Blogging is near and dear to my heart. admit freely that I am attached to the concept. think it is better than something (whatever that is), and that is creates a lot of value. don’t know what the fate of blogging is, but as I think about it I wonder if it can survive without changing. Not anymore. The New Luddites. Latency. Tumblr. MORE >>

I needed to figure out how to download YouTube videos for an upcoming conference presentation where I wasn't confident that I would be able to have a good enough connection to play the video. KeepVid offered both (save as FLV and save as MP4) and a nice bookmarklet as well. Other ways to download YouTube Videos and/or convert them. MORE >>

Social software is changing in ways that profoundly impact the way companies should approach adoption. year ago, the focus was on individual technologies (wikis, blogs, RSS, etc.). We are rapidly evolving to more comprehensive solutions that integrate multiple technologies into unified platforms for enterprise interactions. 5,000 regional campaigns. MORE >>

I do this too much - post something short, as a note to myself and all of you that there is way more to say, then end with "I'll say more in the next post." Then I get busy and forget about that "next post" thing, and start posting on other stuff. What I really meant was, "in my next post on this topic.". Hope that clarifies things. Now I do. MORE >>

This week, the National Bureau of Economic Research declared that the US economy had been in a recession since December 2007. In light of that bit of news, it seems appropriate to run a couple of pieces I had posted over the past year. don’t intend to join the gloom-and-doom crowd, because I believe the economy is very diverse and resilient. MORE >>