Look at me!

There have been a couple of incidents over the past few days that have highlighted for me what I call the dark side of social media: our obsession with attention. Don’t get me wrong. I love attention. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t be on Twitter, Facebook or this site. If I didn’t like the limelight, I wouldn’t be in PR and I certainly never would have been a musician or been the host of...

Honey vs. vinegar

I love Google News Alerts. They’re certainly not the end-all answer to everything, but they are a great way to have relevant news articles and web content delivered directly to my inbox. It’s an almost instant way to see what people are writing about me and my association, allowing me to respond when necessary or simply keep for future reference. Tuesday was a great example. I came into the office and...

Give and get

Photo courtesy of Andrea Kerbuski Just under a year and a half ago, I starting using Twitter “seriously.” In other words, I sucked it up and retried a service I previously thought was fairly useless. At the time, it seemed like just one more channel of information to have to monitor. It hurts to admit that, because since then I have become a Twitter evangelist. It is by far my favorite social network...

My collection

In a Twitter conversation earlier today with the lovely Lauren Leeds, I said something to the effect that I collect live concerts like others collect stamps. In other words, going to see concerts is something of a hobby. I just love the experience of seeing a band perform live. And then I started to think about all the shows I’ve seen over the years. It hit me that it’s quite a long list, so I thought...

Why can't I be you?

I’ve been sitting on this site for quite some time trying to figure out what I want to do with it. I often say that I seem to be getting dumber every day and nothing exacerbates that feeling more than the fact that I still can’t quite get a grip on what I want to do here. I have things to say. People who know me will probably tell you I almost never shut up. So why is it so hard for me to get started...