Dave Burke : Online Community and Social Business Specialist

Everyman on Competition For One, Sony’s Fall, Glass in Your Future, the Screenularity

Competition For One. Excellent ideas in this New York Times piece on PayPal founder Peter Thiel in The Creative Monopoly. We often shouldn’t seek to be really good competitors. We should seek to be really good monopolists. Instead of being slightly b... [More]

Posted on 5/5/2012 1:14:38 PM by Dave Burke, (0) Comments
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Everyman on Sameness, Storysharers, On Review, AI Protuberances, Bent Objects

Is Facebook making us all the same? That's the lead in a Six Pixels of Separation article which includes other choice sound bites like "It's a Facebook world, and we're all just living in it," and "There's the Internet... and there's the Fa... [More]

Posted on 3/1/2012 5:24:30 PM by Dave Burke, (0) Comments
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Everyman on Influencers, Gaming vs Reputation Systems, Trusting in Facebook, Alvin meets Orson

After nearly six months away, I am back in Big Everyman mode to share links I find interesting and of value. Some of the links may seem a bit dated as we catch up, but hopefully you’ll find that they are still worthy of Everyman reflection. Influencers... [More]

Posted on 6/12/2011 6:48:27 PM by Dave Burke, (0) Comments
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Everyman on Where a Website Fits, Minimum Project Rate, Benefit-Driven, Broken Screens

Where a Website Fits. MarketingProfs post on website development myths, like web hosting should cost $5, maintaining a website is simple, and traffic is king. The most insightful statement to me was, “Web developers must not only know how to create the si... [More]

Posted on 11/14/2010 7:25:32 PM by Dave Burke, (0) Comments
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Everyman on Death by Facebook, Pissed at the Wrong Guy, Limits are Good

Death by Facebook. Jay Baer describes three ways Facebook is killing your website. This is definitely something affecting my business of building and customizing online communities, especially in this tough economy. Small businesses aren’t investing in th... [More]

Posted on 8/14/2010 1:20:02 PM by Dave Burke, (0) Comments
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Everyman on Your Own Race, Tell Me A Story, Content Anticipation, MenuPad

Your Own Race. An Illuminated Mind post on lessons learned from one year of self employment. “Effectiveness is the name of the game when you’re self employed.” I couldn’t agree more. Quality is a given, but productivity is Job #1.  There’s too much t... [More]

Posted on 7/4/2010 7:43:43 PM by Dave Burke, (0) Comments
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Everyman on Website Do-overs, Two-Second Rule, Every Company a Media Company

Website Do-overs. Excellent MarketingProfs article on things to consider on your next website, but also worth considering for existing websites that should be thinking “do-over.” Points to consider include looking at your customers’ needs more than what y... [More]

Posted on 6/12/2010 11:15:08 AM by Dave Burke, (0) Comments
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Everyman on Micro Magazines, Cornerstone Pages, Predictive Horizons

Micro magazines for a fast and specific world. Seth Godin discusses the allure of micro magazines, describing weeklies like Time and Newsweek as being slow and general, while in contrast the world is fast and specific. Godin lists why micro magazines refl... [More]

Posted on 5/17/2010 8:46:11 PM by Dave Burke, (0) Comments
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Everyman on Bill Knew Better, Transmedia Storytelling, Freelancers for the Win

Bill Knew Better. I’m sure you found all of the press about Steve Jobs killing off non-Apple development platforms like Flash and MonoTouch on Apple OS4 devices as interesting as I have. Two of the most educational articles (along with their many good com... [More]

Posted on 4/18/2010 8:04:17 AM by Dave Burke, (0) Comments
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Everyman on The Holistic Web, Incentive Planning, Marketing as Entertwainment

The Holistic Web. One of those must-read-all-the-way-through Smashing Magazine articles, Holistic Web Browsing Trends of the Future. Its four major themes are 1) web browsers approaching operating systems in sophistication, 2) functionally-limited mo... [More]

Posted on 4/14/2010 8:10:10 PM by Dave Burke, (0) Comments
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