MYO - Wearable Gesture Control from Thalmic Labs

Very cool -- looks like something right out of Media Lab. First time I have seen the muscles of the forearm used in lieu of the hand and fingers, yet they are perfectly linked by the the flexor digitorum profundus muscle.

Unison Agency Names Chris Abraham as Social Media Director

Chris Abraham will be responsible for the direction and leadership of Unison's social media practice bringing his skills to their global client base.

(Newswire.net--February 11, 2013) Washington, DC. -- ­­Unison Agency, a global integrated branding agency today announced the appointment of Chris Abraham—formerly president of Abraham Harrison, LLC, a digital PR and marketing agency—as the agency’s director of social media. Mr. Abraham will be responsible for the direction and leadership of Unison's social media practice, overseeing the integration of social media across all Unison's products and services.

“Chris Abraham is a rarity in digital experts, someone who can boast a 20-year track record in online communities and a combination of skills in PR, marketing and technology,” said Robert Fardi, Co-Founder and President of Unison. “We look forward to tapping those skills and bringing them to our global client base.”

Abraham has had a web presence since 1993 when he joined The Meta Network, a seminal online virtual community based in Washington, where he learned the dynamics of online community development, social media, social networking, and online collaboration.

In 1999, he started blogging, focusing on community, connection, innovation, and brand extension. Today, his insights on the rapidly shifting digital world can be read on The Huffington Post, ChrisAbraham.com, Biznology.com, Socialmedia.biz, and MarketingConversation.com. He has also written for AdAge’s DigitalNext and Global Idea Network blogs.

At Abraham Harrison, his client list included Kimberly Clark, The Daily, Habitat for Humanity, Greenpeace, The Fresh Air Fund, International Medical Corps, Sharp, Pew and the Alzheimer’s Association. As a technologist, Abraham has consulted T. Rowe Price, the US Department of Treasury CIO, Friendster, Deutsche Telekom, and others.

His expertise in the digital field has been acknowledged by his peers and the media: he was named a Top 50 Social Media Power Influencer by Forbes, the #1 PR 2.0 Influencer by Traackr, and a top-10 social media influencer by Marketwire.

As if all this weren’t enough, Abraham notes with a grin: “For what it’s worth, my Klout score was 77 the last time I looked.”

ABOUT UNISON AGENCY
Unison is a full-service brand and digital agency that develops integrated solutions by combining strategic, creative and technological capabilities to advance our clients’ brands across all touch points. The agency fosters enduring customer devotion by creating digital brand experiences that bridge the gap between offline and online interactions.

Unison strives to create rich, engaging and truly emotional experiences in the digital realm. By combining high-impact media and seamless usability with the latest technology in e-commerce, social networking and digital mobility, Unison designs online brands that are multifunctional, multi-sensory and multi-platform.

Unison has experience building powerful brands across a wide range of industries, including financial services, government, food service, retail, manufacturing, real estate, pharmaceutical, fashion, entertainment/media, consumer packaged goods and beauty products.

Over the span of a decade, Unison has worked with clients in thirty-five countries around the world, demonstrating its belief that artfully designed brands are universally engaging and transcend cultural and linguistic boundaries.

http://www.unisonagency.com

CONTACT
Samantha Toner
Media Relations
+ 1-202-337-7887
samantha@unisonagency.com

Star Trek theme song played on a Musical Saw

How cool is The Saw Lady? Could you believe that the theremin can be acoustic? Natalia reached out to me when I mentioned that I had seen Another Earth, a movie that features a Yale Composer who ended up playing symphonic saw after he lost his family and awoke from a coma.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year {first_name}

I hope you had an amazing holiday season and I wish you your best year ever in 2013!

I also want to inform you my old email address (chris.abraham@reputation.com) has now changed because I completed my work with Reputation-dot-com; so please update your address book with my new address cabraham@chrisabraham.com

Good luck and happy new year!

Chris

Chris Abraham Is Not A Robot!

What’s going on with me

Hello Pixel

I wanted to let you know I recently joined Reputation.com full time as lead of Special Projects, focusing on online reputation management solutions and strategies for very high-profile individuals and businesses and tackling the biggest and most complex reputation issues in the world.

I would love to catch up if you have time.

Cheers,

Chris

Free Webinar: Global Search Marketing with Mike Moran

Be sure to register to attend Mike Moran's next free webinar titled Global Search Marketing -- it is on April 3rd at 11am Eastern. Mike Moran is actually the guy who wrote the book on search marketing so here's the deets -- but first, please register!

Lots of companies have products that can be sold outside their home country, but search marketing makes it easier than ever. Focus on what customers want, what content you need to persuade them, and how they can find it—those three keys will give you search marketing success in any country. If you've been unsure of whether you have what it takes to market globally, don't miss this chance to find out.

In this Webinar, you’ll find out how to use social media to listen to your customers and gain insights into their interests.  Mike will show you how to segment and target your international markets by using different keywords for each country and each language.  He’ll discuss how to test to see if your marketing is working, and how to optimize your web site so that you can be found by customers worldwide.

In this free 30-minute Biznology® Webinar, Mike Moran explains how to listen to your international customers, determine their needs and choose keywords for each market segment.  He’ll show you how to work with translators and use proper coding so that your web site can be found by search engines globally.

Special sponsored presentation by Brick Marketing, Marketing Pilgrim, and Social Ally

Mike Moran is the Founder of the Biznology blog, a well-known expert in all things digital marketing, and Chief Strategist at Converseon, a leading social consultancy. Mike is the co-author of Search Engine Marketing, Inc., and the sole author of Do It Wrong Quickly. Mike is a veteran of IBM, managing groups in IBM.com for eight years, retiring from IBM in 2008 as a Distinguished Engineer.