So is your Facebook page filled with check-in posts now?  Ah, yes.  Thank you, Facebook Places.  My news stream just got a whole lot less relevant to me.  For those that haven’t figured out a way to annoy your friends, here is a field guide curtesy of Mashable and ABC news. So the question is, [...]

When I think about crop forecasts, I always go back to one of my favorite movies, “Trading Places,” which had a plot line revolving around Duke & Duke getting their hands on the big crop report so that it could beat the market. Art imitates life, as Elasticity client Lanworth, which provides satellite-based independent crop [...]

I like Twitter. I really do. From the standpoint of a consumer, I think it’s rather vapid and silly. Note to people I follow on Twitter in less than 140 characters — I don’t care what you think about the sunset. From the perspective of a business communicator, however, I’ve found it to be an [...]

Because of our reputation for rugged handsomeness, Elasticity was recently asked to host a forum on freelancing that was part of the quarterly meeting of St. Louis Women In Media — a networking group created by social media maven Melody Meiners who is best known for her outstanding Girls Guide to the Galaxy blog and [...]

I don’t know a lot of people in the social media sphere, and for that matter, public relations or advertising. Certainly there are a number of smart people out there doing good work. I’m just not one of those rabid networkers. But I do meet colleagues every once in a while, either virtually or in [...]