For Community Managers
If you manage communities, you will get a kick out of these two sites. Be sure to dig through them, there’s some real content gems in there.
http://www.communityadmins.com
http://www.communitypromotion.com
If you manage communities, you will get a kick out of these two sites. Be sure to dig through them, there’s some real content gems in there.
http://www.communityadmins.com
http://www.communitypromotion.com
The second time I posted a blog comment, I knew that the person who created a solution to easily keep track of all of the comments I wanted to actually follow would be a millionaire. I tried to work on some ideas as I created and expanded BlogFusion. But other than subscriptions via email or RSS, I could never really figure out a good plan. Well, looks like some sharp cats found a solution with their new application: coComment.
When you become a member of coComment, you’ll install a simple bookmarklet on your browser. Whenever you make comments on another blog, you’ll do so using this bookmarklet. Using coComment allow for 3 things:
How do we do this? Essentially, when you and other coComment users use the coComment bookmarklet to make a comment, the coComment service makes a duplicate of that comment. This copy of your comments, and all related comments from other users, are then automatically displayed in "your comments" on the coComment service.
There’s some more info at one of the developer’s blog. Looks to be great stuff. I just got signed up for the beta, so I’ll post again when I know more about the app. This is very exciting stuff.
You’ll have to humor me here for a moment – I have a moment of ego to bask in!
Being a community liaison, over the years I’ve had a metric ton of photos taken of me out at events, club meetings, and other get togethers with LEGO enthusiasts. Nearly all of these photos make me look like a trained monkey. Hand motions, facial expressions, and other goofy moments leave me looking like I’m a little…slow.
So you can imagine my surprise when I found this photo and it didn’t make me want to change my name. It’s also cool because it so clearly captures the essence of what I was doing at that moment (at least to me) – listening to enthusiasts talk about their hobby.
Being a community rep takes a thick, thick skin!
I’ve been cruising the Web looking for cool PSP movies for my trip to Denmark this week (through next). I thought I’d share some of the cool Podcast, video, PSP, and video iPod related stuff I’ve found.
And while I’m on the topic… check out iPod Wizard, a software to change out the graphics on your iPod operating system.
Also, if I noticed that after the announcement of the Disney/Apple deal, there’s a bunch of new TV shows in the iTunes Music Store. South Park, Drawn Together, MTV shows, and Comedy Central stand-up.
Must. Resist. iPod. Video.
… at least until they have a 120 GB version. I have 60GB of music already!
I’ve been playing around with the new hosted wiki service, StikiPad for a bit during their beta. They’ve recently launched and let me say – wow!
If you’ve ever used a wiki before, you know all too well how difficult and confusing they can be. They seem to have come out of the world of Linux, and therefore confuse all non-Linux geeks. StikiPad has done a great job of simplifying the process and making it feel more like we’re used to with other Web based apps.
On top of that, I just got this terrific email from them, post-launch. Now this is how you write a thank you/please help email. Keep an eye on these guys.
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Big news to announce today –
After more than 5 years, 38 passport stamps, 3 great bosses, nearly 17,000 fan emails, 1 LEGO book, 2 products I’ve strongly influenced, 450,000 frequent flyer miles, hundreds of in person adult LEGO fan meetings, and way way too many visits to the LEGO company store, I’ve decided to leave the company and pursue another opportunity.
This new opportunity came up pretty quick and is a huge step forward in my career. I’ll be joining a terrific marketing agency in Dallas building an internal practice around consumer interaction. It’s not that I don’t believe in the work we’ve done at LEGO – quite the opposite. I believe in it so much, that it’s time for me to help other companies form relationships with their consumers.
This was not a decision I took lightly – after 5 years, I feel like I have ABS plastic running through my veins. It’s also important to know that I’m happier now more than ever before with the direction the LEGO Company is going, especially as it relates to community of all ages. It’s been a long, hard, tiring road to drive these last years in getting consumer thinking integrated into the company culture, but it’s worked. (I’ll likely be posting more about that in coming weeks)
As you may have seen on my LEGO blog a few days ago, one of my major personal goals has been met this week (adult community featured on the cover of Wired).
Working at LEGO has been the realization of a childhood dream. I loved the brick and the brand before I came to the company, and now I love it even more. I’ll be doing my best as a “private citizen” now to help promote the brand.
Stay tuned on the blog for more about my adventures. If you’re interested in hearing more and you’ll be at SXSW, be sure to email and ask me about the lunch event I’ll be holding (more later).
If you’re interested in how I broke the news to the LEGO community, check my LEGO blog
Tags: Off TopicI love this bit from Johnnie Moore:
Here’s my effort: A company that lets its people blog is like a drink on the rocks. There are all those separate cubes in there. They all have separate forms but fit inside the glass.. not neatly, but they’re in there. And when you shake the glass, the chink against other in a way that’s appealing.
If the company tries standardising, instead of celebrating, the diverse voices of its employees… well it becomes like a glass full of crushed ice or just melted water. Space efficient perhaps, but no nice chink… just not as interesting to listen to.
Those crazy Koreans have created another massively multiplayer gaming concept
That’s right, computer based dancing in a multiplayer environment. Crazy.