Alex Priest

September 23, 2010
by Alex Priest
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It’s Not Privacy That Matters, It’s the Illusion

I feel like I’ve had this conversation a million times now, but I’m not swaying on my opinion for this one, and on why “Privacy Really Does Matter To Us” gave me the perfect excuse to rant a little more, … Continue reading

August 31, 2010
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Don’t Blink

This is a quick piece I wrote for one of my marketing courses, but thought you might enjoy reading it here as well. Chapter 5, “Kenna’s Dilemma,” in Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink, is a fantastic bit of insight into market research … Continue reading

August 10, 2010
by Alex Priest
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Who To Follow? In Social Media, Certainly Not the Users.

Twitter’s recent release of a contentious new feature–“Who To Follow”–has some users pretty irritated. But it also shows Twitter is taking a page out of Facebook’s playbook: ignoring their users. Good for them. Say what? you might be thinking. Companies … Continue reading

May 24, 2010
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Internet, Meet Reality

It’s high time for this wake-up call. It is abundantly clear by the recent outrage at Facebook that the vast majority of the Internet–the social media crowd, in particular–still doesn’t get the business of social media. Social media is not … Continue reading