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Beautiful High Speed Train - Japan

I fell in love with this movie taken from a high speed train in Japan.

I've often had negative reactions to the kaleidoscope effect applied to films and music videos. 

But this was just plain magical.

 

Shinkansen ver.2 from daihei shibata on Vimeo.

Some sage (and needed) advice on social media ROI

It was so refreshing to see this slideshare from 22 squared.

I'm not sure how I missed it until now!

A hat tip to Eric for flipping this my way.  And he is right.  Slide 10 rocks.

The True Value of Social Media

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A Total Unfair, Unscientific and Quick Comparison

A week doesn't go by that I don't find myself having to justify, make or support recommendations on which social media monitoring platform to use.

I currently recommend and use both Radian6 and Sysomos. Each product serves different needs really well. Also note that I have heard good things about Alterian's SM2 but I don't currently have access to or use this product.  

So without further ado, here is my crazy unfair, unscientific and high level comparison of three of my favorite SM monitoring products.

I'm giving a course today in Ottawa for the CPRS and I pulled together this chart based on my experience with each tool. I'll share my more in depth breakdown later if there is interest in such.

A couple of quick caveats. A lot comes down to use. And the prices listed above are ballparks based on my current usage and understanding of these tools.

 

Attention Surplus - Your Network Matters More Than You May Think

I think episode 7 is our best podcast yet.  We explore the power of Networks to determine our happiness, our weight and (I would argue) our ability to create positive change in the world. What I find fascinating about the research in this area is that friends 4 removed (that we don't even know) actually impact us quite dramatically.

 

Episode 7:  MP3 Link

I would love to know what you think.

And I sort of need to beg.  To all my friends in Germany, the US, Australia, Patagonia and elsewhere!!!

While we are  now featured in Canada (woot!), we're sort of lost in all the other iTunes stores.

So if you could take 3 minutes and rate us on iTunes, I would be forever grateful.

It's a big deal and helps us out a LOT.