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Gladwell, You Ignorant Slut

Malcolm Gladwell caused one of those chasms in the internet to open a few months ago when he wrote a piece suggesting "the revolution will not be Tweeted." I took it to task back then here.   My main point was that the BEST tools of the day ARE preferred by those that need them most. " Social media , or the weak networks did not take it down, it was the media being used and the technology. Do you not think that MLK Jr. wouldn't have wanted a Blackberry with all his closest allies  emails and phone numbers on it to get them somewhere fast?" Many better responses are probably below, but I want you to see his reaction to Egypt here. His story is now one of "who cares how the message is out, the message is the important thing." "People with a grievance will always find ways to communicate with each other. How they choose to do it is less interesting, in the end, than why they were driven to do it in the first place." Read more  http://www.newyor...

Social Media Quicksand

Everyone is sinking in it. And it is only going to get worse.  Social media and other associated tools, apps, tweets, fans, etc are all on the rise. The Tea Party's successful use to help their grassroots rise is a GREAT example. @jaybaer has this great post  about getting on board. The gist is: everyone doing it now is still learning but business needs to get on social media now. Why? Because once everyone is, you won't be so special anymore just because you were on Twitter in 2008. Jay makes his case about being involved in social media and I think most people agree that folks need to get on social media. However, its seems like we already have winners and losers.  This is a  double edge sword .  Everyday, there are little rewards for those ALREADY using it. This is about market analysis. While Jay works with Fortune 1000 companies, most small businesses are really playing catch up to what Jay is talking about. Mind you, there are a lot of folks just gett...