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Re: When Your Children Suddenly Become High Schoolers

davidjacobs — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 22:44:42 -0000

Yup. Virginia is starting her Junior year and it freaks me out and makes me so sad to think she only has two more years and she is out of our house. Next summer we will be visiting colleges. Wow. Maybe it will be easier with the others but Virginia, the first one out, that's going to be hard.

Re: Today is a gift. Tomorrow is not promised.

davidjacobs — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 13:09:59 -0000

Entering a dangerous time, ie. winter. No doubt. Taking Fish Oil really does help if you get the winter blues. Best to everyone.

Re: Google Chromebook Updates Google I/O | BGR

davidjacobs — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:07:53 -0000

So, does Google want you to develop in Chrome Packaged Apps or Android? Are they confusing the issue here by making Android apps available or were Chrome Packaged Apps not getting enough traction? Funny they demo'ed Evernote, which has s very good web app, so what's the point?

Re: Buying Brand Loyalty Is Very Expensive

davidjacobs — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 12:20:25 -0000

But if I knew you were bought and paid for in your endorsement of a particular camera, would that water down the recommendation or would it be like any other celebrity endorsement? Are the rules different because you are from the social media world rather than the traditional media world? Are our expectations different for social media than they are for traditional media?

Re: The future of podcasting, 6 years later

davidjacobs — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 14:20:52 -0000

What gets me about this article is..... 10 years of podcasting. As someone who was there at the very beginning, wow., it doesn't seem that long. I was worried for awhile but it seems Podcasting is bumping around just fine.

Re: Baking and cooking with Splenda releases carcinogens into food

davidjacobs — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:21:05 -0000

This is a completely different discussion when you are a diabetic like me. We can't just go back to sugar or honey. Drinking coffee back, say what you want, but I hate it. Real sugar is as much, or more, of a poison for diabetics as potential hazards of sweeteners like Splenda. Yes I am sure we have over sweetened in general, but we also over salt as well. I think there is a human disposition to sweetness as well. Why does chocolate taste so good and it has for many, many years?

When you're a diabetic, you're dealing with a whole other set of circumstances and life becomes more complex I am sick of diabetics getting the short end of the stick. So much attention is paid to low fat, but so many foods purported to be healthy are loaded with sugar, which goes to your point, but as diabetics, we need viable options. This is bad and disappointing news in my opinion.

Re: Apple Raises Cellular Data Cap to 100 MB

davidjacobs — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 17:35:29 -0000

When are they going to increase the base amount of iCloud storage? 5Gig is an embarrassment.

Re: A content marketing trick you learned in elementary school

davidjacobs — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 19:23:25 -0000

Love this idea, but I cannot figure out what top level category we belong in. I am managing social media for MeetGreen. We provide sustainable meeting/conference services. Everything from the logistics and planning to the sustainability and carbon footprint of the conference.

Re: How a Photo From Africa Inspired Me to Make a Purchase From Austin

davidjacobs — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:28:41 -0000

And it doesn't stop there either, does it? There is a further domino effect downstream as now I am looking at this and I have always wanted a nice hammock. Now, Kammok is on my radar.

Re: My Grandfather’s Cameras

davidjacobs — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:24:17 -0000

I love antique tech so this was a real treat. Thanks for sharing.

Re: Brands Only Want to Date?

davidjacobs — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:27:01 -0000

Great post. I think it all about very short term thinking. This campaign and that campaign. You do the campaign and then it's over. That's fine for traditional media but in the social world, as you have pointed out, there is an opportunity to have an ongoing relationship. Shockingly many businesses are still not attune to the new social marketing realities. They are attempting to use the new tools but with the same old rules.

Re: Kony 2012

davidjacobs — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:49:17 -0000

Same with me. I had not seen the video and it was my daughter who came and said have you seen this yet? She changed her twitter and Facebook profile pic.

Usually she's only interested in trivial junk on tv being a newly minted teenager. I was glad to see her take on a real issue.

Re: The Slow Death of Flickr

davidjacobs — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:36:54 -0000

As an old school social media guy like you cc, it is very sad for me too see this. Yahoo took on some of the most loved social media properties and have wasted them away. Heck, even Yahoo itself was once so loved and is a pale shadow of it's former self. Time marches on and so does technology. Unfortunately, Yahoo has not been able to keep pace.

Re: Scripting News: Angry Birds on TV

davidjacobs — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:01:53 -0000

You know I really did not like that commercial at all. I thought it was confusing and not that funny. Breaking Bad, on the other hand, is a fresh splash of goodness in a sea of mediocrity.

Re: I’ve retired from “Community Management”, here’s why.

davidjacobs — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:51:01 -0000

On to the next one, on to the next one. You rock wherever you are dude.

Re: Call of the Open Road

davidjacobs — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:25:25 -0000

I hear you. After college, I had an idea to rent an rv and just travel around for a month before jumping into the working world. I didn't do it, but so wish I had. I have another idea to travel around in the summe or late fall and visit all the major and historic baseball stadiums.

Re: Are You One of The Crazies?

davidjacobs — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:38:59 -0000

Much as I love me some social media, I have to say when I get to go to an in person networking event, for example, it's like a dip in a cool pool on a hot summer afternoon. It's also good for washing off the social media stank when you meet new people;)

Re: 001 Hunger Games Podcast – Hunger Games Chapter 1

davidjacobs — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:06:09 -0000

Movie version will be released in 2012.

http://www.imdb.com/title/t...

Re: Where’s the Party

davidjacobs — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:24:40 -0000

Have we finally moved passed the time when record companies would seek to shut down these videos? Any kind of unlicensed music or lip syncing in the background used to be grounds for a video shut down.

I like the campfire metaphor. Built the campfire and turn no one away who wants to come and sit. Sometimes the campfire is built for you and all you need to do is stay out of the way. Amazing how many businesses are still shooting themselves in the foot trying to "protect" their content. If I am right I believe Kanye literally gave away half of this album on the Internet months before it's release anyway and it hasn't hurt a thing.

Re: I Always Wanted to Be an Artist

davidjacobs — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:27:31 -0000

An architect. I always liked to draw buildings. That or a travel writer as I loved to write and I loved to travel to new places. I also wanted to be a movie reviewer because I admired Rodger Ebert so much.

The greatest gift of the Internet is that it allows you to create in any form you are comfortable with. You can write or use audio, video and photos.

Re: Did Facebook Bring Us Email 2.0?

davidjacobs — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:49:53 -0000

I think it's messaging for what I call the 140 generation. It doesn't need to be an email killer because young people will kill email themselves over time. This is a slow play for Facebook, which is very smart. Sometimes you don't need to completely disrupt; just ride the wave.

Re: Hello, World.

davidjacobs — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:16:28 -0000

Its always nice to hear of an old timer like me who grew up on zork and command prompts. Kids todsy, they don't know how easy they have it.

Re: A Few Truths

davidjacobs — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:23:33 -0000

Great stuff CC. This one only works for parents but look deeply into your baby's/toddlers eyes; they're starting back at you and there is that connection going. Now tell me how important social media is.

Re: The BatchBook iPhone app is here!

davidjacobs — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:25:37 -0000

Yes, this is all very well and nice. Unfortunately all the cool kids have moved to Android. Android version please, or a much improved html 5 mobile version.

Thank You

Re: The BatchBook iPhone app is here!

davidjacobs — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:25:37 -0000

Yes, this is all very well and nice. Unfortunately all the cool kids have moved to Android. Android version please, or a much improved html 5 mobile version.

Thank You