http://everydotconnects.com Fri, 16 May 2008 11:41:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I really enjoy irreverent comedy and I regularly DVR Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO. He says what many are thinking but are too polite to say out loud. He also brings in guests from every end of the spectrum and no topic is off limits. It's a little ... http://everydotconnects.com/2008/05/15/new-rules/ "Insight from hundreds of customer relationships has informed our knowledge of what it takes to reinvent historic business structures. We co-create solutions with our customers -- partnering with them every step of the way to help them perform and compete better in the global market." Steve Papermaster, Chairman and CEO of ... http://everydotconnects.com/2008/05/05/ngenera-leads-the-way/ Sometimes I wonder where this social media thing is leading and how it will affect the lives and careers of those of us participating. Several years ago, when I hardly knew what a blog was, I came across a great one here in Texas. I'm happy to report that it's ... http://everydotconnects.com/2008/04/30/eileen-smith-social-media-success-story/ In just a couple of weeks it'll be Mother's day and for more than 10,000 moms who serve in the military in Iraq and Afghanistan, it'll no doubt be a tough one. Not long ago I posted about a project Connie and I are working on with Trish Forant of eMail ... http://everydotconnects.com/2008/04/24/honoring-military-moms-on-mothers-day/ I don't usually do this, but I'm going to re-post a piece from the Austin Social Media Club site published today so that we can get the word out to as many folks as possible about a meeting this Friday. ~Mike Organizational Meeting - Friday, April 18, Cafe Caffeine, Noon In 2006, ... http://everydotconnects.com/2008/04/16/austin-social-media-club-is-growing/ I'm shocked, shocked that a political consultant would use innuendo, rumors and false statements to try to gain advantage in a political contest. I'm not, really. After all, that's how the game of politics is played by many who are the most successful. So I guess I wasn't surprised when ... http://everydotconnects.com/2008/04/05/floggin-in-austin/ note: above video has no sound; animation only This is an update to my recent post, Five White Men Talk About Social Media. When last we visited the little drama surrounding our local Chamber of Commerce event with a surprising lack of diversity, I had been invited to be on the ... http://everydotconnects.com/2008/03/27/correction-four-white-men-exploit-social-media/ If you followed the story of the Frozen Pea Fund from the beginning, you know that just before Susan Reynolds was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, David Neff of the American Cancer Society had asked me to do some pro bono work for the Society on a new project. SharingHope.tv ... http://everydotconnects.com/2008/03/25/podversation-03-david-neff-on-sharinghopetv/ A few months ago I did some serious pruning on my Google Reader, which was choked by an overgrowth of blog feeds. I'd been trying to stay around 200-250, but somehow the number kept climbing toward 300. One day I decided I had officially hit Information Overload. I was either ... http://everydotconnects.com/2008/03/23/feed-reader-down-reading-up/ Although I came of age at the height of the so-called Flower Power and Women's Lib movements, the extent of my feminist activism was trying to join a men's intramural snooker team as a freshman at Baylor University. Actually, that wasn't even my idea; the guys I hung out with ... http://everydotconnects.com/2008/03/21/five-white-men-talk-about-social-media/