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Taken at the Metreon while waiting for the TechCrunch screening of "Avatar". Totally digging his new look. ... - Kenneth

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Seen at Stanford right in front of me at the UH volleyball match...this lens is definitely sicks. Too bad it'll cost me some serious cash. ... - Kenneth

I'm at Stanford and I'm seeing this billboard...now look at the sign and does this bother anyone? For some reason it's not really compelling enough for me to follow through. It's layman's speak but w ... - Kenneth

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"That's great news! Congratulations on your award...well deserved!" - Kenneth

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Sitting here at the Investor Outlook 2010 meeting hosted by Dealmaker Media - hashtag: #DMM Hosted by Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, LLP Moderated by Craig Miller, Manatt (CM) Panelists: - Jeff Clavi ... - Kenneth

Sitting here at the Investor Outlook 2010 meeting hosted by Dealmaker Media - hashtag: #DMM Hosted by Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, LLP Moderated by Craig Miller, Manatt (CM) Panelists: - Jeff Clavi ... - Kenneth

"Hi Jonny, I think you've answered my question...I was definitely wondering what "benefit" Edelman gets out of putting together a service like this besides it giving people an idea of what their influence is - although I believe that any value from this is merely a placebo. But in response to that, your second point is probably the most valuable - that you can use the user inputted data to "identify specialist influencers in niche communities". So it seems that Edelman is not always interested in reaching out to the mega stars when pitching or running a campaign. Instead, it's more about being targeted and finding the right "true" influencers?" - Kenneth

"Hi Jonny - Thanks for your comments and feedback. I would like to clarify that when I said "harvest", I meant it in no malicious way like spamming or anything like that. I was alluding to the fact that while people were filling out this data, could Edelman or anyone else creating a service like TweetLevel be perhaps aggregating this data to help better service potential customers. I'm happy to hear that this tool was created to engage with the Twittersphere, but what, may I ask, is the reward for you creating this tool so people can figure out their influence? I'm very curious as to the meaning behind the service which I think is a pretty interesting tool." - Kenneth

"Oh, I'd love to hear more about whether you think that the grade itself has any meaning/value. I don't think it matters whether people would want to know their grade because no matter what, from a inherent standpoint, we're all eager to find some way to valuate our activities. I'm always wondering what my "influence" is and I've gone to TweetLevel and also Twitter Grader to find out - and from a personal standpoint, I'm always eager to find out how to improve it, but I do know that these numbers don't mean much... Or do they have meaning? Should we get caught up on the fact that I have a 99.9 grade on Tweet Grader while folks like Brian Solis has a 99.99? I'm also definitely interested in hearing more about how you're using this data to help your customers - not from a "tell me your trade secret" type standard, but what types of things are you using from Tweet Grader to help your clients?" - Kenneth

"Hi Dharmesh, Thank you for your comments. I think you really make some good points yourself. However, I would like to challenge you on the fact that you said that you believe some of these tools, although imperfect, bring value to some people. If you're thinking end users like myself who have been to those sites to ascertain our value, then I would tend to disagree. BUT, if you're saying that the only people who gain value are the developers and companies of the software, then I think you're right. I get how you say that you wanted to get a better sense of what the influence of people were for those following you, but I'm not sure if people truly understand the algorithm. Do you believe that this is something that could be confusing? Just because some of the people whom I follow are deemed Twitter "elite", does that make them any more influential than other people I follow - just because they have a higher "grade"? I think this is a trick question and I don't know the answer myself -..." - Kenneth

"Thanks for your perspective on the whole matter. I think that this has been an interesting discussion from what I originally wanted to call out. Definitely wasn't about the API or selling of data per se, but rather on how all the services created by these companies wasn't really going to provide the end user (the Twitter population) much information than a number that is wide open to interpretation. As for InfoChimps, definitely it would seem that Twitter would probably go after the big fish like Google or Microsoft than allow a contract with InfoChimps to go through. I think that there may be a potential for that, but again, if it involves harvesting my data via API or whatever is public and then selling that to another company for exploitation, then I think that just equals how people buy lists to target using emails but just more in the social media sense. Would love to get Eric's thought on the whole discussion here. I must admit that it's taken the whole conversation to another..." - Kenneth

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I don't know what my frustration with using Posterous is but it's there. I love how it's being used as a means for me to jot down my thoughts - often done easily through my Blackberry, but it's the UI ... - Kenneth

"Hi Ed - Thanks for your very thorough comments. Definitely enjoyed reading them. I think that you're right...there are dozens of these Twitter ranking tools out there and I didn't mean to exclude any, if that was your point. I just thought that since Edelman created this system, it was similar to another large marketing firm making another, which is where I got Hubspot's Twitter Grader. Definitely the open API system and whatever public data is out there is where you can gather data, but while you do gather it, how much is relevant to the user? If you have people interact and they "self-populate" your database through a game methodology like with TweetLevel, doesn't that give you a better sense of those who are (1) interested in learning their influence, (2) avid or habitual users of Twitter, (3) are social media type individuals/personas? As for InfoChimps collecting AND selling Twitter data, I'm unfortunately up to speed on that debate, but just know that I think that selling data..." - Kenneth

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"Outstanding news! Congratulations & good luck in this new awesome job!" - Kenneth

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Thanks to @sfzoo for giving us a behind-the-scene look at the aviary...and for seeing this beautiful eagle. ... - Kenneth

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Ever since I got this awesome job at Stage Two Consulting, I've been thinking about all the cool ways to be a better "social media strategist". There's so much technology that's being spread around - ... - Kenneth

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"Micah - I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. Deepest condolences. Thank you for making me think about my own grandmother and the memories." - Kenneth