You Sleep When You Die

His fifteen-second clip set O’Neal apart from the pack yet again. With that fifteen-second announcement, O’Neal proved that he has a much better sense of the dynamics of social media than many marketing executives.

How safe are we really when we’re online? According to many experts, not very. There’s been lots of the talk lately about the new privacy policy that Facebook announced last month. Haven’t heard of it? You’re not alone. Most people haven’t heard about the new policy, much less know enough about it to understand it. Basically, Facebook has now made certain profile information public BY DEFAULT. That’s right: this means most of your personal data will now be available for anyone to see (unless you take the time to change your preferences).

According to a recent article in the USA Today, the newest way to say ‘I love you’ on Mother’s Day is social media. Several well known companies, including E-Trade, Teleflora, iVillage and SpaFinder, are using social media tools to promote Mother’s Day this year.

A lot of people insist that technology is making us less connected, that our relationships are suffering because of cell phones, computers and other devices…

If you read my recent blog entry, you know that the way we consume content (i.e., reading) is changing quickly. What you might not know is the way that content is developed (i.e., writing) is changing just as fast.

As you read this blog entry, you may have killed another traditional print newspaper or magazine, or caused a library to close. That might be a little bit of an overstatement, but not by much. (Just look at the numbers released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations back in October.) Some people are choosing to sit around and ring their hands about the demise of traditional media. I say wake up and move on…it’s actually a GOOD THING!