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A Confusing Social Media Birthday

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But I was really surprised by the number of people that used my birthday as a way to “get something” without “giving something” other than a few words in a social media message. Oh – and the best thing I got electronically for my birthday was from Andrei Soroker via a different channel – Kato.

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Implementing Social Media’s Secret Weapon

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Fred Wilson had an excellent post up this morning titled Social Media’s Secret Weapon – Email. My partners and I have continued to invest aggressively in what we believe is social media’s secret weapon which we refer to as the comm channel in a hat tip to the TV show 24.

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Shifting To Maker Mode For The Summer

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I’m not looking at social media (although I am still broadcasting.) I’m not looking at news (I figure anything I really need to know will find its way to me) other than my continuous stream of tech news in my a Slack channel. In addition to turning off the TV, I’ve turned off all the continuous interrupts.

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A Cold Reboot

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To do this, I withdrew on several dimensions, especially via social media and online channels, which diminished my experience, but allowed me time and space to think. I’ve continued to do what felt important and right to me while listening and learning. I worked hard to eliminate the noise and concentrate on the signal.

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@bfeld v51.0

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Reset Social Media : While I’ve always been a broadcaster on social media (primarily Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn), my consumption and engagement patterns ebb and flow. v51 is recommitted to that. For v51, I’m going to select ebb.

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Why A New Startup Shouldn’t Have a Marketing Budget

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And phrases like “social media marketing&# and “marketing spend&# rarely surface in discussions, and when they do I vomit a little in my mouth. Fred Wilson has a phenomenal blog post up this morning titled Marketing. Of course marketing is a key part of the success of these companies.

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Computer Science For All

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You can also follow updates from @whitehouse on Twitter, as well as the NCWIT social media channels. We encourage everybody to amplify and support this announcement within your networks using the hashtag #CSforAll. This moment comes after a long journey of advocacy and work by the entire NCWIT change leader network.

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