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    Digital Anthropologist

    Lots of people have been asking me about my Twitter Bio lately. You see, I changed it a few months ago for a few reasons. It used to state that I was the President of Fresh Consulting. While true, I wondered if stating it in that manner would put some people off and they would not ...
  • The GAP Method

    The GAP Method

    Recently I read through a negative exchange on Google+ that reminded me that I need to write this blog post. The online dialogue was between two prominent tech personalities that were slinging a lot of mud at each other. The exchange led to name-calling, personal slights, bashing, and a huge list of comments from followers ...
  • Interview With Microsoft’s BITV

    Interview With Microsoft’s BITV

    Thanks again to Microsoft’s Bruno Aziza with Microsoft BITV for the opportunity for this interview taken during the Social Media 301 Conference at Microsoft. Bruno’s guests have included Malcolm Gladwell, Guy Kawasaki, Tim O’Reilly, Ian Ayres, Gary Wolf, Jeff Ma, Drs Kaplan and Norton and many more. I appreciate the opportunity to share some of ...
  • Another Great Social Media Question

    Another Great Social Media Question

    One of the recurring questions that comes up whenever I speak is some variation of, “How much time do you spend on social media?” Great question, but the one I believe they really want to find an answer for is, “How much time should I spend doing social media?“ The answers to both questions are ...

Incognito

Posted in: Uncategorized|April 5, 2012

Seattle, we have a problem and I need your help. Anyone who is busy likely has, and on more than one occasion, said something like, “I’m so busy I could use a clone.” Being an entrepreneur I decided to actually DO something about it and I commissioned one. It was a remarkably easy process and …

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Digging A Ditch

Digging A Ditch

Posted in: Uncategorized|March 19, 2012

This post is about ditch digging. When I was in high school the motivational statement my folks used to encourage me to go to college went something like this: “If you don’t go to college you’ll be a ditch-digger.” Oh, this statement sounds familiar to you too? I think it was popular for years. Maybe …

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Fresh’s Social Media Day – March 3rd, 2012

Posted in: Uncategorized|February 2, 2012

You may have heard by now about Fresh’s upcoming conference, Social Media Day. We could not be more thrilled to produce this event following our Social Media 201 and Social Media 301 events in 2010 and 2011, respectively. This post explains a little about why this conference at this time and what’s in it for …

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Digital Anthropologist

Digital Anthropologist

Posted in: Featured|January 5, 2012

Lots of people have been asking me about my Twitter Bio lately. You see, I changed it a few months ago for a few reasons. It used to state that I was the President of Fresh Consulting. While true, I wondered if stating it in that manner would put some people off and they would not …

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Cranberry Ice Recipe (A Hutchins/Clawson family tradition)

Posted in: Uncategorized|November 23, 2011

This is so good is deserves its own blog post!! Fresh Cranberry Ice 4 Cups (1lb bag) cranberries 2 Cups sugar 4 Cups water 1 Cup orange juice ¼ Cup fresh lemon juice Orange rind grated (optional) Put cranberries into a pan with water. Bring to a boil and simmer gently, until all the cranberries …

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Blog of Hope – The Photos

Posted in: Hope|November 18, 2011

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A Wild Story About … Baby Clothes?

A Wild Story About … Baby Clothes?

Posted in: Uncategorized|November 5, 2011

My first wife, Deborah, saved lots and lots of our children’s clothes as they grew up. With our three kids, two girls and a boy, we had many bins of clothes and shoes stored in our garage and there was barely room for anything else. I think we helped Rubbermaid exceed their quarterly earnings targets …

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Another Social Media Benefit

Another Social Media Benefit

Posted in: Uncategorized|October 19, 2011

While dining with a buddy today at Five Guys Burgers in Redmond an interesting thing happened. Wait – before I get to that interesting thing – while we were at Five Guys a bunch of my buddy’s teammates from Microsoft also came in for lunch. We truly were practicing Never Eat Alone in this crowd. …

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Memory Triggers

Memory Triggers

Posted in: Uncategorized|October 17, 2011

Smell is one of the strongest memory triggers. When my wife and I first met online one of her questions was about my favorite smells and I told her that the scent of bacon reminded my of my childhood. We had an elderly neighbor next door and the scent of bacon cooking on a crisp …

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I’m Impressed

I’m Impressed

Posted in: Uncategorized|October 17, 2011No Comments

Today it happened. I really never saw it coming. It’s never happened to me before, but it’s happened to lots of people I know. My hard drive crashed on my laptop – a MackBook Pro. Now, let me say right up-front: I’m thrilled that I purchased Apple Care for 36 months  because Apple knows how …

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Mike Whitmore

Mike is the President of Fresh Consulting. Fresh is a business strategy consulting firm, delivering solutions utilizing Web and Enterprise technology implementation, design, crowdsourcing models and best business practices involving collaboration technologies, social media, program and project management, mobile app development, website design and content creation.

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