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I'm an award-winning writer, photographer and web person from Washington, DC.
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Tag Archives: Web 2.0
DCist Exposed: Who Are These People?
What does the brave new world of photography look like? It looks a lot like the DCist Exposed show wrapping up this weekend at Long View Gallery. In an era when digital images are ubiquitous, and everyone has a cellphone … Continue reading
My Instacanvas Gallery – Photos from Washington, DC
Instacanvas is is a marketplace allowing users to buy and sell Instagram photos as canvas art. This Southern California company has gotten tons of press and has been featured in TechCrunch, Forbes and elsewhere. And I’ve joined in the fun, … Continue reading
How to Get People to Write Content for Your Site
The biggest challenge in being a Web Content Manager is not learning HTML or dealing with the complexities of social media. It is a more prosaic one – how do you get people to write content for your web site? … Continue reading
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Stating the Obvious: Internet Anonymity Matters
Can you imagine what the Internet would be like if you had to register with the government? If you had to use your real name every time you left a comment on a web site? And if companies and government … Continue reading
Free Yourself from the Tyranny of Sharepoint
Sharepoint is a plague upon the American workforce. This ubiquitous piece of collaboration software has taught millions of people that Intranets are destined to be places where you can’t find anything. It doesn’t have to be this way, despite what … Continue reading
Washington Post, What Happened to You?
Washington Post, what happened to you? You’re the paper of Woodward and Bernstein, a beloved local institution and a veritable fourth branch of government. Coming home after a Saturday night carousing, I used to love to see the trucks lined … Continue reading
I Wish I Had Tweeted More: Confessions of a Social Media Skeptic
I was there at the beginning. In 2007, Twitter leapt into geek consciousness at SXSW Interactive. Monitors had been placed in the halls of this tech conference, displaying what people were tweeting about. I thought it was an interesting curiosity, … Continue reading
Execution Trumps Strategy at What’s Next DC
Execution trumps strategy, according to Rachel Tipograph, social media director for the Gap. She was a very wise speaker on the “how” of actually getting things done in large organizations. Creating meaningful experiences online is more important than endless rounds … Continue reading
Don’t Outsource Social Media to Interns
I’m old enough to remember the early days of the web. Back then (not too long ago, the 1990s), organizations didn’t take this online medium seriously. The web site paled in importance to the newsletter or magazine, at least according … Continue reading
We Are All Content Marketers Now
Content marketing is defined as: the creation or sharing of content for the purpose of engaging current and potential consumer bases. We’re all in the marketing biz now, defined by the content that’s available about us online. Whether it’s a post … Continue reading