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I recently participated in a segment on Nanci O Radio Show entitled "Is Hip Hop Under Surveillance"?

The segment discussed the law enforcement tactic of utilizing YouTube videos to build a case against underground artists with lyrics that carry a Rated R tag with criminal history.

This is a real eye-opener for those artists who depict a criminal lifestyle and persona through their music.

In the segment, I provide examples…

The Northern VA Community College was the site for the largest SharePoint Saturday event to date.

The total tally registered 900 + attendees which is triple the average attendance of typical SharePoint Saturday Conferences held worldwide.

Over 90 speakers were accepted to speak at SharePoint Saturday DC. For the attendees, there were numerous learning tracks to select which enhanced the overall experience for…

On this Sunday's Let's Talk Digital, I discussed the impact that social media marketing has had on the sport of professional boxing. In the wake of the Floyd "Money" Mayweather and "Sugar" Shane Mosely grossing one of the highest pay per view buys and strong ticket sales, I discuss the new channels of promotion that fighters and promotional companies are using to engage the die-hard fans and attract casual fans to the sport.

I touch upon Mayweather's use of Twitter to engage fans…

Certain movies have an impact on your life in many ways. Despite the fact that "its just a movie", I know of several people who have viewed horror movies and it impacted their day-to-day lives.

The original Nightmare on Elm Street, in my opinion, is one of the top 10 scariest movies of all time. I believe that what makes a movie truly scary is when it manipulates a common part of real life and gives it a scary twist. The theme centered around…

On the Latest Let's Talk Digital episode, I discuss Facebook accounting for 41% of social networking traffic. The interesting thing to note is that at the point in 2009, MySpace was the leader in social network traffic with Facebook slightly trailing.



I also discuss Facebook's partnership with Pandora and how the integration will enhance the user experience.



Let's Talk Digital airs every Sunday on…

I've been putting together segments off and on since 2005-2006 for an Internet broadcast known as That's The Business which was marketed as "Common Sense Strategies for today's Business Professional".

I've decided to put together some new content for the podcast because I need an outlet to discuss current news events from the perspective of impact and ramifications. Stay tuned for that, I plan to release some deep topics…

On the latest Let's Talk Digital segment, which airs every Sunday night at 7pm on www.wwradio.net on the The Indie Top Ten Plus One Radio, I will be discussing Ning's decision to layoff 40% of the workforce, new management decisions and the phasing out of Free social networks within the Ning ecosystem.…

First quarter is down. Lots of breakthroughs and lessons learned. The months of April, May, and June will provide new challenges that will require me to stretch mentally and physically (for my workout goals) to reach and exceed them. So much has been achieved that its hard to believe that we've only just left March 2010.

I find it helpful to continuously raise my standards even if its incremental growth. We'll see how…

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