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Subjectively Speaking’s Greatest Clicks of 2011

28 December 2011

The end of the year means a wrap-up post.  Well, not always.  But it is a bit of fun to do a brief retrospective, as it pertains to this blog.  I have three categories this year for you to peruse.   The Five Most Viewed Posts on Subjectively Speaking (Authored in 2011) Of the posts [...]

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Digital Detective: How to Get Smart on Practically Anything on the Internet

6 December 2011

We are awash in the biggest information deluges we’ve ever faced, and its showing no signs of letting up.  That’s both a blessing and a curse, because with loads of content, one needs context.  How can we mine that and make sense of it all for something useful?  This is what I will explain today. [...]

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Motorola Droid Bionic vs. Apple iPhone 3GS

30 September 2011

Today I’m comparing the Motorola Droid Bionic on the Android Mobile Operating System (v2.3.4; “Gingerbread”) to the Apple iPhone 3GS on Apple’s iOS (v4.x).  Instead of a super-detailed (read: long) text write-up, I opted for audio.  Note that it’s not short – it clocks in around 20 minutes.  But if you’re on the fence about [...]

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Review: Twiends – A Way to Get More Twitter Followers

19 September 2011

People join Twitter for lots of reasons… to share content, to promote a message, to find interesting things to read.  One thing is nearly universal, though: people want more followers.  I guess its because people presume that the more followers they have, the more eyes/ears they can reach.  Nevertheless, it’s a challenge when you first [...]

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How to Find Twitter-ers and Other Conversations By Region or Locale

22 August 2011

In my role heading up social media for a global company, I often lead formal or informal training exercises on how to get smarter with certain tools, how to listen using social media, tracking things in the digital space, and the like.  It’s no secret that business-to-business (B2B) social media has taken off more rapidly [...]

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Google and Motorola: A Case For Vertical Integration

18 August 2011

There’s been much ballyhoo this week about the GoogleRola acquisition. Many have speculated the true meaning (talent acquisition? [though that’s 19,000 new employees] patent portfolio? software-hardware partnership?)   Google has said that they plan on keeping Android truly open.  But one thing this allows is for Google to be more vertically integrated with one of [...]

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