Alex Priest

February 25, 2010
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Twitter on the Wire?

Crossposted from shamable.com, here. In case you didn’t hear, Twitter has signed a deal with Yahoo for a somewhat more advanced integration than it has with Google or Microsoft. A conversation I had just yesterday with a friend at Agence … Continue reading

February 24, 2010
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A liberal blogger, a conservative blogger, and a journalist all walk into Microsoft…

Sounds like the beginning of a bad geek joke, doesn’t it? Well actually, it was the setting of tonight’s Social Media Club DC event, titled “Leveraging Online Relationships,” and hosted at Microsoft’s Friendship Heights office here in Washington, D.C. Organized … Continue reading

February 10, 2010
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Google Isn’t God and Buzz Won’t Kill Facebook or Twitter

Crossposted from shamable.com, here. The Google rhetoric is getting a little ridiculous. Yesterday, they announced Google Buzz, a FriendFeed-Facebook-Twitter sort of mash-up built right into gmail. I just read a mini-review of the service by Jason Calacanis. He began with: BREAKING: Google … Continue reading

February 9, 2010
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Making it Social IRL (In Real Life)

There are plenty of networks online for connecting people. You’ve got Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, you name it, they’re all meant to connect people who might not have otherwise been connected. And that’s all well and good, but what if you … Continue reading

February 8, 2010
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Creating a Culture of “Need to Share” in Government

This past Thursday I had the privilege of attending Gibraltar Associates first annual “Social Media Resolutions” event, held here in Washington, D.C. Although I could only stay for the first half of the event, what I witnessed was probably one … Continue reading