Posts in chronological order with tag social media

How to find a community’s cheeseheads when they aren’t wearing foam hats

by Chris Grams June 21, 2010

The other day I was chatting with friend and digital strategy/social media expert Ken Burbary on the phone. He was advising a colleague on some good community-building techniques to consider when all of the sudden the following words came out:
“You have to find your cheeseheads.”
What? I did a double-take (or at [...]

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Five questions about authenticity and the open source way with Jim Gilmore

by Chris Grams May 25, 2010

A few months ago, I had the opportunity to meet Jim Gilmore, co-author (with Joseph Pine) of the book Authenticity: What Consumers Really Want. I first read the book a few years ago, and it really struck a nerve for me—these guys were on to something.
So I convinced Jim to subject himself to a Five [...]

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Is Jaron Lanier just a hater, or should we be paying attention?

by Chris Grams March 16, 2010

Last week, my friend Greg DeKoenigsberg posted an article about Jaron Lanier’s negative comments regarding open textbooks. At almost very same time, I happened to stumble upon an article Jaron wrote back in 2006 criticizing Wikipedia.
The common theme is Jaron taking issue with what he calls “online collectivism,” “the hive mind,” and even “digital Maoism” [...]

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