Tribus Cometh: Gehenna or Anarch Revolt?

At the recent RE Tech South conference, I had the opportunity to meet Eric Stegemann — a self-described 25-year old going on 40 — who is the founder and CEO of a company called Tribus as well as the “Head Honcho” of River City Real Estate, a brokerage in St. Louis. Eric is really one … Read more

The Difference Between 1.0 and 2.0

So I ask an innocent question recently on Twitter: “What’s the difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0?” And I got a number of interesting responses.  So of course I have to blog about it, heh. Heather Elias (@heatherflynn) wrote: @robhahn interruption marketing versus permission marketing.  Actually, I take that back. More like broadcasting versus … Read more

The Local vs. Localism: Hyperlocal Media Wars

I’ve been meaning to check out The Local — New York Time’s foray into what they’re calling ‘hyperlocal’ media but only got around to it just now.  Imagine my surprise and pleasure to discover that my neighborhood (Millburn, Maplewood, and South Orange) is one of the two trial neighborhoods for The Local.  (The other one … Read more

So What's Your Blog About?

Courtesy of Jonathan Miller, I learned about Wordle.  The funnest thing you can do with this is to answer the question: “So what’s your blog about anyway?” Here’s what, according to Wordle, this blog is about: Who knew? Here are some other popular RE.net blogs, and “What They’re About” Sellsius: 1000Watt: FOREM: BloodhoundBlog: All images … Read more

So What’s Your Blog About?

Courtesy of Jonathan Miller, I learned about Wordle.  The funnest thing you can do with this is to answer the question: “So what’s your blog about anyway?” Here’s what, according to Wordle, this blog is about: Who knew? Here are some other popular RE.net blogs, and “What They’re About” Sellsius: 1000Watt: FOREM: BloodhoundBlog: All images … Read more

The Fundamental Misconception of Social Media

Unless you have been living under a rock, you’ve heard of this “social media” thing. But if pressed to define it, you — like the rest of us — would stammer out a few words about Twitter, Facebook, and blogs and then… realize that the term is more or less undefined. Well, here’s the Wikipedia … Read more

Lessons from Counterinsurgency #3: Petraeus on Unity

(Part 1, Part 2) Petraeus on Unity Another major lesson from counterinsurgency is the importance of coordination and synchronization: It is also essential that we achieve unity of effort, that we coordinate and synchronize the actions of all ISAF and Afghan forces — and those of our Pakistani partners across the border — and that … Read more