So long, and thanks for all the M&Ms

David B. Thomas|August 18, 2010

I’ve already announced on my personal blog, the imaginatively-titled David B. Thomas, that I am leaving SAS to go to New Marketing Labs. Today is my last day here. I’m in my office right now, procrastinating, since the packing up has come down to the annoying stage: small things and [...]

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What the flipping fudge? A note to social media pottymouths.

David B. Thomas|December 9, 2009

One of my favorite podcasts is Media Hacks, which features Mitch Joel, C.C. Chapman, Julien Smith, Chris Brogan, Hugh McGuire, and Christopher S. Penn discussing a loose agenda of topics spanning social media, marketing, technology and the ways we create and consume content in the modern world. On one episode, [...]

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Turns out some of your friends are jerks

David B. Thomas|November 8, 2009

There’s a paradox in my involvement in social media that people who know me well will understand: Often I don’t want to know what most people are thinking. For instance, the absolute nadir of human communication is occurring in the comments sections of YouTube and local news sites. I avoid [...]

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My perspective on Blogworld as an enterprise B2B social media practitioner

David B. Thomas|October 17, 2009

I’m in one of the last few sessions at Blogworld. I’ve hit the point of overload. I truly appreciate all the time and effort all the speakers and organizers have put into making this an incredibly useful and practical event. I love how much people are willing to share. I [...]

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Key theme from Blogworld Expo 2009

David B. Thomas|October 17, 2009

Key theme from Blogworld 2009 from David B Thomas on Vimeo. tags: Ephemera

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Why I'll be tweeting less from Blogworld

David B. Thomas|October 16, 2009

Considering I’m at Blogworld it’s not surprising I’ve been thinking a lot about the ways we communicate in social media and how blogs fit into the equation. I contributed to my first blog in 2001 and started my own in 2003 back when there weren’t all these other options, like [...]

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Chris Brogan's keynote from Blogworld Expo

David B. Thomas|October 15, 2009

Chris Brogan delivered the closing keynote today at BlogWorld Expo. As usual it was inspiring, often unexpected and a bit profane. I’m posting my notes cleaned up a bit but more or less as I took them. ———————— This is no rah-rah speech. This is not going to be “hooray, [...]

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Marketing sure is a lot more fun these days

David B. Thomas|October 13, 2009

I’m about to embark on an uncharacteristic whirlwind of travel. I’ve been lucky enough to be invited to speak at BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas, Marketing Profs Digital Marketing Mixer in Chicago and the Social Media Business Forum in Durham, NC. All three are crammed into a span of nine [...]

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"We've got to get on Twitter right away!"

David B. Thomas|October 9, 2009

Sometimes people don’t want to hear that social media takes time and effort. I made this short video after seeing the “social media guru” video on YouTube done with the same tool from Xtranormal. Please note: If I work with you and you see any resemblance to any conversation we’ve [...]

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Call me a jackass, but I say bring on the mistakes

David B. Thomas|September 16, 2009

As you’ve probably heard, President Obama referred to rapper Kanye West as a “jackass” after West crashed the stage at the Video Music Awards and stole the mic from blah blah blah I don’t care. Obama made the comment in a pre-interview conversation with CNBC’s John Harwood, who understood the [...]

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