Christopher Ryan's Portfolio

Personal Blog

topherjryan — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:32:36 -0500

Lifelong student. Culture hacker. Writer and context fan. Frequents sidebars. Both, aspiration and perspiration are very important.

This personal space will frequently discuss technology and culture, and sometimes business. My interests may change, but the common theme has always been how (/why) people use *things* to inform purpose. If you would like to guest post or collaborate, please send me an email (link below). I intend to make my writing here both personal, like a diary, and objective. Sometimes the lines will blur.

Writer. Inbound Marketing fan. Director of Social...

topherjryan — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:29:00 -0400

Writer. Inbound Marketing fan. Director of Social Media.

About.me: Language hound with “start-up” spirit who has a soft spot for the human condition (read: Achilles’ heel). Passionately touching the web since the new millennium. Always make good art.

Update: Lifelong PC currently contemplating a big transition: becoming an Apple man. (The new 27” iMac looks wonderful.)

Connect with Christopher J. Ryan

topherjryan — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:18:00 -0400

Connect with Christopher J. Ryan:

Please visit my LinkedIn profile (Above)

Here are other places I am active, online:

Twitter, @TopherJRyan

Pinterest, TopherJRyan

Google+

Klout, TopherJRyan

Statigr.am, @TopherJRyan (Public)

Send Christopher Email (or Fan mail)

The Verge Profile, TopherJRyan

LiveFyre Profile, TopherJRyan

About.me, TopherJRyan

WordPress Gravatar

Guest Writing

topherjryan — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:12:00 -0400

07/03/2012 How Instagram Makes Communities Better, Featured at SpinSucks

07/23/2012 Foursquare Integrates Social into Company DNA, Featured at Digital Pivot

07/30/2012 Fooducate Scores a Healthy A+ App Review, Featured at Digital Pivot

Social Composition Blog (02/14/12 - 07/18/12)

topherjryan — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Content | Business | Design

Social Composition is a space dedicated to examining digital culture and its relationship to society, with focus to:

Business & Marketing
Digital Communication
Personal Development
Strategy

The unexamined life isn’t worth living.

Popular Culture at Examiner.com (03/25/11 - 04/23/11)

topherjryan — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:31:00 -0400

I was a Popular Culture Examiner (Manhattan, NY) for 1 month. I wrote five articles and realized our goals didn’t align. During my stay I talked about gender, digital communication, the contemporary critic, New York sports, TV, and one lonesome meme. I like most of the things I said here:

Christopher Ryan’s Examiner Profile

Social Media Sharks Blog (03/30/10 - 06/30/10)

topherjryan — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:05:00 -0400

Alongside two other entrepreneurs, I competed in the 2010 Binghamton Local Development Corporation & Entrepreneurial Assistance Program Business Competition. Our business plan/model was for business-to-business social networking and consumer/customer engagement, with emphasis on promoting local value. Here is the associate blog, Social Media Sharks.

Tau Alpha Upsilon Newsletter (2009)

topherjryan — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:17:00 -0400

Managing Editor to the Tau Alpha Upsilon Fraternity newsletter, fall 2008 – fall 2010. With permission, I am able to showcase two of the front page spreads for our alumni newsletter publication.