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Francisco J. Palacio, Jr (a.k.a. Pancho Pepe)

Hi Reader/Searcher/Fellow Networker & Blogger

If you’re here, reading this, it’s either because we know each other, for a while, and you’re wondering about my whereabouts, so yeah, things could not be better, all things considered!… however, if you’re here ‘cuz a search engine found us, ‘cuz a tweet we liked and favorited, or because @LinkedIN fed me a “Job Posting” that in turn got to you ‘peek’ at the blog, well, read on! (or again, as you may have read the whole profile there… which is what I’m ‘#Reblogging’ here!)

So I’ll start at the beginning: I’m NOT a ‘millenial’ freshly minted out of a renowned college; what I actually am is, Demographics-wise, a “tail-end #Boomer”, a Venezuelan-American Inmigrant to the U.S, freshly-minted as a U.S. Citizen, whose life and travails are centered on all things technology, so no, if you’re actually looking for a younger mind to train, skip to the next profile/blog/search - and thanks for reading!

Yes, I have been around, know a few languages, some of them NOT spoken by machines but by people; fully bilingual in Spanish & English, conversant in German, and fluent in most every other app out there, yes.

Sorry, I don’t write nor develop code/scripts but I can manage/tweak well what others have written; so yes I can help you manage integrations and find workable workarounds in your I.T. Systems… and finally, YES, I’m looking for those in the business who consider Social Media/Networks as such: “Integrated I.T. Processes/Systems” – In Real Time & Mission-Critical to most!

Next steps? we surely can figure our whether or not I am the right guy for you; at that, continue here, check out the “#DemoReel (f.k.a. Blog); or follow @FJPalacio on Twitter? (and howzabout those @LinkedIN Recommendations? Good ones from Good Peoples, too!)

Take a peek, here, there and anywhere ~ hope to hear from some of you soon!…

Cheers!

P.S: And if anyone besides Corporate HR is here reading, perhaps:

a) I can play Mercenary for a while, help you out with a few battles, let you win the war and get a referral as a reward, too? or

b) Long Term Goal? Setup a Foundation/Network to ameliorate the gaps in the Usage of The Technologies, as some would put it… Maybe you and your partners can envision the profit potential across Demographics? Regions and Countries, too?… it’s ONE cloud, after all, no?

c-ya!

P.D. Para la Version en Castellano/Spanglish, busque en #CV, arriba!... Gracias!

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... A GINORMOUS SHOUT OUT TO ALL 'OLD BOYS' FROM WMA'S CLASS OF 1982!... Today, 30 years ago!... See y'all in the fall! #HS82... y luego, elaboramos aca, >160 Chars! also here, elaborated upon, >160 Chars, too!1 week ago
@ximaries si, a-fortuna-damente, ocupadisisisisisimo con la chamba nueva; turnos de 10 horas, etc... Y ustedes?... y luego, elaboramos aca, >160 Chars! also here, elaborated upon, >160 Chars, too!1 week ago
Eighties? Nineties? Sixties?... and no, we ain't talkin' music here no' mo'!... #SummerSwelter, full steam ahead!... y luego, elaboramos aca, >160 Chars! also here, elaborated upon, >160 Chars, too!1 week ago
Practical, Prolific and Quasi~Pragmatic Postings on Philology, Photography, Pixellations, Poetry, Punditry and Philosophy, perhaps? #Purpose... y luego, elaboramos aca, >160 Chars! also here, elaborated upon, >160 Chars, too!1 week ago
... so is it really THAT apparent? "pure technologists often get lost in small technical details and in impressing the… lnkd.in/B2SVmA... y luego, elaboramos aca, >160 Chars! also here, elaborated upon, >160 Chars, too!2 weeks ago
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Got to work early?... Making it feel like Near-Perfect Timing? a Mellow Logon apres Ice Machine Run?... The Miracle of Normalcy? #Priceless!... y luego, elaboramos aca, >160 Chars! also here, elaborated upon, >160 Chars, too!3 weeks ago
Carpooling along I-55's very picturesque, somewhat bucolic, rather idillic and definitively pastoral scenery? "Amber Waves" in the making!... y luego, elaboramos aca, >160 Chars! also here, elaborated upon, >160 Chars, too!3 weeks ago
Feliz Cinco de Mayo! @LatinoTimes @SCalaisS @AWiseLatina @LucyPierlett @TheCrazyPollo @TuConcierge @SpanishNY @Carlos_S01 @CFilly06 Saludos!... y luego, elaboramos aca, >160 Chars! also here, elaborated upon, >160 Chars, too!3 weeks ago
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Olivier Blanchard’s Blog

In a nutshell. April 18, 2012
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Game change – Part 2: Moneyball and the second dot.com bubble April 18, 2012
Filed under: opinion Earlier this week, I wrote about what Moneyball‘s Peter Brand called the “epidemic failure to understand what is going on” plaguing the business, marketing and advertising worlds – when it comes to understanding that social media and social business are not just extensions of traditional “digital” stra […]
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Game-change: Moneyball and the reality of social business. April 16, 2012
I finally watched Moneyball over the weekend. I’m not a big baseball fan but it held my interest, partly because it was based on a true story and partly because the movie really wasn’t about baseball at all. It was about old thinking vs. new thinking, about industry politics vs. the heresy of innovation, about [...]
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The 5 basic rules of calculating fan (or follower) value March 20, 2012
The 5 basic rules of calculating the value of a Facebook ‘fan’ A question that routinely comes up in social media circles is what is the value of a Facebook fan? (The question also applies to the value of a Twitter follower, Youtube subscriber, email recipient, etc.) Invariably, whenever the question is asked, some mathematical savant – [...]
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Customer Lifetime Value: one of the keys to measuring long term ROI, among other uses. March 19, 2012
LTV infographic by Kiss Metrics “People pay you. Not pageviews.” That pretty much says it all. (image source.) This is as badass as it is self-explanatory. For those of you who don’t know how to estimate customer lifetime value (LTV, or CLTV), this infographic should be a pretty handy little tool. (Just ignore the Starbucks [...]
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Where are the professionals? Reflections on the #sxsmroi panel debacle. March 12, 2012
I was scheduled to participate in a panel on Social Media and ROI at the #sxswi conference this week. My schedule being what it is, I couldn’t be in two places at once and had to make the painful decision last week of cancelling my trip to Austin altogether. As much as I was looking [...]
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Strategy Reminder: Shifts in Global Media Consumption March 12, 2012
This isn’t brand new data, but I came across it last week and thought it would be cool to share here. No need for me to write a 30,000 word blog post or white paper on what it all means. I will give you the main bullets but the graphics kind of speak for themselves. [...]
Olivier Blanchard
Fixing The Engagement Gap. February 29, 2012
Let’s jump right in: With all this push for brands to “engage” in the social media space these past few years, the endless brouhaha of so-called Engagement strategies, bizarre measurement schemes like Return On Engagement and even the creation of new roles like Chief Engagement Officers and Engagement Strategists, you would think that engag […]
Olivier Blanchard
Social Media and ROI: Some clarity. (Again.) February 27, 2012
I told you I would bring back this post regularly. Here it is again, until the day when everyone understands how simple this is. Okay, here we go: If you are still having trouble explaining or understanding social media R.O.I., chances are that… 1. You are asking the wrong question. Do you want to know what one of the [...]
Olivier Blanchard
Social Media: 1918 February 23, 2012
When my parents found out that I was writing a series of books that take place during the first world war (side project), my father started digging around through the family “vault.” The vault, real or figurative, contains oodles of documents, archives, family trees, heirlooms, photographs and other artifacts that touch on the family’s hist […]
Olivier Blanchard

Mashable.Com’s Blog

Top Swimmer to Quit Twitter During Olympics, Blames Trolls June 1, 2012
Two-time gold medalist swimmer Rebecca Adlington will take a Twitter timeout during this summer’s Olympics in London. Why? Because of tro…
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Beware the Laptop Mutants! Intel Launches Ultrabook Ivy Bridge Chips June 1, 2012
Intel officially launched the next wave of its new processing technology Thursday — this one including the chips meant for ultra-thin lap…
Peter Pachal
How to Prevent Price-Comparison Apps From Killing Your Business June 1, 2012
I’ve done it. You’ve probably done it, too. I tried to be discreet. I did my research, online then looked around the store and chose the…
Shannon Denton
Beachgoers Beware: This App Warns of Rip Tides June 1, 2012
A team from the Stevens Institute of Technology and the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium (NJSGC) have developed an app to tell you where you can…
Kate Freeman
Candidate Changes Legal Name to ‘VoteForEddie.com’ May 31, 2012
In what may be the ultimate example of Search Engine Optimization by a politician, U.S. House of Representatives candidate Eddie Gonzalez legally cha…
Alex Fitzpatrick
Apple-Like Solar-Powered Keyboard Controls Mac, iPad, iPhone May 31, 2012
Love portable keyboards? You’re going to want to see Logitech’s latest offering. The Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K760 for Mac, iPad a…
Andrea Smith
FTC: We’ve Protected the Privacy of a Billion People May 31, 2012
In an era where partisan bickering in Washington has created dysfunctional and ineffective gridlock, the Federal Trade Commission may be an isl…
Lance Ulanoff
Too Funny: Google wants .LOL Domain May 31, 2012
Google has applied to control a slew of domain names that are not only related to its core business but have “interesting and creative po…
Samantha Murphy
Which Summer Blockbusters Are Getting the Most Social Buzz? May 31, 2012
With the summer movie season now upon us, it’s time to take a look at the summer films getting the most social buzz online. We’ve consult…
Christina Warren
How Is Your Startup Improving Urban Life? [CONTEST] May 31, 2012
For more than a year, Mashable has brought our readers the Global Innovation Series to highlight the latest innovations in urban mobility. Pres…
Jennifer Diamond

Six Pixels of Separation

You Can Learn A Lot From Someone Who Makes Comic Books May 30, 2012
Why didn't they have commencement speeches like this when I was growing up? In the past couple of years, it seems like more and more amazingly powerful commencement speeches have been making their way online. The Steve Jobs one still gets its fair share of million of views each and every year (watch it here: Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005) […]
Mitch Joel
Facebook Should Not Be Treated like Other Media May 29, 2012
What is Facebook? It seems like an easy enough question to answer, doesn't it? If you ask the co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer, Mark Zuckerberg, he's likely to tell you that it's a platform which hopes to connect the world in a much more open way. If you ask the average person on the street, they'll probably tell you that […]
Mitch Joel
Amazon's Ever-Growing Long Tail May 29, 2012
This is less about the tail making more money than the head. Chris Anderson's debut business book, The Long Tail - Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More, came out in 2004 with one simple concept: companies could make significant profits from selling small volumes of hard-to-find products to many customers instead of only selling large numbe […]
Mitch Joel

Tom Peters’ Blog

TLBT Video #77Service: TGW and TGR May 29, 2012
Now available on YouTube: the latest video in The Little BIG Things series. Tom presents an alternative to minimizing Things Gone Wrong. He suggests you maximize Things Gone Right. Which would you prefer to be remembered for? You can find the video in the right-hand column of this page or watch it at YouTube (time: 1 minute 57 seconds). Or, get a PDF transcr […]
World Innovation Forum May 26, 2012
Tom spoke at the World Innovation Forum in Leon, Mexico, on 24 May. The event was organized by his long-time friends, HSM. He said the audience "are my favorite people—owners and top executives of SMEs (Small and Medium-size Enterprises); they are the lifeblood of every economy." HSM World Innovation Forum, Final HSM World Innovation Forum, L […]
MOAP #12 May 21, 2012
Part 12 of Tom's "Mother of All Presentations," or MOAP, is available now at ExcellenceNow.com. You can download the PowerPoint version or a PDF. We'll be releasing a section every other week throughout 2012. The lessons in this, the 5th "H" in Tom's "15H Theory of Everything," include servant leadership (or, lead […]

Franklin McMahon’s Blog

New Episodes of “Ask Franklin” from Focal Press December 14, 2011
Very happy to announce that I am working with Focal Press to bring you new episodes of “Ask Franklin”, the advice show that covers a wide variety of topics and is focused on developing your creative career. Look for the clips on many Focal Press websites including “Mastering Film“. “How Can My Creative Business Make [...]
Cable TV Goes Mobile – HBO Go May 26, 2011
The HBO Go app from Time Warner has already produced more than 1 million downloads and it shows no signs of slowing down. The software runs on platforms such as iOS (Apple iPhone and iPad) and Android and allows full access to more than 1400 shows, including full seasons of many of HBOs most popular [...]
Time Warner Cable’s Mobile TV App for iPad Finds Audience May 25, 2011
TWCable TV is a new app that lets users watch Time Warner Cable (TWC) channels on their iPads. Having great-looking, HD, live content on a mobile device is certainly a treat, and while the app does not overwhelm with features initially, (new features are coming, which we’ll discuss in a bit) it does a great [...]

Harvard’s Working Knowledge

Conflict Policy and Advertising Agency-Client Relations: The Problem of Competing Clients Sharing a Common Agency May 31, 2012
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A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy May 28, 2012
Published:May 28, 2012Author:Dina Gerdeman Thousands of large, profitable companies have all the right intentions of giving back to society—and yet a sizable number of them have corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs that provide little benefit to either the community or the company. "Of all the companies involved in CSR, the majority of t […]

Socialized Blog

Corporate social media: skate everywhere the puck has been and is going
I've said repeatedly that corporate social media doesn't have its own strategy any more than Microsoft Word does. Social media is/are a set of really powerful tools, and therefore tactics, not a strategy. But that doesn't mean a company shouldn't be everywhere -- Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest and maybe a couple of ...
SAP: Maybe not a crisis communications case study
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AOL stock outperforms Facebook
Lots of fuss about Facebook's poor initial stock performance a few days after its IPO. It just goes to show that maybe the stock market isn't meant to be evaluated on the basis of just a few days' performance. In fact, if you bought AOL stock on April 5 of ...

Chris Brogan’s Blog

What I Learned During a Brief Twitter Fast May 31, 2012
I posted my 100,000th tweet on May 18th, and then left Twitter alone for the next 12 days. Part of it was so that I could leave that weird milestone (and not one that anyone need feel proud about) up there a while, and partly because I thought, “I wonder what I would learn if [...]
How To Get More Fans (and Why That’s a Horrible Idea) May 29, 2012
“How do I get more fans?” I hear this a lot. I’ve written about how to get more followers a few times, so instead of the same old, I thought I’d address this to folks who are working on growing themselves to be a person who has something of a growing (or huge) platform and [...]
Guest Post- How to Increase Your Exposure By Defining Your Goals May 23, 2012
The following is a guest post by someone I admire a great deal. Michael Hyatt is a writer, a publisher, a speaker, a mentor, and a leader. Here’s his post in support of his AMAZING new book. I’m convinced that one reason why many people fail at what they try to do (me included sometimes) [...]

GigaOm Network

More bad news for Facebook, as site crashes June 1, 2012
Facebook isn’t having a good May. First its IPO didn’t “pop” and then the stock traded down the week after it went public. And on Thursday night the social network experienced a substantial major outage, going dark for up to 80 minutes for some people. The [...]
Are Microsoft and Nokia closet patent trolls? Let the EC decide. May 31, 2012
Google has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft and Nokia and is also tattling on the companies with U.S. regulators, accusing them patent-troll-like behavior. The good thing about filing a complaint with the EC is Google doesn't have to do the legwork.
New Netflix iOS app capitulates to bandwidth caps May 31, 2012
Carriers like Verizon and AT&T are trying to convince Netflix to pay for the bandwidth its subscribers consume on their networks. Rather than fork over the money, Netflix is giving its iPhone customers the option of turning off cellular access to Netflix completely.

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