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Re: What’s Your iPhone App Idea?

Morriss Partee — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:23:18 -0000

With the new built-in GPS, it seems rather obvious to me that we should have something that works like Britekite, except that it checks in automatically, no matter where you are, and perhaps even leaves a trail of where you and your friends have recently been on the map. :) Also, it should incorporate Dopplr and TripIt functionality and let you know when you are near friends and also when you're going to be near friends.

Re: Towels for Everyone

Morriss Partee — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:18:52 -0000

wow. what an amazing amount of work went into that short bit of hilarity.

Re: News about Jason and Wesabe

Morriss Partee — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:45:51 -0000

Best wishes to Jason, his son, and family, and to the Wesabe family too.

Re: The first Microsoft Seinfeld ad

Morriss Partee — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:43:17 -0000

Funny and entertaining ad but does nothing for enhancing Windows' image.

Re: Blogcamps and participatory culture

Morriss Partee — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:35:35 -0000

If the event you envision is more about all social media avenues than just blogging, you may want to consider making it a PodCamp. There have been many successful podcamps held worldwide at this point: http://podcamp.pbwiki.com/

Re: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

Morriss Partee — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:27:53 -0000

Hi Chris,

I don't know how much feedback you got on this analogy, but I agree with Susan it is ASTOUNDING! I really dig it, and here's why: We're used to hearing and saying things like "when I was a kid, pizza hadn't even been invented yet." Your superhero analogy, brought those type of statement to life in a very immediate way, and is especially relevant to us today who grew up with superheroes. Fantastic job coming up with that. What a great message - we each have superhero powers now, it's up to us to put them to good use.

Re: How Twitter Will be Worth $1.5 Billion by Next Year

Morriss Partee — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:50:46 -0000

Hi Nate, interesting thought. However, in regards to machine language, I HATE Twitter's direct messaging. It's a TOTAL pain in the rear end, especially on mobile devices, to start a tweet with "d innonate hi" followed by your message. At least using Hahlo, you can direct message someone who has recently tweeted with just two clicks. MUCH easier. If payments can be made with two clicks rather than 14+ taps, well then we're talking.

Re: Dating Tips That Work (From 1950) | The Art of Manliness

Morriss Partee — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:38:52 -0000

Weenie roasts sure are swell!

Re: I’m gonna be a daddy - again!

Morriss Partee — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:13:57 -0000

Congratulations on that! Happy, joyous news!

Re: How To Win Buy In For Social Media | Social Media Explorer

Morriss Partee — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:21:08 -0000

First of all, I arrived here from a retweet from @GSnyder: RT @michaelgass: How To Win "Buy-In" For Social Media ... it isn’t about the tools http://tinyurl.com/5kyjxe

Secondly, I completely agree. Many executives don't see the value of social media or social networking sites, and may actively block Facebook its brethren as time wasters.... until THEY themselves get on Facebook and start experiencing the magic of connecting with dozens of old friends, near and far. THEN all of a sudden they "get" social media.

So YES, don't talk to them about it, GET THEM USING it.

@Susan Murphy: Instead of social media, use "customer engagement."

Re: The Circle Story

Morriss Partee — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:33:14 -0000

@Whitney and Dave: Wonderful idea. How about if one track were devoted to this style of sessions?

Re: As PodCamp Evolves

Morriss Partee — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:43:08 -0000

Hi Chris,

It was great to meet you at PodCamp Boston, and best wishes in your future endeavors.

I think that more smaller local PodCamps or SocialMediaCamps (not nearly as catchy a name) are the way to go. That's why Tish Grier (Constant Observer), Jaclyn Stevenson (WriterJax, TravelJax), and I are going to see if we can get PodCamp WesternMass off the ground for the Spring, and bring together isolated pockets of bloggers and business people who may not be familiar with the revolution that is ongoing.

Re: Marketing is NOT Social Media-Social Media is NOT Marketing

Morriss Partee — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:55:10 -0000

Chris, very interesting post. A lot of this comes down to definitions and attitudes. "Marketing" in its pure sense, means bringing together a company with those who want its products or services. Marketing became a wide-spread phenomenon throughout the late '80 and 90s, as advertising was diminishing and becoming less effective. But in many cases, the word "marketing" was hijacked by advertising-type people, and we got the ugly phrase "marketing at". This is very similar to the way "business development" replaced "sales" for most companies, and for most people, the two are now synonymous.

All this goes back to the amazing prescience of Cluetrain and "markets are conversations."

Re: Workflow- Social Media for Marketers

Morriss Partee — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:02:24 -0000

@seeking_balance: I'm so glad you commented here. I'm heading out to Vancouver in a few weeks (for BarCampBank BC on Sept 20&21 - hi Shari!), and am looking to put together my schedule of things to do. Because of your comment here, I now have Grouse Mountain ziplining on my list.

Moral of this story: You never know where the connections will be made!

Re: What are Some Social Media Marketing Best Practices

Morriss Partee — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:51:47 -0000

One thing for all social media marketers to keep in mind is to make sure that everything links to everything else. You never now where or what of your many social media efforts is going to connect with someone, so make sure that you are giving them the links to go where you want them to go. Make sure your Flickr photos link back to your blog, that your Twitter profile has a link back to your main site, etc.

Re: Thinking About Trust Agents

Morriss Partee — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:08:04 -0000

The problem here is that trust is developed one relationship at a time. As people are demonstrating by their comments here, people place different levels of trust in different people. You can't make a blanket statement like "Oprah is a trust agent." Some people don't trust her, some people trust her somewhat, and others trust her with their lives. For any person or company you name, different people will hold different levels of trust with them based not only on their experience to date, but with how much that person/company resonates with them on a personal level.

Re: Five Ways to Connect and Add Value

Morriss Partee — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:57:25 -0000

Timeless principles which always are worth mention and freshening with today's new tools.

I was introduced to Crowdvine a few months ago; it's a nifty little free resource you can add to any event to help people connect before, during and after an event.

Re: Web 2.0- Was It Ever Alive?

Morriss Partee — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:51:56 -0000

In terms of terminology, I'd like to point out that kids today aren't growing up with the term "social media" or "web 2.0" to talk about these tools and this new web-enabled environment. For college-aged kids and younger, this environment that WE call social media or web 2.0, simply "IS". Please understand that they take being able to hop on the web, being able to instantly communicate with all of their friends via cell phone, SMS, twitter, FB, MySpace, share opinions with friends through sites like Yelp, TravelAdvisor and so on, for granted.

It doesn't matter what we call it, the fact is that it is always-on, on-demand, ubiquitous, and that the younger folks take it for granted that they can tap into whenever they need or want to, free and easily, and on their terms. Companies that are facilitating this will continue to prosper, because business success is the result of helping/serving people. Of course we have to create revenue that sustains the business. That's the tricky part that web 2.0 doesn't solve on its own. But there are new ways of doing business out there, and we need to dive into this world and understand it so that we can figure it out. You can't figure it out from the sidelines.

I also agree that this is the natural and logical evolution of the web, people, and communications. I liken it to where TV was in 1946. I'm not sure that the TV biz had a revenue model or could foresee 98% penetration in households, but I feel like that is where we are with this new-fangled World 2.0/social media/networking/blogotwittersphere contraption thingy.

I've also never been one to worry about "mainstream" adoption. People and businesses will discover their own uses and needs for these tools when THEY are ready for them. I think our job is to educate, and let people and organizations decide for themselves if they see a value or purpose for them. Instead of wringing our hands about it, proponents, educators, and consultants should be thinking about better ways to convey or demonstrate what is going on to people who aren't there yet. The key word being "yet."

Re: Audience GPS Monkey- Presentation Tips from Gopal Shenoy

Morriss Partee — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:07:35 -0000

Fantastic points, delivered effectively. I highly recommend that from here, people check out Garr Reynolds fantastic blog on presentations, Presentation Zen. One of my favorite Presentation Zen posts is the one where he gives us some video clips of Presentation humor. I can't believe there's a stand-up comic (Don McMillan) who makes an audience roar with laughter over bad Powerpoints. But more seriously, Garr sheds light on a variety of great speakers and analyzes their styles so that we can develop our own. Combine Presentation Zen with Made to Stick, and you've got the principles for successful presentations.

Re: Drop Everything- Run to LinkedIn NOW

Morriss Partee — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:55:03 -0000

Hmmmm. Does it make sense for LinkedIn to integrate with Brightkite for up-to-the-second location info, or is that overkill for business purposes?

Re: Shut Up- You're Helping the Customer!

Morriss Partee — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:19:14 -0000

What happens if we take out the phrase "social media" and replace it with "Customer Engagement". Chris uses essentially this terminology within the description, but then ends the piece with "Shiny social media pie all around." Does it make a difference? Can these terms be used interchangeably?

As shocking as it is to me and others here, the word "blog" is still a four-letter word in certain circles. (I know, I know, hard to believe, but true.) However, if the same concept is framed as an easy-to-update web page, all of a sudden it seems like the most natural thing to do. So if instead of framing it as "social media", we framed it as "customer engagement" would that work or help to get better buy-in from the rest of the organization?

I don't have the answer, just throwing the question out there.

One other question not clear from the description: Were the customers clamoring for Bob because he was Bob or because he was *any* representative from the company that they were curious about? No matter which is the answer, the company should be beyond thrilled that they have customers who are this interested in them and their products.

Re: There Are No Experts in Social Media

Morriss Partee — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:17:59 -0000

This crazy web/social world is changing so fast, and growing so exponentially, that it's already fracturing into different sub-specialties. No one can be on top of every single one of them. I think this is because the web-enabled, connected world is pervading all aspects of our current lives, which is quite diverse.

Here's a cool chart that can be useful for seeing the current categories, and already the impossibility of being an expert at all of them. Of course I give it 6 months before it looks completely outdated. ;)

Re: There Are No Experts in Social Media

Morriss Partee — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:21:28 -0000

My advice is to try to pick one area of social media to specialize in, and have a general knowledge of the rest of the space. Then use your social media contacts to the find the right guru for a specific piece of the puzzle when needed. I mean, if you tweeted "Anyone in here know of, or is a twitter/blog/podcasting/presenting/videocasting/fill-in-the-blank expert?" you'd probably get a deluge of response.

Re: So much for the city of Brotherly Love!

Morriss Partee — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:02:23 -0000

Hey Robbie,

I am so sorry you took USAir through Philly.... it's one of the grossest airports I've been through. It's run down, grimy, and things just have the feel that they are falling apart. Everyone who works in that airport is just going through the motions. They are there just because they need a job... that's the feel of it anyway. I often have opportunities to fly through Philly because USAir is in United's alliance... and I try to avoid it whenever possible.

Have fun in beantown!
Morriss

Re: So much for the city of Brotherly Love!

Morriss Partee — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:27:29 -0000

On the other hand, the title of this post is a bit harsh; I was just in Philly on Friday, and the downtown area of Center City is really quite lovely. Looks like a lot of revitalization going on in the Philadelphia core.

Re: Class differences in MySpace and Facebook

Morriss Partee — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:09:18 -0000

Very good article! Thanks for sharing.

Re: My recent CUES article

Morriss Partee — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:55:27 -0000

Hey Robbie! I'm sorry I missed the BankBarCamp, but hope to meet you in the future. Congrats on the CUES article! I saw that earlier today. Good stuff!

Re: CU Posts for Website Redesign on Blog

Morriss Partee — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:35:10 -0000

Hey Robbie!

I used EverythingCU's Find Credit Union feature to figure out which CU this is. But I'm really embarrased for them for putting out this web design bid. Three things make me cringe: Firstly, Flash is not the programming language they want to use to control promos appearing on their site. Secondly, no decent web design firm will build what they are asking for $1000. I guess they are hoping to find a kid fresh out of high school looking to break into web programming. Thirdly, several elements of the project are so vague that I don't see how any firm could intelligently bid for it as it currently stands.

Also, this CU already has a web site. This is a large CU with 75 employees and more than $100M in assets. So I don't see how it's a matter of getting them up and running. But best of luck to them! I'm sure they'll find someone to give it a shot!

Re: WCUL 007 Part Deux

Morriss Partee — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:10:42 -0000

Hey Robbie! Great meeting you in person at last! It was great hanging with you. Looking forward to next time.

Re: WCUL 007 Part Deux

Morriss Partee — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:53:34 -0000

Waaaaaazzzzzzzabe!

Re: WCUL 007 Part Deux

Morriss Partee — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:54:54 -0000

It's only teenage wasteland! Oh yea, it's only teenage wasteland....

Re: Dinosaurs teaching finance

Morriss Partee — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:57:39 -0000

What's wrong with that as an investment goal anyway? I don't get why this is funny at all. ;) he he! wink wink nudge nudge

Re: Simple and Clean

Morriss Partee — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:40:10 -0000

I completely agree with Robbie and disagree with Mike... there is no reason why a credit union web site can't be designed to be elegant, uncluttered, and easy to navigate. We kept Henrico FCU's site pretty clean: http://www.henricofcu.org/

Re: No, you can’t know what movies I watch!

Morriss Partee — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:54:45 -0000

Robbie, great post. It's all about consent. With Flixster on facebook, people are explicitly sharing their movie reviews, what upcoming movies they want to watch, etc. With Movie Clique, does the user have control over what information is being shared? If the info is voluntarily being given, how can someone sue them? Privacy, and control over that privacy is the foundation for lawsuit-free happiness.

Re: Which BarCampBank?

Morriss Partee — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:56:27 -0000

I think it's quite wonderful that there are going to be the two of them. So I think it's simply, which are you closer to? Go to that one. If they are pretty much of equal traveling distance, go to the one which has more of the people you are interested in meeting or hearing speak. Or be like me and do both. ;)

On the other hand, if we want to drum up some pub for them, we should artifically create a contest or fight between the two of them. Cause with all the winning going on in New England with the Red Sox, Patriots, and now Celtics, we're gonna win any BarCampBank fight! ;)

Re: When user generated content goes bad

Morriss Partee — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:27:53 -0000

Robbie, this article does indeed raise some very interesting legal questions about who is responsible for UGC. However, I don't think this particular lawsuit is going to go very far since I think it's simply factual that Quizno's subs have more meat than Subway. Don't you think? I just love the hilarious and creative ways that their fans came up with to get the point across. It's only libel if it's not true.

Re: Forum’s 2008 Partnership Symposium

Morriss Partee — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:33:28 -0000

I fully expect Ron to Shevlinate™ every speaker at least once. He won't feel he's done his job unless he does that. I feel that I got off lucky that I was Shevlinated™ only once (I think) during a two hour lunch with Ron. Congrats on getting the spot in the line up!

Re: Tough decision with cublogs.org

Morriss Partee — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:53:59 -0000

Robbie - I never understood the value proposition of cublogs. Wordpress is free. What exactly is the benefit for a CU to start a blog on cublogs vs directly with wordpress? What would I get with cublogs that I wouldn't get on wordpress directly?

Re: Tough decision with cublogs.org

Morriss Partee — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:44:29 -0000

Thanks for the clarification! Interestingly, I think you are simply ahead of your time with this. I've been blogging for just over two years now, and have never checked out what WordPress plugins could do for me. So what are some of the plugins? What cool bloggity things can I do with them?

Re: Crazy week at the GAC!

Morriss Partee — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:19:14 -0000

Darn it, I didn't see the monster! Where, where was it? Oh well, I'll have to look for it next year.

Re: I thought I’d leave the rain in Oregon

Morriss Partee — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:26:46 -0000

Hey Kirk,

Indeed Robbie was slacking as usual. Here's my take on one of the sessions of BCBSF. Robbie was there; you can see him in the first picture on that entry.

Re: Visual and Creative Thinking

Morriss Partee — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:54:08 -0000

Good stuff! Thanks for sharing! Makes me want to see the actual presentation that goes with these visuals, but gets the point across as a stand-alone.

Re: I lost a little respect

Morriss Partee — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:40:56 -0000

I was nearly okay with this video until 7 minutes in, and Scoble starts tweeting via his laptop. yeeeeeeeesh. how rude. CLICK CLACK CLACKETY CLICK CLICK CLICK CLACK. What did you say again? Robert, could you type a little LOUDER please? I can't make out what you are typing while YOUR GUEST talks!

Re: Buy me a car

Morriss Partee — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:43:21 -0000

Occasionally, I have to pimp EverythingCU, and I will do so now by mentioning that there is currently some heated debate going on there about the marketing pros and cons for CUs to wrap their employee's vehicles.

Re: Credit Unions on Facebook

Morriss Partee — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:33:19 -0000

On EverythingCU, folks are reporting that they are having success using targeted, local ads on Facebook itself, which are inexpensive.

http://www.everythingcu.com/discussion/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewtopic&DiscussionTopicID=9700

Re: My last day and first week

Morriss Partee — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:23:43 -0000

Looking forward to learning about your new projects, and I'll most likely see you at GAC...

Re: Face wipes

Morriss Partee — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:26:52 -0000

Focus groups, too, can often uncover little things that a CU does (or has stopped doing) that members really care about. Sometimes small changes can have a large positive impact. But everything I've heard about ethnographic research is excellent, and I'd love to learn more about it.

Re: Young & Free Texas - BLOG - Tag your Flickr photos YoungFreeTexas

Morriss Partee — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:38:53 -0000

Awwwwwww shucks, 'twas nothing. Just saw a beautiful sunset while visiting my dad and family in Rockwall, grabbed my camera and pulled the trigger. I tagged it YoungFreeTexas cause I saw that I could on this site! BTW, did you know that you can tag other peoples' photos on Flickr unless they disallow it? So if you are browsing Flickr, and see a photo that represents youth in Texas, tag it YoungFreeTexas!

Re: From Here to Tweet-ternity

Morriss Partee — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:50:01 -0000

Good thing you are in California and have nice weather (most of the time). In New England, if you need to sneak outside during the winter, you'd better bundle up and make it a short drag! ;)

Fun post; honored to be on your list!

Re: In Case of Emergency

Morriss Partee — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:06:44 -0000

I think I've gotten my knee stuck in places like that before. One thing to keep in mind if that ever happens again is that the knee changes width depending on how much it is flexed - more flex equals wider knee, which can be a big reason why it will go in and then not want to come back out. So trying to straighten the knee should also help it come back out.

But anyway, this is a great post, very well written, and I think so popular because everyone can relate! (Well, everyone who owns a knee or two anyway.)

And sorry to learn about your son. I can't imagine how tough that must be as a parent.