Confluence is a series I’ve been creating to explain the evolution of humans and technology, the impact these changes have on the environment. I put forth my thoughts in Slideshare presentations so that big ideas can be expressed for everyone to understand. February 13, 2013 Institute of Ethics & Emerging Technologies published: “The Future is Now: Humans at the Confluence …
Hyper over evaluation puts Facebook at a fifth of Exxon one the largest corporations in the world. Can you image being 28 and being in charge of a company that is relies on a user base that is 99 million away from being a billion users? Let’s do a comparison: Yahoo IPO’d back in April 12, 1996, the stock opened …
My impressions of NYTech Day 2012 left me feeling empty. I had hoped the new crop of tech entrepreneurs would see the world differently then the predecessors of the past 20 years, but history in the tech industry keeps repeating itself. Start-up “businesses” lack focus and understanding of their market and industry they are competing in. Generally speaking there was …
I chose to write and illustrate about the thought experiment popularly known as Schrodinger’s Cat. I’ve been interested in quantum physics since I was introduced in 1994. It wasn’t until a few years ago I started to realize why it is important to apply the Schrodinger’s Cat to life. We cheat ourselves by only looking at the surface of a thought, …
It was Kit Seeborg who turned me into a Slideshare lover! Here are my Slideshare presentations: The Changing World of Digital – looks at digital communication from a historical perspective and identifies the way the consumer changes from passive involvement to participant. Community During Crisis – what Governments can learn from the Boulder Community’s usage of Social Media during the Boulder Fire. …
Age is a target for job discrimination among the new industries. But what some smart businesses are realizing is that age has it’s benefits to new generation of young workers. Young workers that are ambitious, smart but need help focusing. Business leaders must realize the importance in the knowledge the seasoned professional has, how seasoned professional changes and adapts their …
The following are resources that will help in your exploration of Digital Marketing research. These resources include tools for web site, search, social media and mobile devices. Take some time to examine each one of these resources and put them to good use. How to Use Internet Market Research Tools, by Inc. Staff http://www.inc.com/guides/biz_online/online-market-research.html Types of available digital research tools: Web site usage …
My Twitter update the other day read, “I really am the professor with so much to learn about my students.” My students happen to be in the classes I teach at Regis University, those that report me in businesses I work for, and those that I advise about their business start-ups. My students are from various demographic backgrounds. Of my …
Matt Morin identifies very valid points about the use of social media (channels/tactics) and impact on revenue and sales. Traditional media separates the use of branding tactics and tactics which drive sales. For social media, in some cases the usage of these channels are not clearly identified so that the impact (brand awareness or sales) can be difficult to tracked. …
Since the Boulder Fire (Four Mile Fire), I’ve been seeing an increase the use of community to help during disaster. Boulder Fire presented an opportunity for citizens to help by organizing around social media. In my research report, “Community During Crisis“, there is apparent useful factors to social media during crisis and behavior of community. Fragmentation occurs making it difficult …