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  Amazon’s Kindle: Huge Potential, Not Where You Think In September of this year, Mashable proclaimed “Apple’s Tablet Will Eat Kindle’s Lunch“.  The article went on to criticise the Kindle device on a number of levels, such as the fact that it’s not in color, and that it doesn’t have fancy multitouch functionality.  While I agree the device will soon be left in the [...]

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  A Very Special Lollapalooza 2009 #FollowFriday… This weekend, Lollapalooza is finally upon us in Chicago. And for anyone keeping score, this marks the first summer where fans can connect directly with the vast majority of artists, in real-time, using Twitter. Here is a list of all the Lolla acts and their Twitter names (those not on Twitter left blank)… [...]

  ~1 year on
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  Web Video : Step-by-Step to Create, Share & Track This week I was asked to speak at the Social Media University conference in Milwaukee about “viral video” on the web. I don’t believe there’s a special formula to follow that magically equals viral distribution, but I think there are many things you can do to set yourself up for success. In the slide deck [...]

  ~1 year on
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  A Taste of the Spreenkler Community The Spreenkler group in Milwaukee is one of the more creative, driven sets of people that I’ve ever met. In this video, Brian Artka gives a little taste of what the crowd is like. Great work Brian.

  ~1 year on
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  Introducing blakeju.mp - my life online As you may have noticed, the activity on my blog tends to wax and wane. If you’d like to get some more frequent updates, you should check out blakeju.mp. The site aggregates most of my online activity into one place. In other words: This blog + ActionsTalk + Twitter + Posterous + Flickr [...]

  ~1 year on
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  The iPhone Continues to Amaze… I saw two videos today that made me think we’re only beginning to see the raw potential that lies in the iPhone. When Apple decided to open the platform up to developers, it was such a brilliant idea! Building a platform and letting others take it and run is a very compelling business model. [...]

  ~1 year on
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  Entrepreneurs Can Change the World. Here’s a great video I found that really speaks to the entrepreneurial spirit. I highly recommend it. Even if you don’t work for yourself, you can think and act like an entrepreneur. How are you changing your company, your community, your world for the better?

  ~1 year on
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  $5K in 5 Days Campaign This Week! Friends and Family, I’d like to bring to your attention a fantastic charity opportunity that is being organized by two of my close friends, Allen Burt and Ryan Graves.  This week (beginning April 27, 2009) marks the beginning of their $5K in 5 Days campaign.  The goal is to raise money to buy books for school [...]

  ~1 year on
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  Panography at Yerkes Observatory Over the weekend, Erica and I visited the Yerkes Obervatory, near Lake Geneva, WI. Yerkes Observatory, which calls itself “the birthplace of modern astrophysics,”[1], is an astronomical observatory operated by the University of Chicago in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. It was created in 1897 by George Ellery Hale and financed by Charles T. Yerkes. The observatory represented [...]

  ~1 year on
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  Twitter Focus: Solving The “Groups” Dilema File this one away with my series of posts focused on Information Overload… One major gripe I’ve had with Twitter for some time now (and I know I’m not alone here) is the inability to group the people you follow into certain categories. Let me explain.  Currently I’m following (receiving updates from) upwards of 600 people [...]

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  Twitter Mug How’s this for a pop-culture, sign of the times item? A coffee mug with all the people you’re following on Twitter. You can pick one up for $12.95, at sxoop.com.

  ~1 year on
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