Similar to earlier decades discussions about television in general and video games, the new "social attention distraction", SAD conversation, is around online social networking. Thank you Congressman Anthony Weiner for lending to this conversation. WHAT a colossal ---- social attention distraction --- in that spectacle. Online social networking is like eating potato chips: most people [...]

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Recently I participated on a panel at a symposium at a local university. The topic, "Online Social Networking: More or Less Connected." The opportunity came about because of someone I first met on LinkedIn. Then, we opened that virtual door to real conversations and meetings. In preparing for questions, I thought someone might ask, "How [...]

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As introverts we want to be only so self-revealing. Yet we know, relationships require some; the ones you want to be, I–know-you-and-you-know-me kind. The LIKE factor on FaceBook can be one way to establish a relationship without having to endure a energy drain. And if your marketing strategy has anything to do with online then [...]

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Just like you, I'm one of a kind. I think that is part of the reason so much of the marketing online chatter is sounding like geese cackling. "You can get that incomparable success factor you want by:"

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