Web 2.What?
Exploring new communications strategy & tools


AND now for a segway: No more linkbaiting, but there is a real issue here.
Ugh. That Margaret Wente post has really gotten under my skin. I get it, I’m satisfying the point of the article by reacting to it, I won’t link to it, but I think the damage is done. However, othe...

We already know this? Don?t feed the trolls!
“Don’t feed the trolls” is an old saying that goes back to the days when people communicated online via forums or chat rooms like IRC (maybe even before that?) It’s an expression you use when someo...

SXSWi bound ? no need to unfollow, but mute if you must!
As you may have heard the South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas is kicking off later this week. This is my second year going, and I’m excited. So excited, that I anticipate to ...

Is Twitter Influence transferable? From n00b to celebrity with a single follow?
Two days ago, Sarah Killen (aka @LovelyButton) had 3 followers on Twitter… Today, she has 13,000 and counting. She’s also included on 230 Twitter Lists. In fact, if you just happened to find her pr...

Networking in a social web-oriented world
I was very pleased and honoured to be asked to speak to the BIT program’s class by Thom Kearney on the topic of Professional Networking. However, I was even more pleased by the way the opportunity...