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Mar

How “The Influencers” Use Twitter to Make a Difference

Justin on March 11th, 2010

Admit it: deep down, you’ve always known that the world works differently for The Important People.
You just hate it when the world proves you right.
Take Conan O’Brien, for example. The guy sends out a single tweet and he changes this girl’s life. Meanwhile, you desperately retweet your own blog posts 14 times a day in [...]

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Mar

How Ignite Baltimore Turned Me Into a Hate-Filled Bastard for a Night

Justin on March 10th, 2010

Last Thursday, I attended the fifth installment of Ignite Baltimore, an event designed to get people excited about creating positive change in Baltimore.
And yet, somehow, the experience had the exact opposite effect on me… and this got me thinking about HOW we talk about the things we most care about, and why we might want [...]

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Feb

An Open Letter to My Audience: What Do YOU Need From Me?

Justin on February 26th, 2010

I blog a lot about the importance of audience. Now I’d like to understand my own audience a bit better.
NOTE: This is a long and winding post, and you may be in a hurry. If so, let me ask you for a quick favor: my whole reason for writing this post is to better understand [...]

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