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Re: IowaBiz Shows Bad Form in Attempt to Silence Conversation

benstone — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:48:13 -0000

I read the Iowa Biz bloggers fairly regularly and have commented in the past but I comment a lot less than I would because of the moderation. From the commenter side, the moderation makes the process feel like I am being judged worthy of publication. That's a sucky feeling in social media and should be avoided if at all possible. There are tons of technology solution to address comment spam concerns - why not use one??

Side note to Drew: If an advertiser is that afraid of comment spammers, should they be advertising in a blog environment? You can't really have it both ways: Either accept the risk inherent in a social environment, or go somewhere more broadcast-y and control the entire message. Coming into the blog space with expectations of message control seems like a half measure.

Re: Could You Help Me With a Project

benstone — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:04:08 -0000

Great job - I enjoyed your (very seasonal) Poem.

Re: Review: A Million Miles In A Thousand Years - Justin Gerhardt

benstone — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:39:35 -0000

I am at a cross roads much like you describe Mr Miller faced at the beginning of his journey. it sounds like I could use this book as a guide to his guide to recreate my life like a great story. That sounds very Meta but it makes sense in you think for just a second. I also love a good yarn and would eat this book up and then give it away so others can eat it up.

Ben Stone

Re: Enough With The Social Media Guru Attacks

benstone — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:44:08 -0000

Amen Jason - I posted pretty much the same rant: http://www.rpoconsulting.co...

One point no one accounts for that pretty much shows that the folks trying to dog pile on the fake experts are just doing it to burnish their own cred: Anyone gullible enough to buy snake oil social media solutions is extremely unlikely to be reading this "inside baseball" bitch-fest.

Re: Not Rocket Science

benstone — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:02:13 -0000

My friend and fellow rabble-rouser Joe Gerstandt (http://www.ourtimetoact.com/) uses the line "It's not rocket science, it's harder than that because it's about humans" when referencing his diversity work. I love the line so much I borrowed for my social networking work.

If you know an IT wizard who could code the crap out of any of the platforms we use but just doesn't get how to connect to the humans who use the platform, you understand this statement.

Re: Not Rocket Science

benstone — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:58:23 -0000

A good friend and great speaker, Joe Gerstandt (http://www.ourtimetoact.com/), uses the line "It's not rocket science, it's harder because it's about people" when referencing his diversity work. I like it and have adopted the line for my work in Social Networking.

For proof of this statement, look no further than you local tech wizard. Most Uber-geeks I know could create and tweak the code that runs the social media platforms, but can't understand how to engage other people on those same platforms.

Re: Iowa entrepreneurs need micro-funding

benstone — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:28:41 -0000

I wonder what kind of pay back arrangement the Awesome Foundation has? It would be kinda cool to have the companies that end up succeeding at a high level pay back into the program to have more money for other programs.