eric rochow

social media handyman, creator of Gardenfork & Real World Green

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Entries from January 2008

Jeff Pulver interviews me on Pulver.tv

January 24th, 2008 · No Comments

I was invited by Andrew Lipson and Jeff Pulver to appear on Jeff Pulver’s Blogtv.com show, Pulver.tv. It was great. Thanks for having me.

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Twitter Updates for 2008-01-23

January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Going to jackson heights for gardenfork street food shoot #

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Twitter Updates for 2008-01-20

January 20th, 2008 · No Comments

just found this, looks interesting: "spoonch.tv is a webTV hunter" follow @spoonch http://spoonch.tv #

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Name tags are key to real time social networking

January 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Chris Brogan posted some tips/thoughts about how to improve in-person social events and I wanted to elaborate a bit on my comments on his blog.

We all go to these events hoping to connect with that person that is key to our plan, right? Well, at least I do. But its a bit of a mystery [...]

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Over - Twitter

January 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Twice in two nights of talking with the social media types of New York it has been said to me:
“Yeah, I’ve cut down on my Twitters.”
Twitter is great for learning about news and links and what your friends are doing, but there are those who over-twitter. One wonders what they do besides Twitter. A [...]

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A lost branding opportunity

January 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Tony, a web developer friend of mine and I were talking about email blasts, and he was researching different companies that offer email services. I get several email blasts from people who use one company, who I like because the company offers a very simple way of unsubscribing at the bottom of the email,  but [...]

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The 1% rule rings true for Gardenfork

January 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Coming late to the party, I just learned of Jackie Huba and Ben McConnell’s blog, Church of the Customer, and read the essential post, The 1% Rule: Charting citizen participation. I also watched them eat a meatball sundae, all the while making wry comments, so you have to like them.
A lot of the social media [...]

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5 dangerous things you should let your kids do

January 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Full disclosure: I don’t have any children ( though who knows what the future brings ). But many of my friends do, and I spend time with them. I think, for the most part, that kids don’t do the things I did growing up. Kids are overbooked and micromanaged and not allowed to do anything [...]

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