands. Scout Labs then looks back to find mentions of your brand (blog posts, videos, etc) and scores the mentions based [...]
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Last week I went to the Social Media Club Boston’s event and have been thinking about the debate questions ever since. The format of the conversation was this: Claims about social media were read, and participants were asked to vote whether they agreed or disagreed. We were then given 10 minutes to debate, and at [...]
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As I mentioned in a previous post, the Crunchie Award nominations are happening right now. And for several reasons, I’d love to see matchmine win one.
But here’s the dilemma: nominations are based on the sheer number of people that go to the Crunchies site and enter the name of their favorite startup. So, if I [...]
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