Tag Archives: Online Communities

The Half-Life: How Social Media Changes the New Immigrant Experience

I’ve heard the stories at least a hundred times: My Great Grandma Tsiryl dry-heaving over the side of a steamer ship as they rolled up into Baltimore Harbor in 1904. A pregnant Great Grandma Esther stoically clutching the belly that held the baby that would one day be my grandfather while ocean waves battered the hull [...]

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In a search for the NEW big idea

Image by John Kannenberg via Flickr In a time and age where I can chose whether to listen to a brand or to read my friend’s status update – how can a brand get my attention? In my opinion it is all about big ideas Isn’t the big idea dead already? Mark Earls believes that [...]

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A year later, Iran Proves that the Gun is Mightier Than the Tweet

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Last year, brave citizens of Iran decided they had enough. After a suspected rigged election, thousands of young Iranians started protesting against the elected government. The movement, called the Green Movement, arranged mass demonstrations, and clashed with security forces. And while the government controlled the media, it couldn’t control [...]

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Guest Post: Creating a Conversation

Imagine a world in which it makes no difference how tall you are; what you look like. Imagine a world that doesn’t judge you according to who your parents are; what your education is; what your achievements have been. Imagine a social universe that rates you purely according to one criterion: do you have anything [...]

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Is Twitter the Che Guevara of Microblogging?

Twitter revolutionized the way people interact online. It’s phenomenal growth shows that a limited, real time network answers a market need, which in turn becomes an opportunity for brands and service providers. We also see a phenomenal click through rate on links in Twitter messages, probably due to the fact that  Twitter users are there [...]

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