Thoughts on Social Media...and Other Stuff

A place to collect all of my thoughts on social media that appear on a variety of blogs.

Aug
4th

Sat

The ferry to Iles de la Madeleine on a beautiful sunny day

The American dream is to make it big, to build a big company, to become a rock star. I think for many years the Canadian dream was to win the lottery.

— Iain Klugman, CEO of Waterloo-based Communitech

(Source: theverge.com)

Aug
2nd

Thu

Sunset on the north shore of Prince Edward Island

With [$117] billion, you can do almost anything you want.

— In a classic understatement, Andrew Hargreaves, a senior research analyst for Pacific Crest Securities, talks about Apple’s financial flexibility.

(Source: inc.com)

Jul
30th

Mon

The perfect early morning vacation “office”

Jul
29th

Sun

The gleam has come off the word ‘social. The ground is now shifting underneath these companies’ feet at a speed that we didn’t see even in the late 1990s.

— Ben Schachter, an Internet analyst with the Macquarie Group.

(Source: The New York Times)

Jun
30th

Sat

At this point there is a chance that we may never see a BB10 handset given RIM’s track record,” wrote National Bank analyst Kris Thompson in a note. “RIM is intent on launching a ‘distinct’ smartphone platform; all we see at this point is an extinct platform. Are consumers and enterprises really going to wait for another platform? No!

— Kris Thompson, National Ban analyst

Jun
26th

Tue

A graphic recording of a panel I moderated yesterday at the IABC Global Summit in Chicago about how small businesses can become domain leaders. It was done by The Ink Factory Studio.

Jun
11th

Mon

The number of iPad users in the U.S. is expected to nearly double by 2015 to 90.8 million, according to eMarketer

Jun
8th

Fri

A pail of “pucks” made from chocolate and meringue.