I’m connected to my extended family – cousins, an uncle and assorted other relatives beyond my immediate biological circle. I know some of them. Others I couldn’t pick out of a crowd. Nevertheless, we are connected. But we are not social. We don’t hang out. We don’t call or write beyond the annual holiday nod.Continue reading “Being Connected Isn’t the Same as Being Social”
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Blogging is Stupid, Twitter is Lame and Facebook is Dumb
My daughter doesn’t think I’m cool. She thinks I’m a geek — not in the good Mark Zuckerberg or Steve Jobs way, but rather in the “who gives a crap whether Picard or Kirk was the better Star Trek captain and besides isn’t the captain played by Chris Pine now?” This used to bother me.Continue reading “Blogging is Stupid, Twitter is Lame and Facebook is Dumb”
A Social Media Prayer
Our user profiles, who art online, hallowed be our names. Thy check-ins done, thy badges won, on Earth as they are on FourSquare. Give us this day our Facebook updates. And forgive us our overuse of emoticons and exclamation points, as we forgive those who tag us in old high school photos. And lead usContinue reading “A Social Media Prayer”
Gary Goldhammer -- Strategic storytelling for brands, organizations and executives 