Alex Priest

January 25, 2010
by Alex Priest
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Breakfast with a Side of Social Media

This morning was Social Media Club DC‘s first ever Social Media Breakfast, and it was great! Held at Teaism here in downtown DC, we had great food, great conversation, and some excellent speakers. I’d never even been to Teaism before, … Continue reading

January 1, 2010
by Alex Priest
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My Anti-”Top 10″

I’ve just about reached my limit of end-of-the-year/decade/whatever top 10 lists. It’s a psychological thing–our tendency to read and share nice, orderly bulleted lists. They’re easy to read, fun to share, interesting conversation starters. But the way I see it, these top 10 lists have taken over the media for the month of December and it’s almost overwhelming. Today–the first day of the year–there’s nothing on Twitter but lists and more lists. It seems people have even forgotten #FollowFriday today. Anyway, here’s my thoughts. Continue reading