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2013-05-20 18:13:40 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 14 +1s)

On Saturday, I let a total stranger drive off with my family car.  I was unnerved.

I just got the car back and am $50 richer.  What did I learn?  I got disrupted, and it's uncomfortable.   What I experienced is what many brands will have to through in their own business, they will have to stop selling products and instead trade, rent, loan, or co-own.  I wrote a heartfelt letter to brands, to share why I feel unnerved too.

http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2013/05/20/dear-brands-im-unnerved-too/

2013-05-20 02:18:44 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 19 +1s)

Brancino fish, at four seasons

2013-05-19 20:18:00 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

Sunday sun and suds. Japanese beer.

2013-05-19 18:13:53 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

Thanks +Jeremiah Owyang for getting me setup with Google Glass. He took me through the whole unboxing experience. Next up will be +Susan Etlinger   #throughglass  (Note: we got permission from Google to share Glass within Altimeter Group for research purposes.) 

2013-05-19 15:36:26 (0 comments, 5 reshares, 7 +1s)

New post: What did I see at the Maker Faire?

Now is a scary/invigorating time to be a brand

More disruptions to brands --and opportunities. Here's a post where I listed out what I saw, and gave my insights on what it means to corporations. 

http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2013/05/19/the-maker-movement-disrupts-brands-provides-opportunities/

2013-05-18 23:11:49 (1 comments, 5 reshares, 9 +1s)

Just saw quite a few different 3D printers, some printed items that were concrete,wood, and salt. 

I shared a bunch of photos and videos here: 

Can you 3D print everything in your life? Almost. And think about the huge disruption to toy manufactures, retailers, consumer packaged goods, auto and other industries.

Went to Maker Faire with quite a few folks, and while I've been many years, was amazed by how large the 3D printing pavilion was. It spread to a large building, and they were showcasing materials printed by concrete, wood/polymer (that's right wood), plastic, salt, and many other materials. 

Here's a few of the images or videos I captured

3D Printed Wood (mixed with plastic polymers to hold it together), made from sawdust https://twitter.com/jowyang/status/335858091675504640/photo/1
and video hereht... more »

2013-05-18 04:47:51 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 22 +1s)

Tech party

2013-05-18 03:38:40 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

#throughglass

2013-05-18 03:38:25 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

#throughglass

2013-05-18 03:37:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

#throughglass

2013-05-18 03:27:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Went to Wholefoods folks were asking a lot of questions about Glass, staring.  

2013-05-17 14:20:40 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

#throughglass

Keyboard Edit: Just took Rumba for a walk, He's on twitter ya know.  @goodboyrumba. Aren't all dogs?  

2013-05-17 06:20:09 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

#throughglass

2013-05-17 00:34:34 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 15 +1s)

#throughglass

senor +Marcus Nelson 

2013-05-16 21:34:10 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Places I expect to see a "No Google Glass" sign:  

Museums, Sports, Casinos, Performing Arts, Banks, TSA, Vegas parties, Movie Theatres.

2013-05-16 19:55:39 (4 comments, 4 reshares, 13 +1s)

We just learned that Google Glass turns tinted in the sun.

See the small gray prism above +Chris Silva right eye? It's clear indoors, then transitions to shaded in the sun.   Note there are no 'lens'  in front of eyes, it's just a frame.

It was very awkward for me to get up that close to him and take the photo.  We're close colleagues, but this is getting ridiculous! 

#throughglass

2013-05-16 19:52:20 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

#throughglass

2013-05-16 18:26:14 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

#throughglass

2013-05-16 16:21:20 (15 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

I wish QR codes would go the way of the dodo, but it appears that will not happen.

Here's how Glass connects to Wifi.  It looks, and scans,  QR Codes

How it works?
1) Using a browser, you access the Glass website to configure the device
2) You enter in a wifi, and credentials
3) The browser renders this QR Code
4) Activate settings on Glass headset (scrolling by moving finger on temple)
5) Add network
6) Look.
7) Done.

One could also do a wireless tethering capability on mobile phone, or Mifi, which I'm trying (unsuccessfully) to setup.

2013-05-16 15:30:48 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

#throughglass

Glass works in light rain.   Prob won't work swimming --or the shower for that matter.  cc Scoble.

2013-05-16 15:18:36 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

#throughglass

Edit from laptop: Here's a video, the default is 10seconds long.5mb camera, uploaded via wifi from office wifi.  I also have a Mifi as I go about town as I've not turned on tethering for phone.

2013-05-16 15:14:18 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

#throughglass

2013-05-16 15:14:07 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

#throughglass

2013-05-16 14:19:31 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

Post using Google glasses voice recognition system all this is done hands-free.

Hopefully it comes out well. I will not edit it

Fluent American English with a neutral accent

2013-05-16 13:34:44 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

#throughglass

2013-05-17 00:20:35 (181 comments, 314 reshares, 1289 +1s)

Saw this meme from +Chris Voss 

2013-05-16 05:24:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

#throughglass   Looking sharp Greg Narain

2013-05-16 05:03:45 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 14 +1s)

#throughglass

2013-05-16 04:59:08 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

The new google plus layout looks a lot more rich.  Nice job +Bradley Horowitz 

PS Bradley, are you sure you read my post?  

2013-05-16 05:02:27 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

#throughglass

What's going on here?  +Brian Solis  is walking the catwalk using Glass.  

2013-05-16 02:00:54 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 24 +1s)

Glassfather

2013-05-16 01:43:08 (2 comments, 11 reshares, 32 +1s)

@sarah Austin in Google Glass.

2013-05-16 00:43:02 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 11 +1s)

#throughglass

2013-05-15 21:20:08 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 19 +1s)

What Matters at Google IO?

The Google announcement train was a wreck. Product after product after product in an uncoordinated fashion over 3 hours. 

To make sense of this long series of announcements, I worked with +Chris Silva  to boil down the salient, pithy points and what it means to us, consumers, and business. 

http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2013/05/15/google-better-organizes-our-world-and-sells-us-back-the-experience/

2013-05-15 12:43:32 (2 comments, 7 reshares, 8 +1s)

Question: Is Facebook paid, owned or earned? 

Answer: Yes. 

Facebook is all, and starting to look like "all, all the time. They integrate advertising units along with content created by brands on their Facebook pages, and allow for consumers to share their opinions right in the comments. Sometimes, ads look like social content, and it’s hard to distinguish the difference. Thanks to +Rebecca Lieb  and +Jessica Groopman 

http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2013/05/15/video-converged-media-integrating-your-paid-owned-and-earned/

http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2012/09/03/breakdown-converged-media-workflow-coordinating-paid-owned-earned/

2013-05-15 12:27:29 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Headed to Google IO.  who's going?

+Mike Elgan  +Robert Scoble I assume will be there.

2013-05-15 03:39:16 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

What device does a Google Glass user use to spot a celibate?  The mirror.

2013-05-14 20:33:39 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2013/05/14/social-business-growth-segments-social-media-management-systems-and-education/

2013-05-13 17:44:22 (2 comments, 4 reshares, 7 +1s)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/12/net-us-google-social-idUSBRE94B04W20130512

2013-05-13 17:22:53 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

My latest post, an Open Letter to brands.  I want an Open Relationship.

http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2013/05/13/dear-brands-our-relationship-has-changed/

2013-05-13 12:17:00 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

200 ways to stop buying --and make money from the stuff you have lying around

http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2013/02/24/the-master-list-of-the-collaborative-economy-rent-and-trade-everything/

2013-05-13 02:53:09 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

The rare red Tesla.

0-60 in 4.4 seconds. Seats 7. Plug into wall next to iPhone.

2013-05-13 01:09:38 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 13 +1s)

Silicon Valley Sushi is somewhat silly, Sundays.

2013-05-13 00:00:35 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Google maps easter egg, see this small yet super crowded Island in Columbia http://goo.gl/maps/WcSvi

2013-05-12 16:56:32 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 12 +1s)

Amazing video: Like out of a movie

Police hits drug plane while taking off

2013-05-11 05:47:08 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

Facebook is going to nickel and dime you. I mean, $100 bill you.

I just tried to send Richard Brewer-Hay@ a private message in Facebook (we were not friends on FB) to congrats him on his new gig leaving corporate and starting a brewery. 

And I get a message suggesting that I need to pay $1 to send a message to Richard. I nearly fell out of my chair. Then, I remembered the news that you could pay up to $100 to reach non-friends with a private message.

Quick, come up with some other creative ways that Facebook could make money from the experience? 

Nickel and Dime you. I mean, $100 bill you.

I just tried to send Richard Brewer-Hay a private message (we were not friends on FB) to congrats him on his new gig leaving corporate and starting a brewery. 

And I get this message (see image) suggesting that I need to pay $1 to send a message toRi... more »

2013-05-11 04:01:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Old Timey Spy Stuff  http://imgur.com/a/Uel8A

2013-05-10 11:31:19 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Three amazing privacy or data leaks I saw in news today. Hold onto your hat these are wild: 

1) Snapchat pictures (whose promise was that photos are instantly deleted) can now be recovered from the smart phone, for criminal investigations. 

2) 3D printed gun designs have been banned by the Fed. By the time they got around to banning it, 10,000 designers were downloaded and no doubt spreading like wildfire. 

3) Adult Dating App on Facebook "Bang with Friends" now shows which one of your friends are using it through Facebook Graph Search. (Hat tip Augie Ray)

What's disruptive? Everything and everyone. I literally saw all these stories in sequence this morning. Oh Internet, you so crazy.

Here's the sources, in order:
Snapchat
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=25106057 3D printed guns... more »

2013-05-10 02:40:48 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

Tony Starks car, from Woodside CA (Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs lived in this affluent town)

2013-05-10 02:38:01 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

Dinner