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Articles by Chris

  • What if the Attention Economy is a lie?

    What if the Attention Economy is a lie?

    The entire attention economy is based on the idea that "engagement" (whatever that is) has some monetary value. Likes…

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  • Is Twitter Direct Mail for Attention?

    Is Twitter Direct Mail for Attention?

    I was clicking around Twitter earlier today and I ended up on my analytics page, which I never look at because Twitter…

  • Follow Your Passion is Damn Good Advice

    Follow Your Passion is Damn Good Advice

    Cal Newport is a professor at Georgetown who recently wrote a book explaining why following your passion is bad advice.…

    5 Comments
  • 5 Outdated SEO Tactics to Avoid

    5 Outdated SEO Tactics to Avoid

    In my day job I sometimes receive RFPs asking us to provide SEO services that I know are useless, or in some cases…

    4 Comments
  • Life in the age of Abundance

    Life in the age of Abundance

    Throughout history scarcity has been the defining characteristic of economics, and really of power and control in…

    2 Comments
  • I Just Deleted 10,000 Tweets

    I Just Deleted 10,000 Tweets

    This article got me thinking about Twitter and my archive of over 10,000 tweets. Twitter is very much a virtual bar…

    7 Comments
  • The Truth About Twitter (for Sales Executives)

    The Truth About Twitter (for Sales Executives)

    Setting up a Twitter account will not magically bring you sales. Setting up a Twitter account and actually tweeting…

    5 Comments
  • Own Your Words

    Own Your Words

    Own your space on the Web, and pay for it. Extra effort, but otherwise you’re a sharecropper.

    6 Comments
  • What do scheduled tweets and Nickelback have in common?

    What do scheduled tweets and Nickelback have in common?

    Recently I saw a tweet in my feed from a friend who I knew was away camping with his son this weekend. So I sent him a…

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  • The Key Is The Ability To Pivot

    The Key Is The Ability To Pivot

    I think we can all agree that the days of graduating from college, getting a job and working your way up the corporate…

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Volunteer Experience

  • Volunteer Webmaster

    United States Fencing Association - Virginia Division

    - 4 years 11 months

    I designed and developed the website. Then I kept it online.

  • Member

    Fredericksburg Linux Users Group

    - Present 18 years 11 months

    Education

    I have participated in numerous outreach projects with FredLUG, including InstallFests and several Software Freedom Day campaigns.

  • Board Member / Communications Director

    Phi Sigma Kappa - Delta Triton at Purdue University Alumni Board

    - Present 9 years 11 months

    Education

Projects

  • FEWS.net

    Business development and proposal lead on pursuit and win of a 2-year subcontract to support the USAID funded Famine Early Warning System website.

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  • Chicago Architecture Foundation

    Business development and proposal lead on win to build innovative badging system and workflow into Discover Design.

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  • American Institute of Physics Career Toolbox

    Business development, proposal writing and concept creation for this grant funded website.

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  • WorldFish & Aquatic Agriculture Systems

    Business development and proposal writing lead for two Drupal 7 based redesigns for Penang, Malaysia based Worldfish. The other site is at and http://www.aas.cgiar.org/

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  • MIssouri State University VESTA Web Site

    Business Development and Proposal Writing lead on win of redesign effort for a federally funded web site managed by a public university

  • Techdirt Insight Community

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    Provided insight and analysis on digital marketing and digital culture related issues to corporate clients of The Insight Community. Published in Dell's Digital Nomads whitepaper.

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  • State of Utah "Utah's Own" Web Site

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    Business development lead on pursuit and win of local agricultural tourism promotion web site for the State of Utah.

  • Wakulla County Tourism Web Site

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    Business development lead on pursuit and win of the redesign project for the Wakulla County Florida tourism web site.

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