CommonCraft: Social Media in Plain English- May 29, 2008 Lee and Sachi LeFever have done it again. If I had an ounce of the talent and native smarts these guys have in their pinky fingers, I'd be happy:Funny, brilliant, and absolutely right.http://michaelocc.com/2008/05/commoncraft-social-media-in-plain.html Another way to look at Mesh08- May 24, 2008 I love this Flickr photoset from Twitter user deadprophet showing his notebook from the Mesh Conference earlier this week. The page below appears to be notes taken during my Social Media and the Enterprise panel, and the later session on Measuring Social Media (including a certain quote from Dave Jones that will live on in misinterpreted infamy):http://michaelocc.com/2008/05/another-way-to-look-at-mesh08.html Social Media and the Enterprise - a follow up thought- May 23, 2008 Something occurred to me in the panel discussion I moderated at Mesh '08 earlier today - something I wanted to say at the time, but didn't want to chew up precious discussion time listening to my own voice. I'd already babbled on far too long in my dopey Star Trek-inspired intro.The lady from Harlequin, Jenny Bullough, said one of the smartest things on the general topic of employee training, blogging policies, and social media best practices - she summarized Harlequin's advice to staff as:...http://michaelocc.com/2008/05/social-media-and-enterprise-follow-up.html Mesh 08 Wrap- May 23, 2008 Another excellent day at Mesh.As always at this event, the mingling, nattering and "meshing" in the breaks between sessions is as - if not more - useful than the sessions themselves. So many fascinating, smart, opinionated, interesting people to hang out and swap ideas, stories, and URLs with.Personal highlights today: excellent keynote session with co-founder of Club Penguin, Lane Merrifield and the closing panel on Social Media Measurement, featuring Katie Paine, David Jones, and Sylvain...http://michaelocc.com/2008/05/mesh-08-wrap.html Comment flakiness- May 22, 2008 Haloscan comments are b0rking on me at the moment, dammit. If you've left a comment and don't see it posted - don't worry. I have email copies, and will ensure your comment is up there as soon as Haloscan stops puking. Well... unless, of course, your comment is just calling me a fat paddy or something.http://michaelocc.com/2008/05/comment-flakiness.html Mesh 08 Conference Day One Thought- May 22, 2008 First day of this year's Mesh was a bit of a curate's egg for me, for a couple of reasons. First, as I'm still fresh back from vacation and haven't even had a chance to get into the office yet, I've been trying to get as much catching up and work done in the space between the meshing. I had to tune out a few times during the day to get some billable hours in.Secondly, the sessions I attended fell into one of two categories at opposite ends of a spectrum of quality - they were either just...http://michaelocc.com/2008/05/mesh-08-conference-day-one-thought.html Mesh 08 - Social Media and The Enterprise- May 21, 2008 Turns out that this will be my third year not just as attendee, but also as on-stage participant at the Mesh Conference. The guys asked me to moderate a session on Thursday afternoon on "Social Media and the Enterprise", which sounds like a really good fit for the kind of thing my day job involves these days, so I was more than happy to say yes.Here's the session description:Corporate communication certainly hasn't gotten any easier. "Media" used to be a defined thing, and people broadly knew...http://michaelocc.com/2008/05/mesh-08-social-media-and-enterprise.html Home again, home again, jiggity jig- May 21, 2008 We're back. Just about recovering and getting onto Toronto time - glad we had the long weekend to ease ourselves back in. The vacation was, in case you're wondering, immense. Utterly superb, invigorating and relaxing in equal measure. Think I gained about 10 pounds from being constantly fed (and "watered") by friends and family at every stop.Tons to catch up on, and lots I should post. Right now, I'm parked at the opening session of Mesh '08 - I'll have time to post some vacation notes at...http://michaelocc.com/2008/05/home-again-home-again-jiggity-jig.html The Exile's Return- May 2, 2008 One last quick copy & paste post before we jet off, just because it seems so appropriate:The Exile's Return(John Locke, 1847-1889)T'anam chun Dia! but there it is -The dawn on the hills of Ireland,God's angels lifting the night's black veilFrom the fair sweet face of my sireland.Oh! Ireland isn't it grand you look,Like a bride in her fresh adorning,And with all the pent-up love of my heartI bid you the top of the morning.This one brief hour pays lavishly back,For many a year of mourning,I'd.http://michaelocc.com/2008/05/exiles-return.html Off to England and Ireland - lighter blogging ahead- May 2, 2008 This will probably be my last post for a couple of weeks, unless I get to squeeze in time to blog on vacation. Tomorrow we jet off to the UK and Ireland - heading home for the first time in five years.It was Dad's 70th birthday a few days ago and Mom turned 70 last year. So there's a giant family party planned for the weekend (what we used to call, as kids, a WFD - I'll let you work out for yourself what that stands for). The farflung Clarke clan and many, many friends will be descending en...http://michaelocc.com/2008/05/off-to-england-and-ireland-lighter.html |