My year in cities 2010
by Alex on January 7, 2011
On our way home from California last month, somewhere over Greenland, I broke through the 100,000 mile mark for travel in 2010. In keeping with the past (2009, 2008) I’ve put together a “year in travel” review, for posterity if nothing else.
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by Alex on December 3, 2010
Instead of retweeting twitter mentions during conferences, I’ve decided to catalog, for my own benefit more than anything, Twitter feedback on my speeches. The first thing I do after I get off stage is talk to people, answer questions, share ideas, etc. The second thing is check Twitter. Twitter gives me almost instant feedback on how the crowd reacted to my content, delivery, personality, etc. It helps me refine my content and delivery for future events and often sparks off interesting conversations and debate.
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by Alex on August 18, 2010
I had a lot of fun doing this interview with the Zoopy team at the recent Tech4Africa conference in Johannesburg.
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by Alex on August 4, 2010
I don’t understand some of these social media agencies and “gurus.” There’s so many of them out there that offer a range of services that I don’t think they can possibly deliver on. Let’s look at the one that really irks me.
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by Alex on June 24, 2010
I learned something last night.
I was standing on the platform at Earl’s Court Station at about 11:50pm waiting for a train back to Parsons Green when over the PA comes a very odd announcement. An announcement came over the PA in perfect Received Pronunciation and in a clearly rehearsed manner said:
“Would Inspector Sands please come to the operations room immediately.”
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by Alex on June 14, 2010
I had fun working with the guys at TAXI on this interview about the future of branding, loyalty, traditional marketing vs. “new” marketing. What do you think? I’d love your thoughts. http://www.designtaxi.com/article/100759/The-Future-of-Digital-Marketing/
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by Alex on May 26, 2010
Recently United Airlines (@UnitedAirlines) ran a campaign on Twitter to celebrate the 1st anniversary of their Twitter account, or “Tware” as they like to call it. The basic structure of the campaign involved asking Twitter users to retweet a marketing message for entry into a contest. This is a bad idea. A very bad idea.
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by Alex on May 10, 2010
Anyone who knows me knows how much I love Mexican food, specifically burritos (I know, they’re not technically Mexican but you know what I mean.) I have been on a never-ending quest to find a serviceable burrito in London, ever (…)
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by Alex on March 20, 2010
Top 10 tips for easy travel
by Alex on March 8, 2010
During a recent workshop I gave at FOWA Miami, I made an off the cuff comment about my obsession with the travel industry and the pleasure I get from “hacking” airfares and hotel rates. There was a stunned silence and (…)
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