Jim Gross

program manager, blogger, dogfood eater.
Tweet, Follow, Repeat
Sean McDonald from the Communities and Conversations team at Dell, a/k/a smcdonaldatdell , asked about choosing Twitter followers today: How do you decide who to follow? Do you follow everyone that follows you? What are your criteria? Finding myself unable...
Communities and Conversations: Dell's Bob Pearson
Bob Pearson, VP of Communities and Conversations, recently talked with Forrester's Jeremiah Owyang on social media at Dell: read more Read More...
Bat, man.
A true Halloween horror story... So last night after the Trick or Treating and quite a haul by the boys, I'm laying down and watching a movie on the couch at about 11:00 when I notice something fly by out the corner of my eye. "That's an...
Posted: Nov 01 2008, 03:50 PM by jimgross.net
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RTM + GTD = OA5
I've been using Remember the Milk (RTM) for a couple years to manage all sorts of work and personal tasks with varying degrees of success. And lately, I've also been digging a bit more deeply into the Getting Things Done (GTD) "action management"...
Five Outs Away, Five Years Later
It was five years ago last night that the Cubs were leading the Florida Marlins 3-0 with one out in the eighth inning of game six of the National League Championship Series ; five outs away from their first NL pennant and World Series appearance since...
Posted: Oct 15 2008, 09:46 AM by jimgross.net
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Search the Web, Get Stuff
Those spammy chain emails from ten years ago have come true! read more Read More...
How to kill a blog without even trying
Simple: just don't write in it for two weeks! It's not like I have a lack of material. I have an "Ideas" tab in my Remember The Milk task list, and in there are several items tagged "blog". There are 31 pages saved in my "...
KickApps Re-launches McCainSpace
While it doesn't rival the buzz around Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's introduction as John McCain's running mate, KickApps is getting some action in the blogosphere after the re-launch of McCainSpace.com . read more Read More...
Back to School
Today was a day of firsts. Andy's first day of Kindergarten , Carol's first day as the new broadcast journalism teacher at Frisco Centennial High School, and - two outta three ain't bad - Mitch's first sick day of the year. :( read more...
Posted: Aug 25 2008, 10:53 PM by jimgross.net
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Basically, it's a Google
"What you can find out now on the Internet - it's remarkable." read more Read More...
Andy Lark on Social Media @ Dell
Social Media is Core to Dell's Marketing Strategy read more Read More...
The Onion on Social Media
America's Finest News Source sums up the essence of social media: Local Idiot To Post Comment On Internet . read more Read More...
Posted: Aug 17 2008, 10:50 AM by jimgross.net
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Planning to Fail
We've all heard the cliche "if you fail to plan, you might as well plan to fail." Now comes this sobering piece from Overcoming Bias, by way of 43 Folders on The Planning Fallacy, "a common cognitive bias... which is a repeatable, documented...
The Conversation Prism
Interesting piece on the "rapidly evolving landscape for social tools, services, and networks" and a " graphic that helps chart online conversations between the people that populate communities as well as the networks that connect the Social...
Userplane: Message Boards 2.0?
Mashable today profiled the launch of Userplane Boards , "an innovative new message board product (that) combines aspects of Userplane’s other services like chat and IM with threaded message board discussion, creating a real-time environment that...