Mavin Digital Mashup

Just Kite It dot com brings a new spin to the elusive world of kiteboarding. Enthused and challenged by the very difficult sport in the summer of 2009, Just Kite It dot com Founder Jessica Valenzuela pursued it with voracious passion.

Recently, I’ve had to face some tough decisions as a Founder for a new company that I am nurturning, Just Kite It.

The advent of social media as a way to deliver and consume information has lifted personal and professional barriers. We’re more social as a species.

by
Shelley-Ann West : guest blogger
In the last couple months the buzz about social media has been getting so loud I got rid of my cable. Ok that’s not really the reason I got rid of my cable but it might as well have been. Almost every story was either about Facebook or Twitter.
Ok so we … [Read More »]

After much buzz and anticipation, industrial band Nine Inch Nails (NIN/Trent Reznor), last week, released a new and innovative app for the iPhone/iTouch called “Nine Inch Nails: Access.”  The application serves as a defacto mobile portal that allows fans to log on anywhere/anytime to the nin.com network.  Fans can now access news, Blogs, photo and … [Read More »]

While in San Francisco for the recently concluded Web 2.0 Expo I had a moment to catch up with Suzane Xie (@suzannez) CEO and co-Founder at Weardrobe. The seedlings of our friendship began in the summer of 2008 in New York City. Connected by Women 2.0, our pursuit and passion for community building and our … [Read More »]

Apparently YES. Those who attended Beyond The Buzz: On Measuring a Conversation at Web 2.0 Expo. The conversation was led by social scientist Marc Smith (Telligent Systems) and social psychologist Kate Niederhoffer (Dachis Corporation) captivated the audience with its eye opening data, methodology and very cool graphs and charts! The presentation slides should be posted … [Read More »]

This post is inspired by a comment made by Daniel on my coverage of Why Social Media Fails And How To Fix It. He asked the question “how do these principles apply to personal branding?” The practice of social media in personal branding is much simpler in comparison to the economies of scale when implementing … [Read More »]

The powerhouse panel @peterkim (Dachis Corporation) @charleneli (Altimeter)  and @jowyang (Forrester Research) packed the house (SRO) at the early morning 830AM session at @w2e. A reflection of how many are tuning into social media and making sense of it. The official Twitter hashtag is #smfail if you’d like to hear what everyone is saying … [Read More »]

Tonight marked my first tweetup event hosted by IBM’s @sandy_carter and @jowyang. I had so much fun I am compelled to write a post about it.

When @shefinds shared the information curiosity peeked my attention: an IBM tweetup? Hhhhhmmm. Not sure what to expect specially when you receive an email request after registration asking for your … [Read More »]