gavin baker

Mysterious Titles – What does THAT person do?

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There has been some public outcry against the growing trend of social media titles at companies.  Often this is a community manager or social media manager type of title.  There is pushback from those that “understand” social media because it’s not a marketing discipline that’s in a vertical it’s a tool to be [...]

Facebook + Contacts = PhoneBook

Confession: I’m not sure I’m the typical iPhone app downloader. I say that because while I’ve had an iPhone for almost one year, I currently have TWO game apps (one of which I added yesterday) while anecdotally there seem to be more game apps than anything else.
I’m all about simple, useful and utility.  One [...]

Facebook and my enlightenment

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To go on the record: I hate messages that aren’t email (I don’t really love email, but at least it’s standardized). Facebook messages, twitter DM’s, Linkedin messages and a host of other isolated systemic proprietary messages are perpetual pricks in my side as I attempt to stay connected and informed.  Why [...]