The highly anticipated release of the iPhone 4G finally arrived last week. Prior to the iPhone 4G release, consumers stood in lines for hours to purchase the new smartphone and within four days of its release Apple had sold over 1.7 million phones. Despite the new features, the 4G version of the phone [...]

I noticed today on my LinkedIn account that I now have the ability to attach links/images to my status updates (see below screenshot). Cool! As the saying goes, “pictures are worth 1000 words,” so I think this will help communication among LinkedIn connections.
I am curious how this will be received by other LinkedIn users. What [...]

Fact # 1 – I heart social media.
Fact # 2 – I am a Partner at an agency that hearts social media. We effectively leverage it every day for our clients.
Fact # 3 – I am writing this piece knowing that it will be posted to our company’s blog and hope it will be spread [...]

Yesterday, I had an unplanned adventure.
I left my house late yesterday and forgot my iPhone. I realized my mistake about half way to work, which was too late to turn back. “Ah well, I guess I can live without it for one day,” I thought.
What proceeded was a nightmare…
At about 9:15 AM, I left for [...]

When I was in junior high (Boston circa 1987-88) it was cool to roll up your pants like in the photo below. Actually, this was so cool that if you didn’t wear your pants like this you were most likely subject to ridicule by the other kids.

There was no real benefit to wearing your pants [...]

By @AJGerritson
Boston is a city steeped in history. Outsiders associate us with conservative values, understatement and bare-knuckle street politics.

What many fail to realize is that Boston is consistently on the forefront of innovation.
This is something I am incredibly proud of as a Bostonian. I believe the city’s current administration has done a tremendous job of [...]

Last Tuesday, January 12, Facebook launched a new feature that allows users to respond to Facebook email notifications (i.e. comments made on wall posts) and post directly to Facebook without being logged in to the platform.
THANK YOU, FACEBOOK!
This new feature will make it so much easier for users who are scrolling through their alerts (on [...]

Recently I’ve seen bloggers/writers focus on both “grown up” social media that is based on sound strategy and companies that are better staffed for tackling different social media initiatives. (See Mack Collier’s recent post “Is social media growing up”)
Over the last 6-12 months, many organizations added a social media strategist or social media director to [...]

I am hopeful that 2010 is going to bring much prosperity to all of us in business. This past year has been one in which many of us (including myself) have learned a great deal. Personally, I have seen competitors rise and fall, our own agency evolve, and many great advances in social media marketing, [...]

You have to be kidding me… (Photo taken this morning. Notice the other books inside our door from the other day)