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Re: No one actually “follows” 2,000 people

Parker — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:31:29 -0000

I think that David Jones said it best a few months ago: "Anyone who has time to follow more than 300 people needs a job"

and @gangles - interesting point. I hadn't thought of that!

Re: Personal note: A job change for yours truly

Parker — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:48:01 -0000

"Some attempts will fail," you wrote.
That's great - if you weren't trying new and innovative things for the paper, everything would pass. You can't experiment without some chance of failure.

Good luck with this, Mathew. I know you're the man for the job,a nd I look forward to continuing to read the Globe and Mail.

Re: What I Learned While Being Beaten By Sticks

Parker — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:33:41 -0000

First time visiting your site, and great to see that you are a fellow lacrosse player.
I'd like to add #11 - sometimes the best thing you can do is lay someone out with a huge, open field hit near a ground ball. You might be penalized, but it will do wonders for your team's morale (and you might not get this, as I've seen the way Americans shy away from big hits).

Re: tumbleona.

Parker — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:21:43 -0000

Good pics...mine are mostly the same, except I'm going with Evans instead of Griffin.

Re: The Four I's of Social Media | danny brown

Parker — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:36:20 -0000

Hey Danny -

Great post, and it reminds me of one I wrote a few weeks ago called The 4M Theory of Social Media Releases ( cli.gs/4mtheory ). I think that the two strategies are complimentary, and I'm probably going to spend some time today thinking about yours.

I definitely like Invest and Interact on your list - I'm going to start using those words instead of the cheesy phrase "put the 'social' in social media."

Re: The Four I's of Social Media | danny brown

Parker — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:36:50 -0000

Sorry - that link should be active at http://cli.gs/4mtheory

Re: TEDx Toronto: New Media vs. Old Media

Parker — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:52:06 -0000

Crikey...its been a while since I've clicked through from your RSS feed to read one of your posts on your blog. With that embedded slideshow, other assorted widgets and doo-dahs you've got here it is like a MySpace page.

Anyways, I'm mostly here to say that I like the presentation, and regret that I couldn't actually see it live. As I mentioned to you earlier, I'm putting the finishing touches on a presentation titled "Everything I need to know about Social Media I learned from the Globe and Mail" and it touches on many of the same points.

Re: Be an agent of change in the newsroom

Parker — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:49:59 -0000

Hi Mathew -

As I mentioned before, I'm putting together a presentation called about Social Media/The Globe and Mail. One of the points that I make near the end isn't one directly pulled from the Globe's work, but echoes your last paragraph here: Forget case studies, forget best practices, just go out and do something new and interesting.

Cheers,
-Parker

Re: I love snowboarding

Parker — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:39:37 -0000

Wicked photo, man - that snow looks amazing.