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21 Jun Posted by Barry in Blog, Social Media | Comments

What is Hyper Media?

As we move into different types of media, one of the most confusing is Hyper Media. A few years ago, Hyper Media was an entirely technical term used by computer programmers to identify the linking of information using code. This is a core of the word “hyper” – which is used in terms like hyperlink...

18 Jun Posted by Barry in Blog, Professional Articles, Social Media | 10 comments

Selling a domain name, my basic tips

I have bought and sold domains for years. It is a fun personal hobby of tracking a unique “digital stock” A friend has a domain name that has value and recently received a fairly anonymous request to sell it. That is great… but he doesn’t want to lose his shirt and find out that he...

18 Jun Posted by Barry in Blog, Social Media | 10 comments

Profanity and social media

To anyone who has met me, it probably doesn’t surprise you that I read a massive amount of information online every day. Today I came to the topic of using profanity as a leadership tool, reviewing sources around President Obama and Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz. As a social media professional (AKA writer, speaker, videographer, tweeter)...

17 Jun Posted by Barry in Blog, Social Media | 10 comments

Strategic Social Media, from Disney with Love.

Two weeks ago I had the privilege of presenting digital media at Disney Interactive in partnership with the Washington Technology Industry Association. As expected, we sold out the event and had a variety of executives from Washington businesses in attendance. Three of the largest “wrap your mind around it” items are covered on slide three,...

10 Jun Posted by Barry in Blog, Social Media | 4 comments

I love Starbucks… but…

I need to gripe. My below comment that I made on TechFlash really says it all. Fellow Seattle blogger John Cook was covering how a study by Famecount.com put Starbucks as the biggest consumer brand utilizing social media, but the idea just didn’t sit right with me. The most essential part of the disagreement is...