In Praise of Freedom
Coming relatively unscathed through the 2012 super derecho or land hurricane makes me especially grateful for freedom.
How Pepco Can Power Up Its Communications
Yesterday I brought you up to speed on my conversations with Pepco and, more specifically, with Andre Francis, who manages the organization's social media efforts. Image: Féron Benjamin via Flickr, Creative Commons As I continued thinking about it and how organizations approach social media in general, a couple of things became clear to me. First,
Powwowing With Pepco on Social Media
I haven't been the biggest fan of my local energy company, Pepco, recently. Granted, we've had some pretty crazy weather... and that tends to send the power diving down the tubes. That, I understand. But what really started getting on my nerves was how seemingly useless their communications were. I ranted a fair amount about
Still Just Another Day
When I wrote yesterday would be not just another day , I had no idea how right I was. Because it was not just another day. I was literally five minutes away from heading to the Emergency Social Data Summit when a storm hit our area. And what a storm. The whistling wind would have