Of all the recent innovations in digital communications, the hashtag is among the most misunderstood and misused conventions. Necessity is often the mother of invention, and in the case of the hashtag, it evolved from Twitter users’ desire to categorize their thoughts into groups. As the legend goes, @chrismessina, an early adopter of Twitter, suggested…
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WWE – Slamming the Competition in Social TV
Like most red-blooded American males, I grew up spending my Saturday mornings in the 80s watching the cartoonish gladiators of the WWE – it was WWF back in my day – battle in the name of good vs. evil. If you talk to your generational counterparts, they likely remember more than they’d care to admit…
Charlie Sheen: Stuck in a Moment and He Can’t Get Out Of It
The best thing I can say for Charlie Sheen after seeing his appearance in Boston? He’s still alive and definitely off the drugs. Unfortunately, the rest of us are all off the drug called Charlie Sheen. The high has worn off, and the hangover is setting in. And sadly, despite amassing a sizeable audience, Sheen…
Charlie Sheen: #Winning at Social Media (or alternatively, magically and effortlessly converting tin cans into pure gold)
In the last month, three people have joined Twitter with great fanfare. The King of All Media himself, Howard Stern, despite protesting for over a year that he “didn’t get Twitterâ€, joined the microblogging service after signing his new deal with SiriusXM. And he immediately broke new ground by live-tweeting along with an HBO airing…