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Social media is hard to explain to non-participants. Now we have an article from a ‘trusted’ resource, CNN, to which I can point in case anyone asks why I want to meet up and break bread with a bunch of strangers, why I’ve become a Jeff Pulver fan in a matter of months, or [...]

11 QUESTIONS FOR MEDIA MAVENS ABOUT READING
Due to the little tiny bit of controversy in my “riding fences” post, I asked a few media mavens to answer a few quick questions about their reading habits and how they see themselves as readers.
A big thank you from me goes out to the participants from our small [...]

One of my favorite poems.  I used the first line as my personal tagline at Jeff Pulver’s Social Media Breakfast.  It’s been a favorite for me for well over a decade.  The words and feelings always seem to resonate with me in different ways throughout my life.  (Found a copy of this poem here.) Enjoy.
Lucille [...]

Here I still sit, straddling the fence between two worlds.
Social media mavens are usually high achieving business people who love marketing, technology and the fast lane of constant connectivity. Writers are lone warriors, working alone for hours a day, with fierce determination at times and horrible block and depression at others. I’ve been [...]

What fun!  Jeff Pulver of Pulver.tv is hosting a bunch of early morning get-togethers for people in various cities.  Today was Philly’s turn!  There were some faces there I knew from on-line meetings, two or three people I had met in Real Life before, and a bunch of new people!  People and companies are doing [...]