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Archive for June, 2007

The cult of amateur

From time to time, my wife schedules a pedicure appointment for a Saturday morning. Since the place she goes it next door to Barnes & Noble, I tend to spend an hour or more browsing around looking at things I don’t normally notice. This weekend I stumbled across a new book, The cult of amateur, [...]


Join me Friday for a Community Tips Webcast

On Friday I will be joining fellow blogger and podcast, Stuart Crawford for a webinar taking about my favorite subject: "Everybody goes home happy".
Everyone Goes Home Happy - Top Tips To Create An Awesome Online CommunityOnline communities are made up of several key components and usually rest on the shoulders of one key [...]


links for 2007-06-13

Lowepro - Primus AW
Now THIS is a tasty camera bag!
(tags: photography)

on Flickr - “Here’s your ending”
Couldn’t have said it better myself!
(tags: television hbo)

National Geographic Photo of the Day: Tightrope Walker
Some fantastic pics from the folks at National Geographic. Clearly worth the daily visit!
(tags: photography)


links for 2007-06-12

LEGO MMO Gets Named, Dated - Kotaku
If you’ve been wondering why I’ve been so quiet, it’s because I’ve been tied up with the community efforts of this project. It’s going to be so damn cool.
(tags: lego mmog bijclient)

Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean Online
As horrendous as Pirates of the Caribbean 2 was (thus my skipping 3), [...]


links for 2007-06-11

IGN: The Agency Preview
Holy crickey! This new James Bond meets CIA thriller MMOG sounds like it’s going to be fun!
(tags: gaming mmog)

IGN: One on One With Bionic Woman
It took me a while to get into the idea of a Battlestar Galactica remake since I so hated the first one. But it turned out to [...]


links for 2007-06-10

MySpace: United Lending Network
When you take the advice of your agency… or perhaps because you didn’t hire one in the first place…
(tags: myspace marketing2.0)

Top-Ten Principles of Consumer-Generated Advertising Campaigns
My buddy Max posts another great article on MediaPost.com!
(tags: usergeneratedcontent advertising marketing2.0)


links for 2007-06-09

TED: Unveiling the genius of multi-touch interface design
Wow. When can I have one of these at home? (Thanks to Dax for the pointer)
(tags: technology)

Driving In Traffic Social Media Consulting - Services
(tags: socialmediaconsultancy)


Blog Birthday Today!

Three years ago today I posted the first blog post on CommunityGuy.com.

I’m taking a break from a client on-site session, which is good. Nobody likes a blubbering blogger talking about how proud he is of being part of a mini-revolution…


Rant: Online Etiquette Tips

OK folks, it’s that time again. Mr. Online Manners (you know, Jake) has a few helpful tips for engaging in the online interaction space.
Check Snopes.com before hitting send Before you forward any email that contains some seemingly serious issue to your entire address book, do a quick search on Snopes. It’s a fantastic [...]


links for 2007-06-05

museum loc: San Francisco, California, United States - Google Maps
See… this is why Google scares me…
(tags: google search humor)