Only the top floor of the stone apartment building is revealed in Hopper’s House at Dusk. Our eye traverses past each window and quickly we notice a woman, alone of course, sitting on a bright red chair looking down. Perhaps she is reading a book or stroking a newly acquired kitten. You get the feeling [...]
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Archive | November, 2008
One Fine Album – Latest David Byrne Brian Eno Collaboration
November 27, 2008
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I don’t often write directly about music in this space. I love it almost as much as the cinema, but you can’t write about everything intelligently, so I leave it to others. However, there are always exceptions, and this one hones in on the latest release from Brian Eno and David Byrne called Everything That [...]
Read moreMumbai Tragedy will be Game-Changer for Social Media
November 27, 2008
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I was up very late last night tracking the terrorist attacks in India on Twitter using TweetDeck and Tweet Grid. My mind flashed back to September 11th and the parallel was immediately made by dozens of people and news agencies. My wife was upstairs watching the events unfold as Breaking News on CNN. I was [...]
Read moreWhy I’m on Twitter and How I Use It
November 19, 2008
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When I welcome my latest Twitter followers I link them (you?) to this post. If you have arrived here from that Tweet, thank you for following me. If you simply found your way to my blog, and you’re on Twitter, please feel free to follow me at twitter.com/stevefurman. If you’re not on Twitter I’m NOT [...]
Read moreAl Gore on Twitter – How About Something More
November 12, 2008
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This is Al Gore’s Twitter Stream. Not a sample of his stream, the entire stream. 17,677 followers, following 1, with only 5 updates. If you Tweet and are trying to decide if you should follow someone you typically look at their follower/following ratio. I like to see those two numbers pretty close, which signals engagement [...]
Read moreThrough a Glass and Darkly – Veterans Day
November 11, 2008
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Today, Veterans Day, is a day to reflect and appreciate the countless citizens who served or are now serving our country in military uniform. My father and his brother were in the Navy in WWII, having enlisted right after Pearl Harbor. Dad served in the Pacific Theater and was involved in numerous battles from his [...]
Read moreThe Storied Transfer of Power
November 10, 2008
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President Elect Barack Obama visited the oval office today and met with President Bush. This tradition has been practiced for decades. Their views couldn’t be more diametrically opposed, but I actually believe that Mr. Bush will do his best to pass the torch. The sitting first family gives the incoming first family a tour of [...]
Read moreTwitter: Marketing Platform or Online Pen Pal Service?
November 9, 2008
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I started using Twitter on August 7th of this year. Like so many of us time is a premium and even though I am quick to try something, I will drop it like first period French if I don’t see any value for me or a path to providing value back to a community. Twitter [...]
Read moreLast and Final from the Forrester Consumer Forum 2008
November 8, 2008
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As mentioned in the last episode, this post will skip the Forrester speakers and customer presentations and cover one of the “outsiders.” Forrester always places a strong speaker at the end of the second day in an attempt to help keep their attendees on site. It usually thins out anyway, but for those who stay [...]
Read moreUse of Social Media Will Accelerate in an Economic Downturn
November 7, 2008
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I have been pondering something lately, and have formed the following hypothesis. The current economic climate will lead to an increase in the growth of Social Media participation. More people will explore it for the first time and others that have only dabbled will move up the participation ladder. There is a convergence of elements [...]
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