You can ask “what is social media marketing?” and get a sensible answer quickly online. But ask “How can my business best use social media marketing?” and it’s a different story.

I’m also with Abby and Robert in that analytical skills and multidisciplinary thinking are going to be ever more important.

DJ – bunny bunny foo foo? How many beers did you have while you were there?

(My comments don’t seem to make it through the spam guards so keeping fingers crossed this time)

Mark Brownlow’s last blog post..MarkatEMR: @tamaragielen task is to improve on- and offline sales, the brand profile, cust. loyalty & social media efforts while lowering costs

You can ask “what is social media marketing?” and get a sensible answer quickly online. But ask “How can my business best use social media marketing?” and it’s a different story.

I’m also with Abby and Robert in that analytical skills and multidisciplinary thinking are going to be ever more important.

DJ – bunny bunny foo foo? How many beers did you have while you were there?

(My comments don’t seem to make it through the spam guards so keeping fingers crossed this time)

Mark Brownlow’s last blog post..MarkatEMR: @tamaragielen task is to improve on- and offline sales, the brand profile, cust. loyalty & social media efforts while lowering costs

You write…

“It strikes me as both exhilirating and terrifying that my children (currently enraptured by their Nintendo DS in the back) will live in an age when everything is knowable. No conjecture. No mysteries. No ability for parents to make up entirely fake answers to make inquisitive kids stop asking inane questions.”

My thoughts:

I don’t have children (yet), but was speaking about something similar to your comments above with my sister and brother-in-law this past weekend. They have 4 children – ages 3-7. Over the 48 hours I spent with them, my nephew and nieces did the following:

1. Asked “the adults” a ton of questions
2. Explored in the gully in the backyard
3. Created new games (Bunny Bunny Foo Foo?)
4. Took the cushions off the couch and created a boat
5. Asked each other a ton of questions

There will be a day when they don’t *need* to ask each other and/or the adults questions. That day is fast approaching. However, I think the key is to allow them to be children for as long as you can. Again, I don’t have children yet so this is probably easier for me to say.

*Pretty sure I went off-topic a bit on this comment, but…

DJ Waldow
Director of Best Practices & Deliverability at Bronto
@djwaldow

DJ Waldow’s last blog post..djwaldow: dude. I love that @AmberCadabra wrote abt passion & opened up comments for readers to share. http://idek.net/7Z3. Kick ass.

You write…

“It strikes me as both exhilirating and terrifying that my children (currently enraptured by their Nintendo DS in the back) will live in an age when everything is knowable. No conjecture. No mysteries. No ability for parents to make up entirely fake answers to make inquisitive kids stop asking inane questions.”

My thoughts:

I don’t have children (yet), but was speaking about something similar to your comments above with my sister and brother-in-law this past weekend. They have 4 children – ages 3-7. Over the 48 hours I spent with them, my nephew and nieces did the following:

1. Asked “the adults” a ton of questions
2. Explored in the gully in the backyard
3. Created new games (Bunny Bunny Foo Foo?)
4. Took the cushions off the couch and created a boat
5. Asked each other a ton of questions

There will be a day when they don’t *need* to ask each other and/or the adults questions. That day is fast approaching. However, I think the key is to allow them to be children for as long as you can. Again, I don’t have children yet so this is probably easier for me to say.

*Pretty sure I went off-topic a bit on this comment, but…

DJ Waldow
Director of Best Practices & Deliverability at Bronto
@djwaldow

DJ Waldow’s last blog post..djwaldow: dude. I love that @AmberCadabra wrote abt passion & opened up comments for readers to share. http://idek.net/7Z3. Kick ass.

They used to say “knowledge is power”. Not any more.

My concern is that the gap between the World’s have’s (i.e. “have internet”) and the world’s have-not’s will widen. Connection is power.

Charlie
FreshNetworks online communities

They used to say “knowledge is power”. Not any more.

My concern is that the gap between the World’s have’s (i.e. “have internet”) and the world’s have-not’s will widen. Connection is power.

Charlie
FreshNetworks online communities