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An honest post

Posted by dwalker on April 27, 2010 at 10:39 am

In the interest of transparency and authenticity, here are the facts:

I got too busy to blog and tweet with work and personal life over the last while
The Shill podcast fell into the same rut, but that was only partially my fault, major blame goes to my co-host
I am not working with Social Media [...]

Speaking at Next: 2008

Posted by dwalker on March 28, 2008 at 9:55 am
CMA Next 2008

If you are in Toronto on May 12 – 14, the Canadian Marketing Association is holding their National Convention and Trade Show called Next: 2008 and I will be presenting my session called The Human Web.
Looks like an interesting conference with some good keynotes. I am particularly looking forward to seeing Avinash Kaushik with his [...]

On Quantum Theory and Social Media

Posted by dwalker on February 26, 2008 at 3:17 pm
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Richard Feynman, a famous physicist and notable expert on quantum theory, once said “Nobody understands quantum theory”.
I spend a lot of time thinking in metaphors when I am trying to understand something and lately I have been thinking about quantum mechanics and how some of the concepts cross over to social media.
Now I am no [...]

Sleeveface Trend

Posted by dwalker on February 14, 2008 at 9:17 am
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Was just alerted to this trend this morning. People using old album covers as masks and taking photos and upping them to flickr, facebook, etc. Great fun and gives me a reason to crack out some of my old vinyl again.
Sleeveface Flickr Pool
Sleeveface.com
I know this makes me sound old, but this makes me nostalgic [...]

Giving of yourself

Posted by dwalker on February 5, 2008 at 11:28 am

The wife of co-worker of mine is recognizing the anniversary of her mother’s death in a thoughtful and interesting way. She runs a Calgary-based child photography business called Tot Shots and also has Tot Shots Blog. Coming from an enthusiastic, but hack photographer of my own child, I like her style a lot.
She is offering [...]