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I am Alex Priest. I am a DC technologist, marketer, social media user, designer, student, professional, entrepreneur, and more. I love to learn, create and explore. I want to have good stories to tell when I'm old.
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When I helped launch Uber early 2010 I didn’t really see myself as an operations guy. I am just a...
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Two young filmmakers went out during Hurricane Irene to document their Manhattan neighborhood.
Posted on Monday, August 29th 2011
Tags Documentary Hurricane Irene News
Reblogged from Brooklyn Mutt
Good stuff, although I disagree on the first one. I’m pretty sure an exponential increase in sharing is not only likely, but probably underestimating this. We’re witnessing the biggest transformation in peer to peer, social communication since… well, possibly since ever. Social media (not just the platforms, but the ideals and philosophies behind it) have fundamentally changed the way we interact with the world and with each other, and mobile technology is only exacerbating the impact.
1. Facebook’s numbers are slowing, even though they just hit 750,000,000 users. (Where was that announcement?) Of course, they are spinning this decline in advancement as a change of interest. Zuck wants to literally exponentially increase sharing by 2X ever year. Boasting a 1024X increase in…
Posted on Thursday, July 7th 2011
Tags facebook social media mobile sharing trends announcement news
Reblogged from Lee in NYC
This story — involving a gay Starbucks employee reportedly pushed out of his job because he was gay — is unacceptable. Read the whole thing. It’s shocking. Starbucks’ social media response seems to show exactly how willing they are to correct it. And if they do, bravo @Starbucks. We hope that one incident does not define your entire chain.
Posted on Tuesday, June 14th 2011
Tags starbucks discrimination news civilrights
Reblogged from ShortFormBlog
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