December 2011
11 posts
Reading: How To: Enable TRIM Support For All SSDs in OS X Lion on @mactrast http://t.co/XDhP3k44 ( thank you @icrizzo )
IdeaPlane thinks it has a new take on the enterprise social network - focus on regulated industries http://t.co/JL0DeFDI
I am thinking @Yama for president.
Meet the newest member of the #doodle family: Tattoo. http://t.co/tr3RzZmC http://t.co/ZjT9V6EL
RT @ReplytoAll: The product/market fit process is both grinding and exhilarating. Keep turning the crank #custdev
California Creates Special Unit to Fight Computer Crimes - http://t.co/pSiwVqvP http://t.co/53X1sMOu
Buddy Media’s Michael Lazerow Makes People (Actually) Like Your Facebook Page http://t.co/uL6NpVdt
Google Deploys IPv6 For Internal Network http://t.co/8B7JrKnP
Oh dear, #newnewtwitter makes me feel old.
High school senior kills cancer with nanotech, still can’t legally drink (love this) http://t.co/tvoXTH8f
Google unveils ‘Find My Face’ tool http://t.co/hdzHTqiC
August 2010
2 posts
Gorilla Glue: Is Glue Social
There’s nothing exciting about glue. It’s sticky, messy, smelly and either works too well or not at all, but it’s a household product that just about anyone has purchased. I recently stood in the aisle of a hardware store overwhelmed by the number of glue products vying for shelf space. An unexpectedly attractive bottle of Gorilla Glue stood out. It’s smooth packaging...
The Value of Intangibles
While I usually love brunch with friends, today I nearly canceled. I am overwhelmed by a lack of sleep and a bulging inbox. I wondered if I could, or even should, relax with so much to do. The plan, brunch and a trip the Renegade Craft Fair. Why not tuck into a decadent meal, devour intellectually tasty conversations and then scoop up crafty, geeky treasures? Alas, brunch was missing the lazy ease...
July 2010
4 posts
3 tags
Identity VS. Personal Brand: Say My Name
Say My Name. Out loud. I wish I could hear your response! You may have noticed that I moved my blog back to Posterous. I am simplifying the technology clutter as I explained in a previous post, What Works.I also changed the name of my blog to “With a Z”. Rebranding? No, expressing my identity. So few people can say or spell my name, so “With a Z” may help remind...
What Is The Question?
How do you use Twitter? Many us who use Twitter are trying to answer this question and fumbling for the words. As soon as I craft an intelligent and honest response and offer up my answer, I am met with blank stares and more questions. I start all over again and grow frustrated with my inability to answer the recurring question.Finally, clarity! In a rush to respond, to quiet the noise, I...
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What Works
I’ve spent the past few years bulking up, shrugging off any technology or tools that seem light-weight. Comprehensive, feature-laden and sporting a multitude of bells and whistles is better than focused, stream-lined, simpler applications, right? Just like my 47 word Starbucks order, my application requirements have become a laundry list of features. Where is the value when everything can...
April 2010
2 posts
Do You Trust Twitter?
Do You Trust Twitter? Ironically, my favorite post from South By Southwest (“SXSW“) was about what did not happen at SXSW: The SXSW Keynote With Ev Williams You Had Hoped to See by Louis Gray. Louis Gray is not alone. Many of us want answers to the questions he asked in his post, and it looks like we will soon have some. Twitter’s recent acquisition of Tweetie, unofficial rumors about...
Do You Trust Twitter?
Do You Trust Twitter? Ironically, my favorite post from South By Southwest (“SXSW“) was about what did not happen at SXSW: The SXSW Keynote With Ev Williams You Had Hoped to See by Louis Gray. Louis Gray is not alone. Many of us want answers to the questions he asked in his post, and it looks like we will soon have some. Twitter’s recent acquisition of Tweetie, unofficial rumors about...
March 2010
1 post
Poker Face: Are You Putting Your Cards On The...
You hear that? Exactly, you don’t hear it because I am referring to the people who no longer live their lives on Twitter. There is no lack of activity on Twitter, but there is a shift in the way that many users communicate. Those who were completely open with just about everything and who urged us to embrace authenticity have retreated and rely on private direct messages (DM’s)...
February 2010
1 post
It's About The People, People, Not The Wine...
————— Forwarded message ————— From: LS Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 21:49:03 +0000 Subject: It’s About The People, People, Not The Wine. #time4wine To: “lizasperling@gmail.com” I am writing this on the ride home from Time4Wine. To those of you who made it to Time4wine, YOU made the weekend. It was a weekend of...
January 2010
3 posts
Everyone Needs A Tap Code? What's Yours?
By Liza Sperling I recently watched PBS’s This Emotional Life, a series focusing on humans’ emotions. One story, that of Bob Shumaker, stuck with me. Shumaker, a former Vietnam POW who survived three years of solitary confinement, credits his survival in part to the Tap Code, a social network comprised of tapping letters of the alphabet on the prison walls to communicate, educate,...
Untitled
Give her something geeky… When I mentioned I was creating a list of my favorite geeky items, I asked if others would like to take a peek. I was surprised by how many people responded, so here it is. Valentine’s Day is around the corner, so you have NO EXCUSE. These items range from inexpensive to pricey, and each has brought form, function and style to this geeky girl’s...
I Resolve To Screw Up
I Resolve To Screw Up By Liza Sperling I recently enjoyed an evening at Cirque du Soleil’s, Ovo, the best work holiday treat I can imagine and my first Cirque du Soleil show. I was blown away by what seemed to be less of a performance than a celebration of reality. Seeing the dancers’ muscles shake with fatigue was an odd comfort, as if they, too, were humans, in spite of their ability to move...
December 2009
2 posts
All I Want For Christmas
This year, I managed to avoid holiday preparation altogether. I neglected to even make a list (forget about checking it twice). When I landed in Eugene, Oregon on the afternoon of Christmas Eve and was met by my mom and 98 year old grandmother, I felt empty-handed and ill-prepared. At the last minute, my mom and I hung some Christmas lights and headed to the local pharmacy to pick up some...
Whose Rules?
Image: Jeff the Trojan, Flickr I’m loud, so what? If you follow me on Twitter, you know this already. I tweet a lot, to a lot of people about a variety of topics. I support and communicate with the people and communities I care about, express my opinions, and analyze the products and companies that interest me. Does my volume mean that I don’t listen? NO. I listen a...
November 2009
5 posts
Effort
A year ago I was commuting to Palo Alto daily, seeking to be a part of a community, yet unsure how to make it happen. Today, I am sitting at my local coffee shop, where I know every barista’s name. The Creamery is one node in my local community that reminds me that I have managed to join many communities, but how? We don’t become a member of a community by default, by moving or...
The Need For Speed
The more technology races ahead, the faster we want to go, the more we want to cram into every second of every moment and, accordingly, we are less tolerant of even minor delays. We complain when systems crash or the fail whale interrupts our tweets, While it’s exciting to see how technology allows us to automate and expedite many things we once did manually, I wonder if this expectation of...
Business Cards: Do Titles Matter?
Image via WikipediaToday was my first day at Scout Labs. When I started my first full-time job out of college at Morgan Stanley in 1998, my first day was devoted to paperwork followed by an entire month of training. Today I started with a brief, yet comprehensive overview of Scout Labs and the online brand monitoring landscape from Jennifer Zeszut, ran over to hear Margaret Francis speak on a...
Hotel Metrics: Taking Soup Metrics On The Road
Image via Wikipedia In social media, we measure, quantify and analyze even seemingly intangible concepts like trust, authenticity, even friendship. When Tara Hunt (aka @missrogue) wrote Soup Metrics, she defined the soup metric as “the number of people in your social network that you know would bring you soup if they knew you were sick and/or get your back in any other real friend way – to...
I Am Joining Scout Labs
Image by inju via Flickr I am thrilled to announce that I am joining Scout Labs. As a natural born evangelist, it is what I consider the ultimate role: to promote a brilliant application that addresses companies’ needs to interpret online conversations, determine consumer sentiment and identify signals in the noise. In my quest to find the this opportunity, I have focused on the caliber of...
October 2009
594 posts
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RT @the_gman @TelegraphNews Facebook awarded hundreds of millions in damages against ‘Spam King’ - Telegraph http://bit.ly/2PYOgb
RT @featureBlend: When the Internet (Over) Reacts — @harvardbiz http://j.mp/2NNTjN
RT @lgshareditems: Replacing Google Reader with Twitter is Nuts http://j.mp/4ezd3t
RT @TypeMicah: The Economist Writing Style Guide, very cool: http://bit.ly/4CQ0Wr (via @limeshot)
RT @Ohdoctah: @BAoki I’m sad we didnt get a picture together! Next time! =o) #140conf ( same for both of you! )
RT @heroweb @erictpeterson Treemap visualization of Google Analytics data http://tr.im/DCY2 (via @avinashkaushik)
RT @mayhemstudios #140conf photos to music by @Ohdoctah http://ow.ly/xGeo
RT @glfceo looking at graph representing relationships of ppl who tweeted #140conf - will publish after more analysis (wd love to see it)
RT @Lotay: Reminder: Fall Back — Time Change is This Weekend Daylight Saving http://viigo.im/1lbb (thx, forgot already)
Bing's new mobile site wants to be touched →
Michel Wendell On The Big Opportunities In The... →
Executive charged in Galleon case leaves IBM http://bit.ly/3UvJUj
Twitter, Outlines, Lists, Directories, Y!ou →
If you follow a list, you follow each member, right? What if owner alters list? Guessing it won’t change who I do/don’t follow?
Celebrating great week w/ @khartline @lucaspup at yummy new taqueria, Iron Cactus, next to the Creamery in Soma. Noms & sunshine.
RT @ scepticgeek GReader is Google’s Walled Garden says @jesse http://twitter.com/ScepticGeek (like as is-it’s public, but won’t help #’s)
When will Britney spam follows get more creative?
Introducing Cisco’s FlipShareTV →