Michael Myers

What Would Make You Use Foursquare More?
I'm an avid Foursquare user and love the service. I truly believe it completes the Holy Social Trinity. Twitter = What you're doing/What you're going to do. Facebook = Who are you Foursquare = Where you are and what you're doing I would never stop using the service if I…
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What Shall We Do To Improve The PurpleList?
1. I would optimize for mobile. Asking and answering. Audio, video, text. 2. I would also optimize for iPad. This device is providing a much deeper experience. Think communication vs. Information. (I'd love to help you with this.) 3. I would integrate with Quora somehow. Maybe position your experts as…
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What Are You Using Your Mobile Or Tablet For, When The TV Is On?
Great question Piers! I call this media stacking (because I read it somewhere and it sounds smart) and when I polled my grad students, 100% of them did this. I essentially check emails, read things that don't require me to be completely engaged. I have texted about the show that's…
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Twitter Business Best Practices
Opening an account utilizing Twitter is becoming the standard with their adoption of OAuth (https://dev.twitter.com/docs/auth/oauth/faq) and I'm also seeing a rise in Facebook authentication. This is now the standard for smart iPhone apps. I also posted about an agency that exists only on Twitter called Kamchatka (http://www.cruc.es/kamchatka-an-agency-that-lives-within-twitter/). Kind of a…
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Is Blackout Crisis The Final Nail For Blackberry?
Yes. Actually the users have wanted it for a long time but corporate policies have kept them on the Blackberry. This has been losing ground due to personal preference and now that the service is down there is a business reason. The outage will expedite their failure. There issue really…
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How has our digital age broadened a media buyer's creative horizons?
Dory - Am I late? :) There are many forms of media that buyers can play in AND with the default state of the Internet quickly becoming social (30% of all Internet traffic in the US is on Facebook), businesses need to make sure that the media reflects their business…
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What are the top three social media legal challenges faced by your organization?
When you're talking about any business model with IP or sensitive fiscal information but want to embrace social media you need to consider these items. 1. How can I be transparent as possible but not violate/hurt my business? The people who run your social media campaign CAN'T be some lowly…
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The Go-To Social Network, Google+ or Facebook?
Facebook is where my less than technologically capable friends/family are. Google+ is where my techie friends are headed. I will utilize both to address each groups tendencies. I believe that Facebook will simply use Google+ as "Facebook Labs" when it comes to developing new functionality and they should start on…
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Reconsidering Operating Systems?
I have to say that I'm traditionally not an Apple Fanboy; but I'm headed there quickly. For me, iCloud is a great tool that will allow me to keep my information synced across many devices. We, as a culture, are now entering the phase where devices are really going to…
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On the iPhone 5 and limits of necessary technology
There will always be early adopters that want to push what a phone can do and yes, I believe we may getting close to what most users ("the masses") will want to do. Smartphones now help you with the who, what, where and when and yet some people still use…
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How can we share and discover inspiration through social networks? #TEDActiveSOC
Inspiration hits us when we least expect it and we're never sure how others will be impacted by the source of our inspiration, until we share it. That's the key to discovery. In all of its forms. Just as sites like ffffound.com enable visual people to share images/art that inspire…
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