“Rather than pin products that Kate Spade sells, the brand’s marketing department has been trying to operate the same way other Pinterest users do — by pinning inspiring or pretty pictures that happen to fit well with the brand.”–How Kate Spade Uses Pinterest “Pinterest, through their heavily visual interface, is a great way to …
“The developed world has over a trillion hours of free time a year.”–Clay Shirky This short video from Clay Shirky is well worth the four minutes, but I have pulled out my favorite quotes from it for an even shorter version. “We can now use this free time in aggregate as we can collaborate with …
Data. Not opinions or anecdotes. Opinions depend on past experiences and personal preferences. Anecdotes often seek to confirm those past experiences and personal preferences whether or not they are true. Relationships and personal opinions can significantly affect decision making in non-profits. This is not a statement of value (good or bad), but a reality that …
Tweets that are informative or funny — or, ideally, informative and funny — evoke the best responses. And tweets that contain old information, repeat conventional wisdom, offer uselessly de-contextual news, or extoll the virtues of the awesome salad I had for lunch today don’t, ultimately, do much to justify themselves. So: Do be useful. Do …
Brian Reich, author of one of my new favorite books, Shift and Reset, shared a NY Times article on the renovation of the Washington Post to adapt to the digital media ecosystem. “He (Marcus Brauchli, The Washington Post’s executive editor) is charged with maintaining the standards and legacy of a great institution — in this …
“It’s also important to understand that introversion is different from shyness. Shyness is the fear of negative judgment, while introversion is simply the preference for less stimulation. Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree.”–Susan Cain Tweet
“Solve the parts not the problem. Roll up your sleeves and start breaking things down into more accessible, smaller elements.”–Ethan Marcotte Old Media resources used long paragraphs, small images (if at all), and required a reader’s full attention. The variety of devices that people use to consume web content has fragmented, along with their attention …
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“When I have time to waste with my phone, my first choices are always Twitter, Instagram, Foursquare, and the App Store — Facebook is always an afterthought”–Dan Frommer How do you prioritize the time you spend on social apps on your phone? Tweet
The single biggest hole that exists not just in Twitter but Facebook and other services as well: the need to give users more ways of filtering the massive amounts of information that keep flooding their activity streams and other social media in-boxes. There are so many ways of producing and sharing content but so few …
