What Is The #Backchannel

I get asked that question a lot and it occurred to me the other day that it is getting increasingly harder to answer because the #backchannel seems to be so many things to so many people. This self-reflection began last Friday night when I got a tweet from someone I hadn’t seen on the backchannel [...]

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What’s Your Story?

After the longest, hottest, busiest summer of the millennium—after the Flint Art Fair, the Flint Jazz Festival, The Flint Blues Festival, Back to the Bricks, and now the Crim Festival of Races—after all that, I’ve finally crawled back into my wri…

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New Technology to Lure Shoppers – WSJ.com

Some of the most sophisticated in-store technology is tied to consumers’ mobile devices, ad executives say. Marketers are experimenting with ways to use mobile phones to provide customers with services and promotions as they shop. These range from tru…

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Something Exciting!

Here’s something.
A few weeks ago Jerry spoke on a panel at a PSFK event. At a pre-event meet-up we were introduced to another speaker for the event named Catie Newell. 
Jerry and I were really impressed and excited by her work, so much so that …

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Lush, Moving Video about Recovering Detroit from Blight

Volunteer Portraits, Jeff from Imagination Station on Vimeo.A video portrait of Detroit social activist Jeff DeBruyn by Stephen McGee.Detroit photographer and cinematographer, Stephen McGee has just released a new series of videos produced for the The …

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#Backchannel Upgrade 2.1

I know I just released backchannel 2.0 a week ago so don’t consider this a new OS, rather think of it as a service pack upgrade….#backchannel 2.1. I’ll explain what I have in mind in a moment but first I want to update you on the progress of backchannel 2.0. As you know I put [...]

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I date Bradley Cooper’s Doppleganger.

[and you're jealous.] Okay, he may not be as rich or sculpted like Mr. Cooper, but he’s the closest I’m going to get to Bradley. Check out my side-by-side comparison of Eric & Bradley below. And if Pants’ camera had better red-eye reduction, you’d see Eric & Bradley both have some super blue eyes. I [...]

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Take a minute and patch

Thought I’d take a minute and send out a reminder about an annoying but necessary topic:  Patching.  There are quite a few patches that have been released in the last few days.  Microsoft, Adobe and Apple are all addressing some serious security issues.  So…Please take some time to update your systems.  It will reduce the

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We Have Our First #Backchannel 2.0 Baby…and She’s Beautiful

I hope you’ll excuse a little gushing. But I feel like a new father who has just been handed his first child and she is beautiful beyond belief. Actually what I was handed wasn’t a baby… but it still promises to mature into something of great beauty and power. What I was handed… or more [...]

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Evite Scam Making the Rounds

A strange email scam is making the rounds. It appears to be coming from Evite.com, but none of the recipients know the sender. Sounds like it could just be a case of mistaken identity, but there’s more to it. People who have received the emails have received several in a row, each one addressed to

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