For the last four years, I carried the crummiest phone one could imagine. When I recently brought it into the T-Mobile store they all gasped in horror as I presented my prehistoric beeper of a handset, hairline fractures held together by scotch tape and all. Needless to say, buying the new T-Mobile G1 was a pretty serious upgrade, and as of recently apps are beginning to surface that are mind blowing considering where I am coming from.

Within the last two months I've gotten deeper and deeper into these free and easy to acquire Android applications. About a week ago, I downloaded Shazam and ShopSavvy. Wow, these are two of the most mind-blowing apps I have encountered thus far!  Their functionalities are right-on and the technology in both is seriously next level.

The big story in Ad Age this week was the KFC Grilled Chicken Fiasco. Basically, Oprah announced a free grilled chicken promotion on her show, KFC was ill-prepared for the promotion and ended up pulling the plug in the middle of the day. Read more...

The interesting thing to me was not that KFC had a botched marketing promotion but more how Ad Age and others measured the negative reaction through social media.

Here at Delphic Sage, we host monthly brown bag lunches where the team participates in knowledge sharing. During the brown bag lunch, one member of the team shares their perspective on an emerging topic, educates other team members on their area of expertise, or facilitates a healthy debate on a particular topic of interest. Last month, we discussed social networking online and how Delphic Sage employees can participate, the importance of social networking and the impact on our business. There were a few poignant slides that can benefit not only our employees but our customers and others trying to make sense of social media and how to utilize all of the tools. The presentation can be found here: http://www.slideshare.net/tradocaj/social-networking-toolstipsresources.