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Social Groups

Status Updates – The Ties that Bind

January 7, 2010

We live in an amazing time. That sounds trite but it’s true nonetheless. Reconnecting with friends in person over the recent Christmas-New Year holiday reinforced how easy it is to keep in touch with those live hundreds or thousands of miles away. Between Facebook and Twitter, we are able to maintain and renew ties with [...]

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SXSW: Organize Groups, Maintain Your Buzz

February 26, 2009

I’d like to invite those of you coming to SXSW Interactive, to my “Salon” (Monday, March 16th, from 6:30pm – 7:30pm) focusing on how to organize real world groups around topics that you’re interested in. The conversation will lean towards technically-oriented communities like Refresh Austin, but will also provide the foundation for groups that are [...]

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Social Media? Why? How? When?

February 12, 2009

This began as a comment on Scott Hepburn’s post Social Media Graduates to the “How?”, but given how quickly my comment was growing, the fact that I was shifting the topic a bit and my inconsistent posting, I decided to flesh out my thoughts in a post of my own.
So here we go.
One key [...]

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Twitter’s Hidden Benefit

January 6, 2009

Twitter makes it easy for me to keep up with my dear friends here in town and those flung about the globe. I can stay on top of ever-moving trends, learning about them in minutes if not seconds. Twitter connects me when I’m ready to be connected and allows me to reach out when I [...]

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Portable Privacy Experiences

April 18, 2008

When you think about it, online social applications are bad places to put things that are meant to go unseen, and it makes the notion of privacy start to feel like the wrong idea. This brings us back to the words we choose, because I think we interact online not to keep stuff private, but [...]

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Creative Bridges, Coworking & Communities

April 15, 2008

This started as a quick comment on Alex Hillman’s post Creative Agency, which quickly grew so long that I realized that I had begun writing a post of my own, so I’ve shifted it to my site so I don’t hijack Alex’s discussion (plus I don’t post often enough).
Please read Alex’s post prior to [...]

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Party of One or a Movement?

April 3, 2008

Movements, from my experience, wouldn’t happen without a whole lot of people moving them forward. If there is only one person responsible, it’s not a movement, it’s a party for one.
Tara Hunt
Tara Hunt hits the nail on the ahead yet again, with her excellent post Heroes Don’t Work Alone. If you aren’t familiar with Tara, [...]

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A New Face for Refresh Austin

January 20, 2008

I plan to kick out the official announcement tomorrow morning, once I trust that the DNS has propagated to each little piece of the Net, so consider this a soft launch. We’ve launched a redesign for RefreshAustin.org after months of discussion, and a few stutter-steps. I won’t go into all of the details as the [...]

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Meatspace: Formally Yours

September 11, 2007

This is the third entry in this series, in addition to the overview, I’ve written an entry on informal meetings, covering the more relaxed gatherings that can, and should happen amongst your members between the formal meetings.
One of the most important ways to maintain and expand your group is to set and stick to consistent [...]

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Please Vote for My Panel Submission at SXSWi 2008

August 21, 2007

There are just under 700 panels submitted for the 2008 schedule of South by Southwest Interactive. One of them happens to be mine. If you know me, or follow this site on a regular basis, then you are aware how involved I am with Refresh Austin, and the passion with which I participate in its [...]

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