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Simplicity, Localization, & Visualizing Data at BlogPotomac
As with (likely) everyone else who attended, I enjoyed BlogPotomac last week. Geoff Livingston deserves kudos for bringing the Washington region's communications pros, techies, and bloggers together for a broad-reaching discussion around social media and the social...
6 Paradoxes to Combat Information Overload
Apparently I had too much on my plate when the IABC Research Foundation study on information overload was released last year because I missed it completely. Big mistake, because it contains some useful takeaways--which Julie Freeman discussed in her Heritage Region...
Road Trip, Part II (rock & roll)
I turned down a ticket to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame yesterday, opting instead to bring another online relationship offline. So I had drinks with Sonny Gill, a super-cool community manager and basketball fanatic with whom I've been tweeting for some time. The...
Community, Baltimore Style
The Baltimore Running Festival turned 9 this year, and I've run either the half-marathon or the relay five times and signed up and been unable to run a couple more. In other words, I love this race--and it isn't for the unrelenting hills. Here are a few of the...
It Doesn’t Take a SuperHero
Why do people keep asking, "how do you find the time to..." [fill in the blank]? Lately, the question's been in relation to social media, but I've heard it in a lot of business contexts over the years. I don't have a time turner, so I haven't figured out yet how to be...