Author Archives: Wyatt Wood

Nothing’s permanent, not even death.

By Wyatt Wood
It seems to be a reoccurring trend, at least in the blogosphere, to step back and evaluate the balance that time spent online (largely spent in social networks) affects our lives. This desire for balance is a good move; considering the research showing damaging physiological changes created by increasing use of social networks and the associated decline [...]

Social Media To The Rescue

With all the buzz over the earthquakes in Haiti it seems that real time search combined with social networks are making strides in the relief efforts. Yesterday evening I watched traditional media coverage of the large search and rescue operations on standby while online Twitter and Facebook covered the efforts and situation that were happening [...]

Holiday Resolutions For Social Media

As I gathered with family and friends over the holidays this year I did something amazing: I didn’t check Facebook or Twitter!

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The Ghost of Christmas Future

The holidays are fast approaching, and with it, the time of year known for selfless generosity.

While social media is helping shoppers avoid in person holiday sales and still get a great deal, it’s not all about buying the gifts, which is on a strong surge. With the true spirit of the giving season, the act [...]

Don’t Think – Live Your Questions

I am the ultimate perpetual kid, fascinated by how things work and known to take anything apart especially if it isn’t broken (yet). If you’ve followed my posts in the past, you know that I am obsessed with the concept of search. Thankfully, I’m not the only one. Apparently the engineers at Google are dedicated [...]

Why Social Media Changes Are Good

We’ve heard that the Internet is supposed to be the great equalizer. In a recent article about how hospitals are competing with smaller ad budgets, several steps were defined to almost guarantee a successful digital campaign:

Having a (content) rich, useful and consumer-friendly website
Advertising on popular local websites
Concentrating on paid and organic search optimization
Establishing appropriate niche [...]

Should Photographers Rethink New Media Rights?

by Wyatt Wood
As a semi-pro photographer I encounter unique situations everyday involving photography, rights management and social media. Note: every locality has their own laws that any person taking pictures should abide by – this post is not about the legality or rights of taking photos as a photographer (while it may touch on these [...]

Are You My Mother? And Social Networks

by: Wyatt Wood
Real life relationships are complex enough, add the digital medium with a sprinkle of ego and the relationship points become more complicated. In a social network defining relationships beyond friendship is a tough problem to solve.

In the story “Are You My Mother?” by P. D. Eastman, the baby bird explores the world looking [...]

Did you really want Twitter lists?

Now that we have Twitter lists is it really worth the hype? I haven’t see anyone lining up to form a petition to remove lists like any new Facebook feature, possibly they could use twitter lists to create the list? /irony. In short – the answer depends on how you use or want to not [...]

3 Ways To Use Curiosity To Convert Fans Into Activists

By Wyatt Wood
Originating from the human desire to share, its obvious that the success of social media is the ability to connect users. A network’s success is determined by how easy it is to connect and share. For example compare Twitter vs Plurk, Facebook vs MySpace, Bing vs Google (perform your own comparison).
Success can be [...]