I did not escape the Super Bowl hype. I tried!

On the Know More Media network, CIO Tim Stay presented the Top Ten 2007 Super Bowl Ads series. Whew! I was glad not to have to sit through the game to see the ads -- I would have ruined everyone's fun anyway with my overly critical eye. Considering that all I want to see are the commercials, I rather enjoyed just skipping to the good stuff.

Joseph Carrabis, author of BizMediaScience, questions why his blogging is considered "intimate." If I had any doubt before, all traces were dispelled when I saw his blog about something I sent him. I had noticed he was discussing politics more and more lately -- probably for the same reason as I. But, the way he called me out caught me off guard. Other readers also feel the intimacy in his blogging. Carrabis writes from a very genuine place and his wisdom is developed through his process of discovery, which he shares openly.

Jason Boog pointed us to a video by cultural anthropologists that presents their Digital Ethnological Project that made him examine who will be writing about Web and Media 2.0 -- how the digital revolution has and is effecting our world. What I saw summed up, in a neatly packaged presentation, is what many early adapters of digital media have embraced most about the relatively new medium -- we are in control. I keep saying the power is in our hands -- now, what are we going to do with it?

From the mouths of babes...? Maria Palma says even her friend's 9-year-old daughter can tell when models are too skinny. I think this 9-year-old must be exceptionally intelligent and socially aware for her age. She even weighed in with her thoughts on customer service.

Dr. Ellen Weber recently issued a challenge to bloggers, and reminded them who their real currency is. If no one is reading, what is the point?

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