Constructive Grumpiness

I'm currently conducting an experiment in double-crowdsourcing. It's a combination of enhancing my art capabilities and reducing my production costs. A few months back I sketched out an image that basically was a play on the idea of a piggy bank. ...

On LinkedIn you can make your profile page look incredible. You can fill out every detail and even have your colleagues provide recommendations. But this is something that essentially everyone can do. And when looking for a job, what everyone can do is what you don’t want to do.

Those crowds are not in some far off place anymore. They are among us and the opportunities they’re being presented with are being displayed in front of us. Those who are being pushed out of taking advantage of theses opportunities continue to argue against this practice. ...

The title of this post is a quote by Dell’s VP of Communities and Conversations, Bob Pearson (care of Forrester Analyst Jeremiah Owyang).

Lawyers aren't any more immune to this recession than other industries, but my prediction is that they are soon going to be busier than they've been in decades. Why? Because lawyers (corporate lawyers specifically) are going to be busy writing social media legal doctrines. ...

Before jumping into how to optimize your community management efforts, you need to define exactly what that role means to you and your organization. Many excellent overviews have been provided (such as ...