If you're still not convinced Twitter has any value, this video may not sway you at all...however it does a pretty good job of explaining the value (via the Twitter Blog). After all, if you visit here looking for new posts, you might be looking in the wrong place for day to day content. As always, follow me at twitter.com/mkinmotion
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March 11, 2008
September 5, 2007
Just a Couple Thoughts
While I have your attention...
It's been feeling more and more like fall everyday...then a beautiful day like today comes along.
I'm getting more and more interested in Facebook.
Did anyone think Medellin was going to be good? Gotta love fictional movies with real trailers, though...this is why Entourage is limitless.
I like the Touch.
Weighing Halloween costume options. (1,2,3,4,5) In Alaska, Halloween is one of the biggest holidays. Feel free to weigh in on my decision making process.
People knock Twitter for it's simplicity, yet I think it's the simplicity that will win in the end.
Didn't notice ReckenRoll is back in the USA? She's back and also back to blogging.
Going on a photo shoot Friday...gonna try to glean some tips from the pro.
That's all I've got tonight.
It's been feeling more and more like fall everyday...then a beautiful day like today comes along.
I'm getting more and more interested in Facebook.
Did anyone think Medellin was going to be good? Gotta love fictional movies with real trailers, though...this is why Entourage is limitless.
I like the Touch.
Weighing Halloween costume options. (1,2,3,4,5) In Alaska, Halloween is one of the biggest holidays. Feel free to weigh in on my decision making process.
People knock Twitter for it's simplicity, yet I think it's the simplicity that will win in the end.
Didn't notice ReckenRoll is back in the USA? She's back and also back to blogging.
Going on a photo shoot Friday...gonna try to glean some tips from the pro.
That's all I've got tonight.
August 27, 2007
@mkinmotion.com: Why Email Still Rules
I had my first email address in 1996, it was @juno.com. I know full well that plenty of people had email prior to that, but I was still an early adopter as far as my circle of friends went. I think of the class that just graduated high school...they were born in 1989. It doesn't take much thought beyond that to both blow my mind and clue me into the fact that they've never really operated without the web...and in fact, it might be safe to say they haven't operated without the web as we know it today. Lots of innovations have come along since 1996 when I got my first email address, but email still remains one of the most powerful means of communication despite the innovations. If someone really wants to tell me something, the best way to communicate it to me is via email. Whether it's work, friends, family, etc. email still rules.
Communication experts tell you that only 7% of communication is solely through the actual words used. The other 93% of communication is through verbal and non-verbal tones and gestures that help communicate the message. In email, it's both a blessing and a curse to cut the 93% out of your message. It might be a challenge to convey tone or sarcasm or humor or all the other mediums of conversation. It might not give you the instant gratification, but there are other advantages. Responses can be thought out, articulated and measured. Information is documented and can be found later. I love the star feature in gmail. If I get an email that I either want to take more time later to read or reply to, I star it and every evening or morning if I'm too busy, I go to my starred mail and read and respond...rather than focusing on clearing my inbox as the task.
Today there's an ongoing movement to abandon email and rely strictly on other mediums like Facebook messaging, Myspace [which I'm in hate with right now] messaging, twitter, blogging, text messaging, etc. I don't think we're there yet, but I can see a day coming when writing someone a personal email is viewed as antique as receiving a letter in the mail...you know the hand written type...
Anyway, I guess what I'm saying is that email is a fundamental communication medium. If you're trying to get a hold of me any other way, you're likely just not talking my language. Though I still might want to be your "friend" on facebook or your follower on twitter...both of which can use email to find people in your contact list. It might be because email is the prime medium for communication in my job, or it might be my natural tendency for writing rather than speaking, or it maybe hanging on to the past...'cause 1996 was a great year. Incidentally, if you emailed me at the Juno.com address, you're several lifetimes behind.
Another incidental. I didn't mention facebook back in June when I listed 6 things I wish you all had, but I'm coming around to it and if you're on it, look me up...or for all other things...
matt[at]mkinmotion[dot]com
Communication experts tell you that only 7% of communication is solely through the actual words used. The other 93% of communication is through verbal and non-verbal tones and gestures that help communicate the message. In email, it's both a blessing and a curse to cut the 93% out of your message. It might be a challenge to convey tone or sarcasm or humor or all the other mediums of conversation. It might not give you the instant gratification, but there are other advantages. Responses can be thought out, articulated and measured. Information is documented and can be found later. I love the star feature in gmail. If I get an email that I either want to take more time later to read or reply to, I star it and every evening or morning if I'm too busy, I go to my starred mail and read and respond...rather than focusing on clearing my inbox as the task.
Today there's an ongoing movement to abandon email and rely strictly on other mediums like Facebook messaging, Myspace [which I'm in hate with right now] messaging, twitter, blogging, text messaging, etc. I don't think we're there yet, but I can see a day coming when writing someone a personal email is viewed as antique as receiving a letter in the mail...you know the hand written type...
Anyway, I guess what I'm saying is that email is a fundamental communication medium. If you're trying to get a hold of me any other way, you're likely just not talking my language. Though I still might want to be your "friend" on facebook or your follower on twitter...both of which can use email to find people in your contact list. It might be because email is the prime medium for communication in my job, or it might be my natural tendency for writing rather than speaking, or it maybe hanging on to the past...'cause 1996 was a great year. Incidentally, if you emailed me at the Juno.com address, you're several lifetimes behind.
Another incidental. I didn't mention facebook back in June when I listed 6 things I wish you all had, but I'm coming around to it and if you're on it, look me up...or for all other things...
matt[at]mkinmotion[dot]com
June 25, 2007
Six Things I Wish You All Had
There are a ton of services out there, but the following list are six things I wish all of my friends had. Why 6? I initially came up with 11, but 6 all fit a simple, helpful criteria.
1. Flickr - Photo sharing was made for social networking. How many years will we have to continue to send compressed digital photos via email? Not free, but affordable and an easily justifiable value.
2. Last.FM - A service that tracks the music you listen to and lets your friends follow that as well as makes suggestions of new music. You can even go online to remove your guilty pleasures if you don't want your friends to know about the 12 Air Supply songs you listened to at 9pm on a Saturday night. Free.
3. Twitter - Microblogging. My true wish is that all my friends would have blogs, but Twitter is easier to update regularly and easier to keep up. Lots of creativity lately in how it's being used. Why Twitter over Jaiku or Tumblog? Twitter is easy. Free.
4. Skype - How many times do I have to say voice IM before it sinks in how awesome Skype can be? Is the headset/microphone the obstacle to entry? (Yes, ReckenRoll, it's made for UK/US communications) It's free for Skype to Skype "calls," and you can upgrade to include Skype to phones for a very reasonable cost.
5. LinkedIn - I've already used it to hook a friend's workplace up with the opportunity to bid for some work. I like how it searches your contacts in Outlook and/or Gmail and lets you know who's on LinkedIn already, then gives you the option to add them (gmail saves anyone you've been in contact with as a contact, so people who I'm either not friends with or I don't want to give all my contact info to show up and can be omitted) rather than spamming everyone. Free.
6. Del.icio.us - It's a great tool for a workgroup who find themselves sending links via email. Using the Firefox plugin with some strategic tags makes sharing great links so much easier. If you're dependent on your favorites/bookmarks, you can also use Del.icio.us as a portable substitute. Free.
Of course, my endorsement of these 6 services means I'm a user of all 6. If you check them out and want to add me, let me know. If you have a service you wish I had, or wish your friends had, let me know and I'll give it a whirl. You know me not always an early adopter, but always either early or an adopter.
1. Flickr - Photo sharing was made for social networking. How many years will we have to continue to send compressed digital photos via email? Not free, but affordable and an easily justifiable value.
2. Last.FM - A service that tracks the music you listen to and lets your friends follow that as well as makes suggestions of new music. You can even go online to remove your guilty pleasures if you don't want your friends to know about the 12 Air Supply songs you listened to at 9pm on a Saturday night. Free.
3. Twitter - Microblogging. My true wish is that all my friends would have blogs, but Twitter is easier to update regularly and easier to keep up. Lots of creativity lately in how it's being used. Why Twitter over Jaiku or Tumblog? Twitter is easy. Free.
4. Skype - How many times do I have to say voice IM before it sinks in how awesome Skype can be? Is the headset/microphone the obstacle to entry? (Yes, ReckenRoll, it's made for UK/US communications) It's free for Skype to Skype "calls," and you can upgrade to include Skype to phones for a very reasonable cost.
5. LinkedIn - I've already used it to hook a friend's workplace up with the opportunity to bid for some work. I like how it searches your contacts in Outlook and/or Gmail and lets you know who's on LinkedIn already, then gives you the option to add them (gmail saves anyone you've been in contact with as a contact, so people who I'm either not friends with or I don't want to give all my contact info to show up and can be omitted) rather than spamming everyone. Free.
6. Del.icio.us - It's a great tool for a workgroup who find themselves sending links via email. Using the Firefox plugin with some strategic tags makes sharing great links so much easier. If you're dependent on your favorites/bookmarks, you can also use Del.icio.us as a portable substitute. Free.
Of course, my endorsement of these 6 services means I'm a user of all 6. If you check them out and want to add me, let me know. If you have a service you wish I had, or wish your friends had, let me know and I'll give it a whirl. You know me not always an early adopter, but always either early or an adopter.
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