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Sam Schuurman
Sam Schuurman (a.k.a @SocialSammy) who is keen student of the new business world, the founder of iThnk, and a co-founder of TEDxDunedin.
Recent blog posts written by Sam Schuurman
Masterpiece 2.0 is a self described “social media art project” by Baschz and Selfcontrolfreak. It’s the first ever canvas made with a Web 2.0 approach. The canvas interacted with its visitors who affected both the proces and final outcome of this masterpiece.
July 7, 2011
Written by Sam Schuurman
Business , Marketing , Social Media
The reason that the Kindle put a dent in the market share of newspapers and print books but didn’t really touch the magazine market, was simply that it couldn’t create that tactile or visual experience. But the Mag+ and AR might just be the forces that truly puts printed magazines to death.
June 11, 2011
Written by Sam Schuurman
Business , Marketing
I’m a sub-par writer, and I’m aware of it. I don’t have the natural wit or mastery over the English language that you would think to be a prerequisite for any aspiring blogger. What’s more I chronically include typos and errors in my posts…so why do I persist to blogging??
May 31, 2011
Written by Sam Schuurman
History , Social Media
So I haven’t posted anything here on iThnk.com for a while now…. I guess I hit a critical juncture in my working life where I’ve had to reassess how much time I’m spending on the work I’m doing and focus on the things that are really important to me. In doing this I’ve had to [...]
April 14, 2011
Written by Sam Schuurman
History , Social Media
So it’s been a while since we last posted anything – the reason for this being we’re deep in the thralls of our 3month sprint for growth (I will post about this later). As you may know, last week Facebook implemented a series of changes to their Fan Pages. All these changes will make pimping [...]
February 17, 2011
Written by Sam Schuurman
History , Social Media
So it’s a new year! But what does this mean? Well for most of us it means hangovers, sun burn and ambitious resolutions. But for iThnk.com 2011 means aggressive change and hopefully a bit of expansion. Backing thoroughbreds A big part of this is making sure we’re backing solid thoroughbreds. This starts with examining the [...]
January 13, 2011
Written by Sam Schuurman
History , Social Media