Archive for August, 2010

What Is The #Backchannel

Posted: August 31, 2010 in Uncategorized

I get asked that question a lot and it occurred to me the other day that it is getting increasingly harder to answer because the #backchannel seems to be so many things to so many people. This self-reflection began last Friday night when I got a tweet from someone I hadn’t seen on the backchannel [...]

#Backchannel Upgrade 2.1

Posted: August 17, 2010 in Uncategorized

I know I just released backchannel 2.0 a week ago so don’t consider this a new OS, rather think of it as a service pack upgrade….#backchannel 2.1. I’ll explain what I have in mind in a moment but first I want to update you on the progress of backchannel 2.0. As you know I put [...]

I hope you’ll excuse a little gushing. But I feel like a new father who has just been handed his first child and she is beautiful beyond belief. Actually what I was handed wasn’t a baby… but it still promises to mature into something of great beauty and power. What I was handed… or more [...]

#Backchannel v 2.0

Posted: August 9, 2010 in Uncategorized

I promised a big announcement today so here it comes. Okay, I’ll have the big announcement in a minute or two. First of all I just want to tell you how amazed/pleased/excited/energized I am over what the #Backchannel has become in a relatively short time. As you know when we embarked down this path I [...]

I promised an update on my diet…er…investigative report. Just to fill you in, I spent the last ten years or so packing on an extra 40 pounds just because that’s the kind of dedicated journalist I am. If I’m going to “pose” as a dieter I have to look the part…and boy do I look [...]