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Today’s post, on why things are not as bad as they seem: http://is.gd/lEmK

Mar 4th

Remain Calm. All is well.

Mar 3rd

Important blog post: REMAIN CALM. ALL IS WELL. http://is.gd/lEmK

Mar 3rd

Gary Vaynerchuck on Social Marketing

Mar 3rd

www.toprankblog.com

Mar 3rd

Best and Worst Practices Social Media...

Mar 3rd

Watching The Bachelor finale, timeshifted. Holy crap.

Mar 3rd

"The Tropicana Effect": Church of the...

Mar 3rd

Getting state control of banks right | In...

Mar 3rd

www.nytimes.com

Mar 3rd

Important perspective on today’s financial meltdown, courtesy @benmcconnell: http://is.gd/lvNz

Mar 3rd

Social marketing offers fewer degrees of freedom from the truth. Advocates see as a feature,...

Mar 3rd

Hypermicro: Scalability, Sociability and...

Mar 3rd

Wild IIlusions: 5 ways to make a better...

Mar 3rd

How Facebook Connect Points the Way Towards...

Mar 3rd

Skittles and Social Media Make Our Mouths...

Mar 3rd

How Much Scale Is Needed in Enterprise 2.0...

Mar 3rd

Movie Star Is Sleeping (Non-Album Track) by...

Mar 2nd

New Chris Isaak disc is great: http://www.lala.com/#album/360569445171035654

Mar 2nd

Somebody sent me a comment from their phone, which I must have deleted clearing spam. Can you...

Mar 2nd

Yesterday’s “Case Against Social Marketing” clearly struck a nerve. Many...

Mar 2nd

Twitter: To DM or not to DM

Mar 2nd

67% of mobile Web traffic *in HTML* is iPhone: http://bit.ly/13kw15 Excludes WAP, could be feature...

Mar 2nd

Twitter's Secret Business Model Will Work -...

Mar 2nd

6 Ways to Publish Your Own Book

Mar 2nd

Twitter on Nightline (February 26th, 2009)

Mar 2nd

Mourning the loss of Twitter

Mar 2nd

Need a Community Manager job description? Hard to beat this one, from @cbensen: http://bit.ly/2GmqX

Mar 2nd

RT @pbrosen Drync wins macworld wine app competition (http://is.gd/lqeB). Wine lover + iPhone =...

Mar 2nd

Skittles Social Media Experiment

Mar 2nd

Social Media Experts Dead? Social blossoms

Mar 2nd

Twitter Social Spam & Search

Mar 2nd

Twitter: To DM or not to DM

Mar 2nd

Wow. Hit hard with snow in Boston’s western burbs, and it’s not over. In like a...

Mar 2nd

Wow… ROILING debate among @ariherzog @silkcharm, @badgergravling @amongmany over my case...

Mar 1st

The Case Against Social Marketing | Scalable...

Mar 1st

The Case Against Social Marketing

Mar 1st

The case *against* social media marketing: http://scalableintimacy.com/?p=436

Mar 1st

Dear Volkswagen - I’m watching a Nat Geo show on Nazi airport, on comes your ad featuring...

Mar 1st

Great roundtable on Stephanopoulos today, on substance and drama.

Mar 1st

Snow started is Sudbury. Maybe some Joni Mitchell in order… ♫ http://blip.fm/~2k8mk

Mar 1st

Please come to Denver with the snowfall… ♫ http://blip.fm/~2k8tf

Mar 1st

I hear snow falling in this one, too, in the mountains somewhere… ♫ http://blip.fm/~2k8s3

Mar 1st

Scalable intimacy / we are social

Mar 1st

Wow… RT @RobinGrant of @WeAreSocial Scalable intimacy http://tinyurl.com/dgau2r Welcome!

Mar 1st

C’mon @wholefoods. No imported pancetta? And you call yourselves a market?

Feb 28th

RT @StephenLaughlin: Berkshire Hathaway 2008 Letter to Shareholders: http://bit.ly/FbynC

Feb 28th

Moments that make you question the choices that brought you here: “Daddy? I have a poopie....

Feb 28th

Just love this tune… Martin Sexton’s live, acoustic “Purple Rain…” ♫...

Feb 28th

Best Conservative Blogs - Good Republican...

Feb 28th

Social media for B2B? Yep. Turns out 91% of buyers are social media spectators. http://is.gd/laJW

Feb 28th

RT @UberRob: Jindal Admits Katrina Story Was False: http://bit.ly/l7w0h

Feb 28th

Easing into the evening. Cocktail, my dear? ♫ http://blip.fm/~2isg8

Feb 28th

How to Present While People are Twittering |...

Feb 28th

TPMMuckraker | Talking Points Memo | Jindal...

Feb 27th

Service at the UPS Store in Sudbury is so competent it’s noteworthy.

Feb 27th

Been on both sides of this… RT @DougH: Photo slide show of Rocky Mountain News announcement,...

Feb 27th

Such a masterpiece it’s hard to listen with fresh ears. Try. Notes in it are not on the...

Feb 27th

Pentagon lifts ban on war dead coverage, good chance to revisit an incredible Esquire piece on the...

Feb 27th

Just followed @google, up to 21K in 1 day. Has my distinctiveness been added to the collective?

Feb 27th

Farging bastiges.

Feb 26th

There is simply no excuse for a .ppt file to be larger than 10 Meg. Can’t even get this pig...

Feb 26th

Fellow Bostonians SpringPad got some nice virtual ink in Mashable yesterday: http://is.gd/kUVw Nice...

Feb 26th

MediaPost Publications Tweeters Use Twitter...

Feb 26th

Nice piece on b2b applications of Twitter: http://is.gd/kXiI

Feb 26th

TED speech on how Benjamin Button got his face. Pretty cool: http://bit.ly/UR7cl

Feb 26th

Lot of people seem like this one, what social media marketing and “The Bachelor” have in...

Feb 26th

The Price of Intimacy

Feb 25th

New blog post: The Price of Intimacy in Social Media Marketing http://is.gd/kOxn

Feb 25th

Been playing with Techrigy’s SM2 social media monitoring system. Must say, I’m...

Feb 25th

How Big Brands can Start Testing Social Media

Feb 25th

Funny thing when you have a kid. The people who come to help are largely consumed caring for the...

Feb 25th

Seen Monniter? The search part of TweetDeck, but in the browser: http://monitter.com

Feb 24th

A Social Media Job Interview

Feb 24th

How to Sell Social Media Marketing

Feb 24th

How Big Brands can Start Testing Social Media

Feb 24th

How to Sell Social Media Marketing | Scalable...

Feb 24th

New post: How To Sell Social Media Marketing http://scalableintimacy.com/?p=413

Feb 24th

I think preso went well, thanks to @McProulx, @stevebags, @coreymathews, @scheuguy, @EricNorman, and...

Feb 24th

How to Sell Social Media Marketing

Feb 24th

At MITX event in the city, about to go on…

Feb 24th

In the end, it’s about activation. | Scalable...

Feb 23rd

In the end, it’s about activation.

Feb 23rd

In the end, social media marketing is about activation. http://is.gd/kz5C

Feb 23rd

Speaking at the MITX event tomorrow morning ( http://is.gd/kywY ) Any of you in?

Feb 23rd

Is Jerry the real Benjamin Button? Looks better than he did 10 years ago. #oscars

Feb 23rd

Beautiful women in Carnival party (Club...

Feb 23rd

“Suck on that, <obscure person.>” Always a winner. #oscars

Feb 23rd

Domo arigato… #oscars ♫ http://blip.fm/~2dscy

Feb 23rd

SJP kind of a butterface. Just saying. #oscars

Feb 23rd

Milk is going to clean up. Academy folk desperate to apologize for Prop 8 failure. #oscars

Feb 23rd

Best Oscar opening in years. More “show,” less “biz.”

Feb 23rd

Wow, torrent of new followers / blog visitors / presentation viewers. Welcome all, and thank you...

Feb 23rd

Bobby Jindal on MTP. Smart guy, too bad he can’t see past his party’s failed ideology.

Feb 22nd

Dumping personal Wordpress blog for Tumblr. Personal = http://troiano.me ; Professional =...

Feb 22nd

Nouriel Roubini Says Nationalizing the Banks...

Feb 22nd

East Coast Grill is great for drinks with an...

Feb 22nd

Gustavo Dudamel leads El Sistema's top youth...

Feb 21st

Central Park as dusk falls from the top of...

Feb 21st

Being a Useful Twitter User [and receiving...

Feb 21st

BuzzGain - Why I like it.

Feb 21st

40 Excellent Illustrations In Web Designs

Feb 21st

Scenes from Pakistan - The Big Picture -...

Feb 21st

Sun… ♫ http://blip.fm/~2chor

Feb 21st

U2. Beautiful Day. ♫ http://blip.fm/~2chtj

Feb 21st

Happy little ditty for a balmy Saturday in Boston… ♫ http://blip.fm/~2cheh

Feb 21st

Tracey Thorn vocal on this one is beautiful. ♫ http://blip.fm/~2chah

Feb 21st

Remember Men at Work? Lead singer Colin Hay grew up, became an artist. My fave: ♫...

Feb 21st

Like Lucinda Williams? Check this out… ♫ http://blip.fm/~2cgoq

Feb 21st

Truth is, Martin Sexton is on a (thankfully) short list of people I’d rather be… ♫...

Feb 21st

Calling it a night, this one’s been on my mind all day. ♫ http://blip.fm/~2c9dl

Feb 21st

The Crisis of Credit Visualized

Feb 20th

Still trying to understand the financial crisis? Check this out: http://vimeo.com/3261363

Feb 20th

Good news and bad news on marketing budgets

Feb 20th

Really Worth Your Time

Feb 20th

The Marketer’s Social Media Identity Crisis

Feb 20th

Six ways to make Web 2.0 work - The McKinsey...

Feb 20th

The great @gilliatt has a new social media news digest, a must-subscribe IMHO....

Feb 20th

McKinsey on making social media work: http://bit.ly/13CQxs

Feb 20th

Yelp Gets a Bad Review: Embracing a Crisis to...

Feb 20th

What Madewell Did Well on Facebook | Scalable...

Feb 20th

Reading 'Linked' opened my eyes

This had a HUGE impact on my worldview, probably opened my eyes to the potential of social media for...

Feb 20th

East Coast Grill is great for drinks with an...

Feb 20th

Warming to Plinky. Good for personal blogs, and meta-layer yields interesting content at no cost....

Feb 20th

Great team, but I don’t get Plinky. You should blog when you have something to say, not find...

Feb 20th

RT @Armano: “Always be in the throes of a passionate beginning…” http://is.gd/k2sr

Feb 20th

RT @Paisano: New Post - “How To: Backup Your Firefox Profile and Extensions to the...

Feb 20th

“I’m tired. Tired of pwaying the game. Tired of feewing the same…”...

Feb 20th

7 Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn From...

Feb 19th

East Bay Express | News | Yelp and the...

Feb 19th

What Madewell Did Well on Facebook | Scalable...

Feb 19th

What Madewell Did Well on Facebook: http://scalableintimacy.com/?p=396

Feb 19th

Where your brand gets buttered.

Feb 19th

>1,000 people through preso in the last week… THANK YOU ALL, for the time and the...

Feb 19th

Got a closer look @crimsonhexagon today. Wow, pretty impressive.

Feb 19th

So what’s the scale threshold?

Feb 18th

7 Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn From...

Feb 18th

I hope Sirius makes it. Listening to The Godfathers’ “Birth.School. Work. Death.”

Feb 18th

Had coffee w @kerisays today, great lady looking for freelance or FT marketing gig. Know of one?

Feb 18th

Econbrowser: Recap: The Stimulus Bill and the...

Feb 17th

The trouble with Obama's rescue | The Obama...

Feb 17th

Steve Rubel on 5 Digital trends for 2009: http://bit.ly/Cd2Si My fave: “Less is the new...

Feb 17th

Ever struggle to follow a conversation on Twitter? Try Tweader: http://www.tweader.com/

Feb 17th

Facebook and the Reality of Your Online...

Feb 17th

Gates’ TED talk was awesome. If you haven’t seen it for yourself, you should:...

Feb 17th

Bill Gates unplugged | Video on TED.com

Feb 17th

Barry Schwartz on our loss of wisdom | Video...

Feb 17th

peHUB » HBS Study Finds VCs Need Successful...

Feb 17th

The Jeff Pulver Blog: The Seagull

Feb 17th

HBS: Startup success odds …w prior success: 34%; …w prior failure: 23%; …first...

Feb 17th

Amanda French’s detailed analysis on the new facebook TOS: http://bit.ly/1889Jt Net: Outrage...

Feb 17th

Does Creativity Still Matter?

Feb 16th

Forget Dunbar’s Number, Our Future Is in...

Feb 16th

Twibs Connects Customers to Businesses on...

Feb 16th

The Medium - Being There - The Subtle Art of...

Feb 16th

The Oscars Issue - Robert Downey Jr. -...

Feb 16th

Everything I Know About Parenting I Learned...

Feb 16th

Directory of brands on twitter, 4,373 of them: http://twibs.com

Feb 16th

Fuck You, Penguin: Take the broccoli. Leave...

Feb 16th

CoTweet Steps in Right Direction

Feb 16th

Seen Tastebook? Troiano Family Recipe Book, almost complete… http://tinyurl.com/db4ejf

Feb 16th

Troiano Family Recipes - TasteBook

Feb 15th

Woman waiting for somebody. - Robert Kruh...

Feb 14th

A Chilly Morning in Boston Common

Feb 14th

Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) treetop in...

Feb 14th

50 Wonderful, Inspiring Photoblogs

Feb 14th

The State of the Consumer Internet – A...

Feb 14th

Folks - Thanks for all the support on the Ignite preso. If you can spare a Digg, I’d...

Feb 14th

Is your web site an Island or a Hub?

Feb 14th

So is your web site and Island, or a Hub? http://scalableintimacy.com/?p=356

Feb 14th

You're on Twitter, Now What?

Feb 13th

Activating A Brand On Twitter

Feb 13th

Understanding Open Stack, the Connective...

Feb 13th

You're on Twitter, Now What?

Feb 13th

Digital Mom A two-part report published by...

Feb 13th

“Design is the soul of a man-made creation.” @Armano

Feb 13th

You’re going to laugh… but the Waste Management customer service is awesome. In case...

Feb 13th

Anyone who missed yesterday’s preso (@rhappe), final slides are up with voiceover now:...

Feb 13th

Scalable Intimacy Presentation | Scalable...

Feb 13th

Good time at Ignite tonight, but tough room to read. Were you there? How’d I do?

Feb 13th

The world is divided evenly between people for whom religion is truth, and those for whom truth is...

Feb 12th

Federico Aubele ( http://is.gd/jiqW ) coming to Regatta Bar in Cambridge May 15. I’m in....

Feb 12th

MediaPost Publications Facebook's '25 Things'...

Feb 12th

If the worm house is rocking, don’t come...

Feb 12th

Great talk with Awareness Networks founders today, @dkrcarter and @rhopper. Clearly focused on...

Feb 12th

John Doerr sees salvation and profit in...

Feb 11th

Production and cultivation of offspring is no boon to productivity. Just saying.

Feb 11th

Scalable Intimacy Presentation Draft

Feb 11th

Working on Ignite Boston talk. 5 minutes, tough.

Feb 10th

Please welcome @jamiegoldstein of North Bridge Venture Capital. Not sold on Twitter, so go easy.

Feb 10th

Obama Q&A… strong on confidence & stimulus rationale, set table for credit market...

Feb 10th

Twitter, as viewed through the lens of New York Magazine… http://bit.ly/1omxmJ

Feb 9th

Are the Creators of Twitter Living in the...

Feb 9th

RT @TJCNYC @Malte: Every single curse, from every single episode of the sopranos, ever....

Feb 9th

Geoengineering: The Mysterious Cones of the...

Feb 9th

The Minimalist - A Venetian Marinade of Wine...

Feb 9th

The Battle for Your Social Status: Facebook...

Feb 9th

Local Social- How WBUR Gets the Public in...

Feb 9th

Just saw a post on “Top 45 Blah blah blahs,” which is about 450% less useful than...

Feb 9th

Twitter: The how to get started guide for...

Feb 9th

The Social Media Starter Kit

Feb 9th

Day 4 in the hospital. Getting old, but everybody’s doing great.

Feb 8th

Kate’s 11th birthday today. Two of leaving hospital for a special sushi lunch.

Feb 7th

Finally heard the Christian Bale tirade for myself. Stupid, but wow. http://is.gd/i9xM

Feb 6th

Thor Rolls A Joint: http://is.gd/iFpJ

Feb 6th

Web 2.0 and the Enterprise: A Symbiotic...

Feb 6th

Star Trek Opera

Feb 6th

35 Examples Of Beautiful City Photography |...

Feb 6th

Pull recipes from all over the Web, add yours, store in one place, even print beautiful cookbooks at...

Feb 6th

RT @JasonFalls: Congratulations Time magazine. You’ve just sealed the deal on your...

Feb 6th

The Brand Spike Opportunity

Feb 5th

http://twitpic.com/1buz9 - Olivia Gordon Troiano, 7 lbs., 2 oz.

Feb 4th

Raise your hand if you’re having a baby tomorrow.☝

Feb 4th

Who Needs Enterprise SRM?

Feb 3rd

The 3 approaches brands take to social media: http://scalableintimacy.com/?p=321 Are there more?

Feb 3rd

RT @tomboates: After 3 trips to Apple store for same problem, Apple replaces my 2.75 yr. old MacBook...

Feb 2nd

Mark Bittman: Conscious Eating | WBUR and...

Feb 2nd

Tonight’s second OnPoint is Tom Ashbrook interview of Mark Bittman, NYTimes foodie, on his new...

Feb 2nd

Twitter Bowl

Feb 2nd

Twitter Bowl, yesterday’s contest of scale vs. intimacy…...

Feb 2nd

Another VC breakfast in Waltham. Feel like crap this morning, need to shake this.

Feb 2nd

140 Characters » How Twitter Was Born

Feb 1st

A window on how Twitter, and most new companies, came into being. http://is.gd/hY57 Thanks, @dom.

Feb 1st

Palladia - an HD music channel - has some kind of Bruce Springsteen concert marathon going on....

Feb 1st