My Summer at SAS: Week 9

I first wrote this post for the SAS blog Conversations and Connections. SAS has been awesome enough to let me repost it here. Editor’s [David B. Thomas] Note: They grow up so fast. Week of August 9, 2010 (Monday, 8/9) Day 40: Had a brainstorming/catch up session with Kristine Vick today to make the SAS

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A New Professional’s Twitter Presence

I read a post by Chris Brogan this morning: “My Twitter Presence”. The post lays out his strategy in sections and bulleted lists. At the end he mentions his interest in seeing posts written by readers on their Twitter methodology, encouraging them to leave links in the comments. I thought I’d take him up on

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A Social Media Apprentice

I read a post today by Christopher S. Penn called “Apprenticeship, little things and formulae for success”. It starts out by explaining how apprenticeships worked in old Japan. For instance, an apprentice to a master blacksmith might have been charged with sweeping the shop for four years. In doing so, he would have had the

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