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New site launched: 90-9-1.com

November 20, 2008

If you play in the community space at all, you’ve almost certainly heard or been part of a discussion revolving around the 90-9-1 Principle. Basically

Liveblogging WOMMA Summit

November 14, 2008

Yesterday and today I’ve been in Las Vegas at the WOMMA Summit. I’ve been doing the live blogging together with the always fantastic Shannon Stairhime

BlogOrlando Presentation: When LEGO Caught the Cluetrain

October 6, 2008

UPDATE: Very cool! This presentation has been chosen as a SlideShare featured presentation of the day! Thanks to Andrew Beard, my BlogOrlando keynote was live

Guest Post: Web 2.0 Expo Recap

September 22, 2008

Note from Jake: My genius buddy Ashley Glennon from T-Mobile’s product design team was at Web 2.0 Expo last week. We were emailing back and

Jake’s 9/11 Story

September 11, 2008

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’re probably growing tired of this post once a year. But you may also remember that

Imagine if every product was this personal

August 29, 2008

For years, comedians have made jokes about the “Inspector #34” stickers, tags, and inserts we find in the products we buy. Most of these jokes

Announcement: Partnering with OCRN

One of the best things about my job (and this industry) is that I get the chance to work with truly kindred spirits. The people

April 8, 2008

Kindle for book reviewers?

In the course of a month, I usually get one or two advanced review copies of books about community/social media/business strategy/web culture. It’s fantastic that

April 4, 2008

Community lessons from Heather Champ

I’ve been meaning to post this for a while – Heather Champ, Flickr’s community manager shares some community lessons. Good stuff. (Thanks to Brian for

April 3, 2008

9 tips for creating a great customer collaboration session

Last week’s trip to Seattle for the Microsoft for the Microsoft Technology Summit 2008 got me thinking about the power of bringing customers and employees

March 31, 2008

How to get profiled on TechCrunch

At SWSWi, one of my many hallway conversations revolved around the trouble of getting profiled on TechCrunch. My fellow “mobile panelist” (thanks Chris Heuer for

March 28, 2008

What is Open-Innovation exactly?

What is Open-Innovation exactly? That’s the question that Dub Studios spotlights. Henry Chesbrough is Executive Director of the Centre for Open Innovation, a unit of

March 27, 2008

Microsoft Technology Summit ’08

Chris: “How would you like to attend the Microsoft Technology Summit in Redmond?” Me: “I use a Mac and don’t do development, you sure?” Chris:

March 26, 2008

Canon vs. Nikon: Who’s engaging their fans?

One of my LEGO community friends is an amazing photographer and has been a Canon fan for years. I remember him using Canon before I

March 26, 2008

Inspired Photography

In another medium jumping use of the Flickr API, I found PhotoTimeCapsule, from the photography geeks at Photojojo comes. Every couple weeks, the Time Capsule

March 26, 2008

We’re winning.

First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win. – Mohandas Gandhi Thanks to Doc Searls for pointing

March 25, 2008

Robert Stephens from GeekSquad is cool.

I know I linked to this the other day, but seriously, watch this. It’s well worth your time.

March 25, 2008

What “viral” really looks like…

I came across my all-time favorite YouTube video (embedded below) today and notice something amazing… look at the stats: 3.7 million views. Say that out

March 24, 2008

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