Book Review: Sam Lipsyte’s The Ask

The Art World June 16, 2010
Sam Lipsyte's The Ask

I just had my first book review, of Sam Lipsyte’s novel, The Ask, published by Slant Magazine. Started by a former Times writer, Slant is a pop culture criticism magazine and I’m in exceptionally good company. It is a total honor to have my writing alongside the writers there.

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Social Media Needs Ombudsmen

Criticism of Social Media Practices June 16, 2010
Spy versus Spy

The corruption, the compromises, the drama and infighting, the public and private squabbles, the cocktail parties turned fistfights. Whenever there is a great deal of treasure to be had, the only thing you can be sure of is malfeasance.

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Social Media Magic

Social Media June 12, 2010
Magic 8 Ball

Personally, I don’t want to know exactly how social media works. I enjoy the simplicity of having to practice a little faith. Especially in something I believe in.

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Social Media Retreat: SIGNOFF with SpaWeek

Social Media June 8, 2010
Bikram Yoga Positions

Work doesn’t end at 6pm in social media. We go out, we tweet, we checkin, we respond to emails. The frenetic pace of social media lends itself to easy burnout. When do we get the time to sign off?

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Social Media Survivor

Social Media June 7, 2010
Social Media Survivor

If you are a social media survivor than you’ve gone through this. And you’ve adapted. I’ve written frequently about how the speed of social media is one of the absolutes in this world. Things change, dramatically, and they do so early and often.

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Social Media Battlefield: PR WINS!

Reformed Marketing June 3, 2010
Civil War Battlefield

So instead of PR firms rushing to offer social media to their clients, I urge them to do 1 thing first. Socialize your OWN business. Do social media for yourself before you start offering it to your clients. Take the long term view and give up trying to offer something you don’t really grasp.

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Social Media Fortune Teller

Social Media May 27, 2010
fortune teller

Social media strategists then become something like fortune tellers. We need to hone a pretty good guess as to what we should be advising our clients to do. And the fact that one of the hallmarks of social media is the speed with which things move, it can be a particularly hairy task to take on. But take it on we must.

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What Color Is Your Social Media Mood Ring

Criticism of Social Media Practices May 26, 2010
Mood Ring

Social media is starting to get a bit on my nerves. Of course, its perfectly normal that every now and then we get a bit exhausted with our habits. And as I come upon nearly a year of being fully engaged with social media in an analytic way, I’ve got to confess to a bit of exhaustion with it all.

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Mashable’s Identity Crisis

Criticism of Social Media Practices May 25, 2010
Mashable's Identity Crisis

Social media is at a tipping point. It’s winning over our culture and remaking that culture in its own image at the very same time. But our culture has a tendency to go big, bold and brash. We have a tendency to take the easy road, to chase eyeballs and therefore profits over what should be chased down and hunted: the truth.

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What Gifts Do You Give?

Kinetic vs Static May 20, 2010
The Gift of Giving

Right now, at precisely the time when so many people are struggling, is the time to be giving something extra. In New Orleans, where I lived for many years, they had a name for this: Lagniappe. A little something extra, free of charge.

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