eric rochow

I’m sorry, but this drives me up the wall. And its not just the Foundation Center that does this, but we’re going to use them as an example.
The Foundation Center is a great organization, they run a number of free resource libraries where you can get all sorts of information on grants, fundraising, etc. [...]

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Just heard about SocialDevCampChicago from TechCocktail, and I have signed up for a slot to talk about “What’s it like to create and manage a niche social network” . I’ll talk about how I decided to create The Green House, and what I’ve found works and what doesn’t, and more as I think about what [...]

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I received an email from Plaxo today, sent by Jim XXXX. Wanting me to connect with him on Pulse. I’m sure you get these as well.
Reading this email today, I am thinking about several things that could improve this message. In this latest installment of “What Eric Thinks”, here’s what I think.

Like you, I meet [...]

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Twitter spam, I get at least one of these a day, and I decided to take a minute here to do the “How Eric Sees It” on the use of Twitter as a tool to get out your message, without annoying people.
Let’s step thru my thoughts when I got this email from Twitter:

Here’s a big [...]

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Representatives John Culberson and Tim Ryan are now using Twitter. Other politicians use it, but its usually their staff that send out the posts. These 2 are sending their own. A quick review of some of their posts reveal their outlook on current topics

Of the two, Mr Culberson is using Twitter for what it does [...]

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I think most blogs are successful if their focus is a niche, rather than just a ramble of thoughts. ( ok, mine is a ramble of thoughts )

Today I learned that Mark Frauenfelder of Make Magazine has a blog, Dinosaurs and Robots, which I learned about from Make Magazine’s daily email. While reading about Mark [...]

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Like me, you probably get a few of these a week. An email with a subject line that sounds familiar. You open the email to find it is from a group, usually a non-profit, about an event or some issue they are working on.

I’ve replied to a few of these emails, asking the sender where [...]

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It seems the prevailing attitude is that Email is Dead. I find the contrary to be true. Email works great for reaching out to regular viewers of Gardenfork and Real World Green, and causes more people to visit our community site, The Greenhouse.
In every episode of Gardenfork and Real World Green, I mention that people [...]

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Started by a spur the moment Twitter by Cathleen Ritterreiser,

a few of us who are not going to South by Southwest decided to have a get-together here in NYC. The crew at For Your Imagination came on board, offering their great loft for the event, next Monday, March 10th.
There will also be a virtual get-together [...]

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My friend Mabel, who is one of the smartest people I know, has launched Tot Swap Shop, a website for people with children who want to give items they no longer need to people who do need them and vice versa.
Mabel bought me lunch several times while developing Tot Swap Shop to get my input [...]

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