John McElhenney .010

A swift and agressive Facebook departure might not signal the end of the dot com bubble v 2.o, but the beginning of real growth and real potential to do it better. And you know the tech teams at Google and Pinterest are watching the current stock crisis and legal morass with hungry eyes.

And tonight when she came by to pick up the kids, there was absolutely nothing between us. I was thrilled to be less than interested. We exchanged pleasantries and not a single shard of pain.

Where do you connect? How do you sort through all the possibilities to recognize a face and put it with a name? The augmented reality of the web and the web-enabled phone have made the game much more challenging and complex.

But the bottom line is, I’m surviving. I’ve cut back to the bare basics. And today I’ve still got nothing. I can’t take my kids to the movies tonight. And the groceries in the fridge are what we’ve got until they go back to their mom’s on Monday. And IT IS OKAY. It’s not fun, but it’s workable. The clients will pay, the credit cards will eventually get back on a payment plan, and the ex-y will get her full legally awarded child support.

So, take heart, you can go from what ever degree you just earned and get into communications and it will help every presentation, every email, every contract you have to write from here on out. AND if you are so inclined, Social Media is pretty much based on writing. If you can WRITE, and write well, you have a head start over everyone else, regardless of your degree or desired specialty.

When I stopped generating the closeness in our relationship, when I stopped reaching out, there was nothing. And it wasn’t just when she was actually mad at me about something. It was simply a general fact, and maybe one that I had overlooked and compensated for for many years, but she wasn’t that good at closeness.

BOTTOMLINE: Pinterest, thanks for the wakeup call. People like sharing photos and Facebook is too cumbersome to do that simply. I don’t want everyone IN my Face-book. Follow my PINS sure. // What’s next for Pinterest? Unknown. // What’s next for NEXT-PIN sites? Sky’s the limit.

I can’t tell you much about what the iPhone 5 will look like. I can’t tell you anything about how it’s going to “Think Different.” What I can tell you is, “It’s going to be different in a way that surprises us all. And the biggest surprise is going to be on the other manufacturers and the workload ahead. Question: “How is that Android version of Siri coming? I can’t remember the cute name?

I’m pretty sure Hallmark has no clue who I am or what I care about. So I think we need to get back into the tradition of kids and make our own. I’m using the latest tools PowerPoint and Google. It’s the thought that counts. Enjoy.

I think I’ll give my business to Constant Contact. At least they’re open for business. And I already know how much they are going to charge me. I’ll just tell my client that Exact Target was too expensive. Unless I hear from them before Monday. [What are the odds?]

Don’t be an “expert.” Be a “student.” Even black belt’s need a master. And keep the beginner’s mind in everything you do.

Social business takes the foundation of social media and begins to build new economic models on top of it. - David Armano on what defines “Social Business

I was disoriented and unprepared to begin talking about my ex-wife. There was none of the newly-married fascination that comes with referring to someone as “my wife.” Do you refer to her by her name? Do you call her my ex? Or my ex-wife? Or on good days, “the mother or my children?” I actually prefer “their mom.

So six months ago, negotiated our final close of business. And now we are free to date, love, enjoy. And as she has been in this entire process, she’s still just a few steps ahead of me.

Why did Facebook buy Instagram? And how did Hipstamatic lose the first-strike advantage by being too good at simulating an old camera. And what about all these other apps? Can’t we just use our regular camera and then use Instagram to mess it up once we’ve captured what we want?

What was critically important for me was to realize when I was getting depressed and go into humorous observation mode. “Wow, my thinking is really fucked up.

Born of the Agile Daily Standup, I am sure we can give and receive vast support to each other in a quick HANGOUT and CHECK-IN moment.

Born of the Agile Daily Standup, I am sure we can give and receive vast support to each other in a quick HANGOUT and CHECK-IN moment.

Writing is about style AND substance. This blog is about online marketing strategy and social media AND an attitude. There are thousands of social media websites, blogs, writers. And I admit, I’m an acquired taste. And if you don’t like it… Well fire an articulate cannon ball into my comments and lets see what develops. I need a new rival. I need a challenger. I need to improve my repartee.