The Blogoclump

I’m at 1237 Salisbury Rd, Allentown, PA 18103, USA - http://bkite.com/01pFq #
Over two hours on the road and I am still not home. Normally just over 1 hour. Guess I can credit the holiday. Will be happy to be home. #
@maddiegrant looking into antispam solutions this weekend. Never seen anything like it b4. I’ll get it fixed. BTW can u make me a spamwich? #
Must be filming something relatively big in Philly this weekend. Lots of production equipment on JFK between 16th and 17th. #
Hmmm. [read more]

Read & discuss at desabol's blog.

More and more, mobile phones are the way that information is going to be received, and absent having a mobile option for response it’s going to be more difficult to get a timely membership response. For example, with calls to action and membership surveys - where members either do it when they read it or they may never go back to it.

Today, in ordering “Maine Day” tickets to an upcoming Red Sox game, one of my ticket options was to receive “mobile tickets“. The scanners at Fenway Park can use the image on a cell phone. At my daughter’s college, the washing machine and dryers can send students a text message when one is available for use, or when their laundry is done.

I know many associations are reluctant to use text messaging features (for mass message delivery) because there’s no certainty we won’t create a charge to the members who may not have unlimited text plans; or because we haven’t really thought about/planned on how to give mobile options. But as more and more everyday activities have mobile options, it’s going to expected.

Read & discuss at CindyAE's blog.

To those of us who hire speakers, this is depressingly unsurprising: “… [John] Edwards’ agent replied that the former North Carolina senator is looking to add more speaking engagements and raise his fee.”

Read & discuss at Kevin's blog.

No, I don’t mean those myths you can debunk on snopes.com. I mean one of the most common myths that I hear, often from otherwise very smart people.
It’s this: “People aren’t willing to pay for content on the Internet.” I have no idea why this myth is still propagated when it’s so obviously untrue.
Just […]

Read & discuss at Kevin's blog.

In a world where people love to talk about “decentralized” this and “open source” that, Rohit makes the excellent point that much of Apple’s success comes as a result of its tight-fisted control over “distribution” — which doesn’t sound as sexy as “design.”

Read & discuss at Kevin's blog.

Here are some good blogging tips.

It’s helpful to understand that bloggers have many audiences - association members, professional colleagues, clients, other bloggers, etc.

Blogs also have many purposes. They may try to stimulate thought about professional issues. Others connect to resources that may not be widely known. Many discuss marketing, social media, meetings, administration, or a myriad of specific areas of association management. Some relate everyday happenings to organizational situations.

Lots of conversations are going on all the time. Chime in or start your own. Don’t just follow others. Feel free to talk about what’s on your mind - you may find that other people may want to talk about those topics, too.

Read & discuss at AEM's blog.

A new study has been completed by Oxford University Internet Institute (UK) and will be published next month that was funded by McKinsey and Company.  Titled “The Wisdom of Collaborative Network Organizations: Capturing the Value of Networked Individuals” the study abstract says…
“Digital networks, particularly the Internet, are used widely to search for information and to share expertise and […]

Read & discuss at Peter Turner's blog.

Blogger is rolling out a new Follower widget which will allow readers to follow my blog, thus building community around it. It will appear in the dashboard, and I will be able to browse my followers, check out what blogs they write, and see who else they follow. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had a really awesome comment from someone but but could not return the favor because their blog profile was private. Presumably, if those people like my blog and follow it, that would be implicitly giving me permission to know who they are. Obviously, I can then follow them back, and serendipitously follow any other cool blogs I come across in my online travels.

I’ll be able to put a widget on the sidebar showing off my community and promoting my blog to new visitors who might want to follow.

Back in my dashboard, there will be an RSS reading list of the latest posts from all the blogs I follow, and yes, it links up with my Google Reader. (Here’s what it’s all about from the Google Reader point of view.)

And coming soon, an add-on with Google’s Friend Connect…

Top of the game, methinks!

Read & discuss at Maddie Grant's blog.

While I do have very distinct political views and opinions probably stemming from my undergraduate political science background, I try to keep them from influencing my blogging preferring to keep my focus intellectually and technologically focused. However, ever now and then I come across something too good to pass up that allows me to talk about politics from a completely intellectual and/or technology-related perspective. This is one of those occasions.

My co-workers and I were discussing the Democratic National Convention and the closing event held last [read more]

Read & discuss at admin's blog.

Now considered a barbaric medical practice, more than 40,000 prefontal lobotomies were done in the U.S., ending in the 1970s. Some now suggest that lobotomies were popular because custodial care was simplified–so much more efficient to deal with passive vegetables…

Read & discuss at Ann's blog.