Late last week I happened upon a post from Michelle Tampoya describing a networking event in Toronto that featured speed mentoring for marketers. Essentially, small groups of marketing newbies would move around the room and pepper experts with real-world questions in three-minute bursts.
Now, why not apply this same concept to the social media space [...]

If you’re looking for an easy way to use a Flash-based audio player for your blog post or web page, then the Yahoo! Media Player could be the tool for you.
To put the player into action, simply create direct links to one or more .mp3 files, as I’m doing here with three archived episodes [...]

Now, wait a minute: That’s bacn, not bacon.
Anyway … if you don’t know, bacn is a term that emerged from PodCamp Pittsburgh 2 last August and refers to e-mail you receive that isn’t spam but isn’t exactly a personal e-mail, either. It’s mail you want to receive — but just not right now.
Still stumped? Bacn [...]

Last week Dan York blogged about a topic that hits home with those of us who love RSS: Staying informed online without visiting the actual websites that publish the information we’re consuming:
I don’t go to friends’ websites. (Sorry!) I don’t go to my employer’s website. I don’t go to any organization’s websites. I don’t go [...]

Things have been pretty quiet on this blog over the last month-plus, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been following and participating in my fair share of social media conversations. Of note:

I’ve been Tumbling responses to my (almost-) daily questions to my Twitter pals. Tumblr is an easy-to-use tool for publishing not only text [...]

I tend to be party pooper when it comes to blog tagging games, but when Scott Monty tapped me for the “Eight Things” meme a few days ago, I decided I should play along. I needed a good excuse to rouse myself from my blogging holiday slumber, and this was it.

Here goes:
1. My wife and [...]

Announcing a last-minute Boston Tweetup for Tuesday, December 4: “The We-Don’t-Live-in-Our-Grandmothers’-Basements Bryper Tuesday Tweetup.“
Here are the event details:

Venue: Beantown Pub
Address: 100 Tremont St., Boston, MA 02108
Google Map (nearest T stops: Park Street and Downtown Crossing)
Time: 6:30 – 8:30pm
Cost: Pay for your own food and/or drink
Upcoming.org announcement

Full disclosure here: I do have a selfish reason for [...]

Over the weekend I formally announced that Social Media Breakfast 4 will be held on Monday, December 17, from 8:00-10:00am at The Wine Cellar at the Mooo Restaurant, at Fifteen Beacon Hotel in Downtown Boston.

Geoff Livingston, author of the new book Now is Gone: A Primer on New Media for Executives and Entrepreneurs, will be [...]

The Boston chapter of the Social Media Club will reconvene next Thursday night, December 6, from 6:00 – 9:30, for a discussion on “the future of social media.” The event takes place at the Boston Ballroom at the Colonnade Hotel and is free to attend. Register by adding your name to the event wiki: future [...]

If you’re starting your holiday shopping this weekend — and I salute you if you are; I’m neither inclined nor organized enough to do so — then might I suggest you take a look at this holiday gift-giving guide first?

Podcaster, PodCamp co-founder, and all-around new-media whiz Christopher S. Penn has produced this thoughtful slideshow for [...]