One of the problems with Twitter is that it encourages trite overly-simplistic statements of fact. Hey, here is one from Tony (@zappos) the CEO of Zappos: I’m only posting about this because it has been re-tweeted like a bazillion times in the last 3 hours by twitterati proclaiming it’s complete and utter truth. And I’ll… Continue reading No @zappos Best Practices Don’t Stifle Innovation…
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The Growth of @DbacksBooth on Twitter
I’ve been watching the Dbacks broadcast team begin to use Twitter to interact with their audience, and I’ve been using justSignal (shameless plug for my product) to track their efforts. Over the last 60 days I’ve watched the effort from the Booth and (I presume) Fox Sports AZ intensify. They’ve been requesting Keys to the… Continue reading The Growth of @DbacksBooth on Twitter
Teddy Kennedy and Lessons on Bipartisan Politics
When you think about it, what bipartisan politics really requires is quite simple – and Ted Jr. explained it about as eloquently as possible today. It is the simple realization that those with whom you disagree love this country just as much as you do. That we don’t have to de-humanize those with whom we… Continue reading Teddy Kennedy and Lessons on Bipartisan Politics
The Trouble with Sentiment Analysis
I’ve been involved with Sentiment Analysis and AI processing of text for years (going on 15 now). It was a huge push back in the heyday of CRM with companies like Kana creating Automated Response Tools for email service and support. They were supposed to be magic – just have your customers free-form email your… Continue reading The Trouble with Sentiment Analysis
The Entrepreneur Game
I’m getting concerned about the state of entrepreneurship – and not for the reasons you might think. The fashionable complaint is that we don’t have enough entrepreneurs, but I’m beginning to wonder if quantity is a red herring. It seems to me there are an awful lot of people out there calling themselves entrepreneurs. It… Continue reading The Entrepreneur Game
Make Mark Reynolds an All Star – More Analysis
Following up yesterday’s post with more data about the effectiveness of the get out the vote campaign to make Mark Reynolds of the Arizona Diamondbacks an All Star. First let me say this: If you haven’t yet (at least 300 times) stop reading this and go vote RIGHT NOW!!! Ok… now that we’ve taken care… Continue reading Make Mark Reynolds an All Star – More Analysis
Did John McCain’s Tweet help Mark Reynolds All Star Game chances?
Yesterday Mark Grace and Daron Sutton (CORRECTION: Todd Walsh set up and conducted the interview) managed to get Senator John McCain to endorse Mark Reynolds bid to be the MLB All Star Game Final Vote winner for the National League. For reference, Senator McCain sent this tweet out at approximately 4pm Pacific (1600). All times… Continue reading Did John McCain’s Tweet help Mark Reynolds All Star Game chances?
Social Media – Perspective and Predictions
You would assume – since I’m the founder and CEO of a company that is selling a Social Media product, justSignal – that I’m a huge fan of “Social Media”. Perhaps I’m even a Social Media Expert. You’d assume I was going to tell you that Social Media will change everything. You’d assume that I’d… Continue reading Social Media – Perspective and Predictions
justSignal Adds More Signal
I’ve been awfully quiet for the last week or so. And there is a reason for that. I’ve been busily working away to fulfill the vision of justSignal. It was never about (just) Twitter – it was about finding your signal wherever someone chooses to talk about it. We launched with Twitter and the real-time… Continue reading justSignal Adds More Signal
My Sorry Sick Self…
So today I’m supposed to appear on Furious World – Peter Himmelman’s weekly live music and technology show. So of course I wake up this morning and my annoying low grade cold has blossomed into full on body achin’, voice losin’, head throbbin’, racking coughin’, sick as a dog-ness. I know, you are all disappointed…… Continue reading My Sorry Sick Self…