A Twitter Campaign: Social Media Marketing for Tech

One of the things I do in my job (and my life) is social media. I’ve been communicating online since 1982, and have tried just about every major online communications tool to come along during that time, starting with CompuServe chat and BBSes in the early 80s. I began using Twitter in 2007; it has grown to be an important… Continue reading A Twitter Campaign: Social Media Marketing for Tech

Linux Performance Analysis and Tools: Brendan Gregg’s Talk at SCaLE 11x

Linux Performance Analysis and Tools from brendangregg Our friends at SCaLE invited Brendan Gregg to speak (again) this year, and he was happy to return. He developed and delivered a fantastic talk; I filmed, edited, published, wrote a blog post for Joyent, and ran a quick-n-dirty social media campaign (Twitter and HackerNews) to drive traffic to it… Continue reading Linux Performance Analysis and Tools: Brendan Gregg’s Talk at SCaLE 11x

The Twitter Diaries: 2010-01-28 CO

(In reverse chron order, sorry!) Jan 28, 2010 @KathySierra a lot of us prefer keyboards, though. I find handwriting painful and screen-touching slow. And I type VERY fast. RT @wanderingitaly: Mmmm. RT: @ContextItaly: Jewish Cuisine in Rome event May 17, led by the wonderful Katie Parla http://bit.ly/9b24Xw @nonstick that is very true. @nonstick I don’t… Continue reading The Twitter Diaries: 2010-01-28 CO

Ben Rockwood & Deirdré Straughan: A Conversation at LISA ’09

A conversation about LISA, conferences in general, open source communities, Solaris, OpenSolaris, Sun culture, Sun personalities, the value of video, social media, the old days on CompuServe, supporting customers online, why video instead of text blogs, measuring online impact, Facebook, Twitter, bit.ly, the next big thing in social media, technical education… You might also like:… Continue reading Ben Rockwood & Deirdré Straughan: A Conversation at LISA ’09