Alex Priest

October 3, 2010
by Alex Priest
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A Long Bet

I had a fascinating conversation tonight with Justin Herman (@justinherman). We were discussing the business prospects for Google and Facebook. Essentially, we made a long bet. I took the side of Facebook, for some pretty logical reasons (in my humble … Continue reading

September 24, 2010
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The AMP Summit

AMP. Activism. Media. Politics. That’s what the AMP Summit, being held today and tomorrow here in Washington, D.C., is all about–and so far, it’s a fantastic conference. This morning I had the pleasure of volunteering with registration at the conference, … 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