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Re: SXSW PanelPicker

ScottyHendo — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 09:45:38 -0000

Brian and I have been exploring this topic since 2011, when we hosted a special gathering with OxFam in NYC. Two video links from that event:
1. https://www.youtube.com/wat...

2. https://www.youtube.com/wat...

More recently, we have been writing a chapter on this topic for an academic book that will equip natural disaster responders and public health professionals with better strategies, tactics, and tools.

Also, we each have been highly involved with SXSW programming over the past five years, including SXSW's first official cause initiative: WeCanEndThis. (https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Re: Why Do You Want To Connect? | Force of Good: a blog by Lance Weatherby

ScottyHendo — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:23:13 -0000

Glad you could use the phrase to spark a conversation about LinkedIn. Just wish the recommended connection prompt allowed for customized messages. I spend too much time playing "and how do I know you?"

Also, I have it from reliable sources the compliment was "master *craftsman* of social media" or at least that's what I read online.

Re: Different Approaches to How We Build the Atlanta Startup Ecosystem

ScottyHendo — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:42:15 -0000

I will violently agree with you, Johnson, on the importance of embracing the chaos of The Rainforest. But I do want to correct a misperception you have on our (not mine alone) recent efforts to gather various leaders within the ecosystem.

We haven't been to trying craft a single, monolithic vision. Rather, we have been seeking to forge a shared commitment to work as an ecosystem with as many visions as it wants to support. To do that, we are actively connecting voices who haven't been part of the conversation and need to be if we want Atlanta to grow stronger.

Yes, we've been asking "Are we as a community capable of a shared vision?", but that has been to frame the conversation and to give people something to react to. It is a question designed to provoke a response that you have made via this blog post.

Interestingly, this concept of thousands of visions operating in a wild ecosystem is a vision. By enlarging the network of people who share this perspective, a shared vision would be formed. Careful now.

Re: Trending in Midtown: #Hackathons

ScottyHendo — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:01:59 -0000

Sorry you had that experience, FCap. Not sure when you were here, but I do we've become more intentional with our space.

Since November, we've scheduled a robust calendar of events, organized monthly office hours with company reps from The Home Depot, Panasonic, etc., and have rearranged the space to foster more collaboration. The community that has emerged here at Hypepotamus goes out of its way to welcome new faces and find ways to connect them to people they might benefit from meeting.

Yes, we do have about 7 dedicated office spaces which 12 companies squeeze into, and everyone has an open door philosophy and lets others use their spaces when they're not around. All of these companies pay $0 to us and we offer them the chance to build their companies near each other so they can use what they'd be paying in rent to get traction in the market.

Next time you are in the area, feel free to reach out to us (updates@hypepotamus.com) and we'll make sure to connect you with people and companies that can be of help to you.

Re: Kickstarter and teaching economics to kids

ScottyHendo — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:29:04 -0000

I've been using FIFA 13 online marketplace on the PS3 to help teach my son economics, entrepreneurism, and business basics. He's a keen observer of market dynamics and has picked up on ways to find players and consumables at below market rates, then sell them for higher prices on the open market.

Re: Facebook Is Making Us Miserable

ScottyHendo — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:36:44 -0000

They're built with different defaults. Path is defaulted to privacy while FB is defaulted to public. You can reverse engineer FB but with limited effect.

Re: Facebook Is Making Us Miserable

ScottyHendo — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:08:23 -0000

It's no surprise to me that Facebook is draining people's emotions and energy. The main reason Facebook is having diminishing returns for people is because it's not focused on meeting key emotional needs of the individual. It's like going out to the big party to be seen and to see. You can only take so many party outings before you feel you're surrounded by everyone yet feeling so alone.

The latest release of Path (http://www.path.com) has set the new standard for social networks and is the most sustainable approach to social networking. [No disclaimer needed: I have no financial interest in it.]

Path's primary purpose is to serve as a personal journal of the moments you encounter (thoughts/location/photo/video/music). It limits you to just 150 friends - honoring Dunbar's number. What you decide to share with your inner circle on Path and what you decide to push to broader networks like FB, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare is up to you. The default is privacy.

One thing I find appealing about Path is the emotional feedback it gives. You can see the avatars of your friends who've viewed your updates, your friends can leave one of five emoticons on your updates, and you're friends can leave comments.

Because you're limited to 150 friends, you'll be more diligent on who you connect with on Path, which means those people who are interacting with you are most likely the people you're seeking social approval and acceptance, and feedback form. As Pareto's Principle holds that 20% of something generates 80% of output, this means Path allows you to focus your attention on the 20% of relationships that give you 80% of your emotional renewal.

I can go on longer, but think these are the most pertinent points. If you'd like more, you can read this more detailed exploration of Path here:
http://rallythecause.com/20...

Re: Can You Put Lipstick on a Path?

ScottyHendo — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:00:23 -0000

Nice quick draw post - you make solid points especially since you were just opening the new Path less than 12 hours ago. Beauty is more than skin deep though, Schneidermike.

Lest you forget, Path is built as a sustainable social network:http://rallythecause.com/20...

Or as Path says:Path was designed with the people you love, your close friends and family, in mind. Share in a trusted, intimate, environment like the dinner table at home.

Your lipstick and pig metaphor is off. I think an automotive metaphor is more apt. They've redesigned the body of a car that's built on a next-gen drivetrain and propulsion system designed for human nature, not technology limitations. It looks and rides beautifully now.

Now, the UI elegance matches the heart of Path. I want to share different things with different people. Path gives me the ability to do so with these concepts baked into the DNA, not reverse engineered like Facebook.

Path meets a major need I have: an elegant mobile app that makes it easy for me to share with a select group of people what's happening in my life and, when desired, with wider networks of people.

Take some time to dig a little deeper into the values and philosophy of Path by visiting their About page (https://www.path.com/about) and you'll also gain a better appreciation for the other strategic advantages Path has:
+ Mobile-centric
+ Privacy as default - forever
+ Ability to push out to three wider networks when desired (this will spur adoption, a la Instragram, etc.)
+ Ability to share most prevalent social content (photos, videos, location, music & thoughts)
+ See who's "listening", not just commenting

These two are what I think gives Path a major advantage:

"Smart -Path should learn about you as time goes on. It should help you see interesting patterns in your life, and the lives of your loved ones. It should learn to write itself, and require less effort from you over time."

"Automatic - Path learns about you and automatically posts when you go to a different neighborhood or city. More posts in your Path, without your effort."

Please hear my cry, oh Internet Gods, make it easy for me to share my life without having to always be documenting it! I want to be in the movie, not have to direct and edit it, too.

Now, I wish, as Anne Mai Bertelsen (@annemai) said on Twitter that these social networks would begin to market themselves like housing developers market their communities - as ecosystems that meet human needs.

Re: A Manifesto For Free Radicals: Less Paperwork, Less Waiting, More Action

ScottyHendo — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:38:52 -0000

This resonates with my experiences bringing the corporate and cause sectors together - there's no better way to go big by making yourself very small. Just shared this here:
http://rallythecause.com/20...

Re: Endings and Beginnings

ScottyHendo — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:32:54 -0000

I have enjoyed hearing you speak at Share Our Strength events (and others). Your third generation leadership has broken new ground and helped set an example for other corporations to follow.

What is next for you? How will you continue to advance this philosophy/practice now that you don't have the mantle of CEO?

Re: Why Spotify Will Kill iTunes

ScottyHendo — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:20:18 -0000

While I think this article is a bit weak in its argument, I do agree that the mobile music space is waiting for someone to get it right. Spotify is enjoying great attention now doing what, Rhapsody and Rdio have already been doing. It's going to take more than just provide access to music. To the author's point, what's the job to be done?

What about giving the user music to fit the location and context he/she is in? My team has been working with another new player that believes in the emotional connection between music and locations. In the coming weeks, Raditaz is launching its newest online version, which will allow users to create stations based on a specific location (work, home, commute) and add greater context using tagging. Updated Android and iPhone apps will follow. More context and ideas can be found here http://explore.raditaz.comThat type of offering meets a different need than Spotify or iTunes does right now. The company who figures out these news jobs-to-do made possible by mobile tech will be one that thrives. And it will be multiple players, not just one dominant.

Re: Very Closely Watching the First Family Watch TV - Politics - The Atlantic Wire

ScottyHendo — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:18:53 -0000

The "cell phone" in #2 looks more like a Flip camera.

Re: Technologies Don’t Go Extinct

ScottyHendo — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:35:53 -0000

Your point about technology persistence keeps coming back to my mind as I listen to the BBC podcast series A History of the World in 100 Objects:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahisto...

Quite a fascinating way of looking at human history - have you come across it yet?

Re: Multiplexing vs Multitasking

ScottyHendo — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:31:35 -0000

Another example of multiplexing is doodling while listening - this has been shown to increase memory retention of the information shared. At what point does one cross the line between -plex and -task?

Re: Street Food Trucks

ScottyHendo — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:05:18 -0000

Yes, the business model doesn't fit nicely in most existing municipality codes. The codes will change because of the economic benefit they'll bring.

And food lovers will enjoy the higher density cluster of food options they will spur - cars, trucks & restaurants.

Re: Street Food Trucks

ScottyHendo — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:02:05 -0000

Food trucks are on the rise and are encountering different obstacles in different locales. Business licensing, health codes and consumer habits each play a role. But that's changing, especially with companies like Jack in the Box getting into the food truck business.

I attribute their recent growth to the confluence of the tight credit market and gourmet/local slow food movement. Clover Food truck in Cambridge, MA & South Station in Boston came about because the tight credit market made it impossible to get the capital for his new traditional restaurant. Instead, he opened the truck, expanded to a second and is new opening that traditional spot.

Food trucks are definitely trending. When I published this post about this year's SXSW and how food trucks could be a model for social innovators, it became the highest trafficked blog post this year - due mainly in part to being picked up by WordPress's Freshly Pressed.
http://rallythecause.com/20...

People are passionate about their favorite food trucks. I expect this to became even a bigger trend and welcome the creativity it represents. For sure, when I travel the country and the globe, I seek out great food carts and trucks. It's one of the best ways to understand and experience the local culture. Every town and country has a street food they're proud of - Amsterdam's herring sandwich or Strupwaffel, for example.

Re: We’re Living In The Dark Ages Of Social Media

ScottyHendo — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:31:39 -0000

I find it ironic your post generated 22 retweets, but only one previous comment in its first.

Being a history enthusiast and having grown up on the prairie, I view the social media crowd as a boomtown of the Manifest Destiny era. It's a new frontier offering opportunity to those who were previously fenced in, as well as those who have large interests in the status quo.

One thing that is interesting to me about social media is how individuals can now project their controlled, desired image to the rest of the world without ever meeting them in person. This has opened the boomtown up to anyone with Internet connection, computer, and inexpensive handheld devices. In someways, this boomtown has allowed for them to create or recreate their image, much like individuals back East loaded up the wagon and moved West to start their life anew.

it still frustrates me how the web's voracious appetite rewards those who produce content regularly - despite it's rather inferior quality. But, Scott Belsky from Behance helped me understand why when I heard him speak about his book "Make It Happen". The equation is Creativity x Organization = Impact. Discipline and execution is equally weighted to quality of ideas.

He cites Thomas Kinkade and James Patterson has examples of critically panned, commercially successes. That helps me understand why those who blog everyday and invest consistent energy to social media can amass quite the audience, even if they're just pumping out watered down lists.

I agree that we need to focus on encouraging an integration of social media into the organizational culture and encourage adoption throughout the team. To me, social media is the modern version of "alternative rock" - the standalone will disappear from the vernacular when the function becomes integrated.

Re: wecanendthis.com A living community ideation lab to end hunger

ScottyHendo — Wed, 05 May 2010 08:46:29 -0000

We were glad to have you part of the SXSW CauseLab, helping lead the shift. Thanks for the great synopsis of your group's work and ideas. We're excited about the quality of game-changing ideas coming from the in-person event. Now, we're inviting everyone to share their ideas with us, too, and we'll award $1,000 to the best one submitted by May 31. (http://www.wecanendthis.com...

I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next.

Re: RIP Social Media Expert, c. 2010

ScottyHendo — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:32:26 -0000

You are exactly right - the finish line of success is different for each person. The past couple years of the social media gold rush has deluded people into believing follower count, daily blog posts, and conference gigs were the metrics of success. I'm glad to seeing a maturation happening in this space with those false metrics falling away as the core accountability metrics (create more leads, retain more clients, generate more sales, etc.) reassert themselves as the numbers that really matter.

Re: Social Media + Cause Marketing: Please Stand Out from the Crowd

ScottyHendo — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:16:42 -0000

It's amazing how powerful a sincere, customized ask can make. The ability to "Click All" can throw cold water on any effort.

Re: Social Media + Cause Marketing: Please Stand Out from the Crowd

ScottyHendo — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:14:39 -0000

For a small amount of effort and resources, companies of any size can make a difference while creating more revenues.

Re: Social Media + Cause Marketing: Please Stand Out from the Crowd

ScottyHendo — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:11:48 -0000

You're right - it's more powerful when the actions come from an internal desire to make a difference thru commerce.

Re: Social Media + Cause Marketing: Please Stand Out from the Crowd

ScottyHendo — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:10:24 -0000

You're right - charities need to mentally place themselves on equal footing and not subjugate their interests/needs.

Re: Social Media and Hip-Hop

ScottyHendo — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:16:18 -0000

Don:
Public Enemy stands out in my mind as an example of the ends of the spectrum. Chuck D was a man of substance laying down rhymes with power and insight, while Flavor Flav focused on the hype. And we know what happened to Flavor Flav post-Public Enemy.

So whose path would you rather follow? I'll take Chuck D any day.

Re: Please Stop The Content Regurgitation

ScottyHendo — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:43:16 -0000

Well said. It's not about copying and pasting everything. Great speakers and writers can focus on the same theme their entire life and never say the same thing twice.