Archive for March, 2009

Bad Web Analytics, Weather Forecasts, and American Idol

Posted in March 26th, 2009

What do bad web analytics, weather forecasts and reality television show America Idol have in common?
Should it annoy me that I find pertinent articles (at least if I twist them a bit) on the Harvard Business blog site? In this case, an article about how a human phenomenon can wreck decisions made from web analytics, [...]

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The Future of Ink on Dead Trees

Posted in March 19th, 2009

by Wayne Kurtzman in Content, Innovation, Marketing, Social Media

By now you’ve likely heard that 42 percent of Americans said that they wouldn’t miss newspapers if they all folded. Since the major online news sources still get most of their content from traditional newsrooms, a larger question is would they miss the art of journalism?
Read Wayne’s take on the Pew Project for Excellence in [...]

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The Need for Disorganizational Management

Posted in March 19th, 2009

by Wayne Kurtzman in Content

There is a “… move from institutions designed for scalable efficiency to institutions designed for scalable learning,” according to a new post on the Harvard Business Publishing blog site.
How should this play into your business?
Read Wayne’s story at MediaBullseye.com.

photo credit: striatic

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Social Media Breakfast New Hampshire

Posted in March 12th, 2009

by Wayne Kurtzman in Content, Innovation, Knowledge Management, Marketing, Social Media

Thanks to Leslie (@geechee_girl) of Uptown Uncorked who did so much to make the first Social Media Breakfast New Hampshire (SMBNH) event so massively successful! With some fresh snow on the ground, we had a beautiful day to hold the event at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), and an amazing group. Thanks as well to [...]

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Wearable NOW-Time Data from the M.I.T. Media Lab

Posted in March 11th, 2009

by Wayne Kurtzman in Content, Innovation

Dr. Pattie Maes of the MIT Media Lab’s new Fluid Interfaces Group shows the next possible minute-to-minute uses of personal technology. I had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Maes when I was Intel for an international conference call on knowledge management and technology. Here she shows a a wearable device with a projector that paves [...]

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Social Media is the New Tattoo

Posted in March 6th, 2009

by Wayne Kurtzman in Content, Marketing, Social Media, Web 2.0, eCommerce

While on Twitter I read a post (or a “tweet”) that someone “Just realized social media is the new tattoo. What seems cool to tweet at 20 will be a jobkiller when you’re 30. Get tattoo, easier to undo”. This insight, as so often does, led to an interesting conversation into the future of media, [...]

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