• Smart People Links

    I keep going back to these people for 'guidance' on a variety of intangible matters.
    • Social Signal
      Among the leading Canadian social media consultancies and the home for the ideas of Alexandra Samuel and Rob Cottingham.
    • David Jones
      A Canadian pioneer in social media, respected colleague and all round sharp guy.
    • Withoutayard
      Meghan Warby blogs about social media and its intersection with social issues and advocacy . . . oh yes and a lot about music.
    • David Eaves
      Recommended by my friend Alexandra Samuel of Social Signal . . . so he must be smart.
    • WPP
      Home page for WPP . . . the parent company of the consultancy for which I toil.
    • Euan Semple
      Blog belonging to one of social media's leading thinkers, and top-notch speaker.
    • Brendan Hodgson
      A colleague who doesn't blog enough, but always adds value when he does.
    • Crisis Blogger
      Gerald Baron's smart blog on crisis communications
    • Online PR Thoughts
      Jim Horton's posts on public relations appear almost daily.
    • 21-st Century PR Issues
      Paul Seaman's (Zurich, Switzerland) online review of PR issues . . . nearly always controversial
    • Robert Reich
      Former U.S. Secreatry of Labor, Reich takes apart U.S. politics, economics and policies from a distinctly left of center perspective.
    • danah boyd
      danah boyd (that's how she writes her name) is a researcher at Microsoft Research New England and a Fellow at the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society.