At a recent family gathering I heard my 16 year old cousin say something surprising: “Facebook is not cool anymore.” As I looked around the room at my other cousins, eyes transfixed on their smart phones and fingers texting away, I was stunned at his revelation. I asked why, and he explained that he can’t […]
Things are not always as they seem Read More »
Once you sort through all the people trying to make it big with a homemade music video or performing the unimaginably stupid (yet sometimes entertaining) feat, you can actually find a world of useful knowledge. You want to learn how to do something? Search Youtube. I was talking with a colleague of mine the
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When one wants to share a photo with the twittersphere, many turn to Twitpic, a web service that allows you to upload and store images and video to share on Twitter. Recently, Twitpic changed its Terms Of Service to allow them a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare
I spend many an evening engrossed in my Google Reader. I read all of my favorite blogs, check out my friends’ shared blog posts and comment on them. We have some great discussions on everything from fashion to political commentary! However, I think I may have found a new site that is going to battle
I heart Pininterest! Read More »
The Internet-age-old complaint with news organizations is they did not embrace the web soon enough. Over the past five years they have made strides to catch back up, but their social media savvy readerships have been moving at 140 characters a second, and that’s a lot faster than it sounds. Don’t think so? Consider
306,000 Tweets Per Minute. Yep, Per Minute Read More »
I recently learned about a program called Shopkick. Think of it as the “Foursquare for shopping,” Shopkick rewards you for scanning products with your smart phone and “checking-in” to retail store locations. It’s that simple, you don’t even have to purchase the product! You also get points for signing up your friends (pyramid scheme style!).
Shopkick, Stuff is sick. Read More »
It’s Derby Festival time in The Ville, which means it’s time for my favorite event, the Basketball Classic. In recent year’s I’ve gone from slightly obsessed basketball fan, to a spectator at the event, to participating on the event committee. This year there was significant buzz about one particular player. He wasn’t a McDonald’s All-American
Where’s the Tweet? Read More »
So you’ve just gotten a notification on your phone informing you that a friend you haven’t heard from in a while has commented on your recent status update. Excited to see what this old friend could possibly think about your mix-up at the DMV, you log on to your Facebook account to read the
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Think back to your school days. Remember learning about that Pavlov guy? Well, a German dog food brand, GranataPet is trying out Pavlov’s experiment in reverse…on humans! GranataPet launched an interactive billboard campaign conditioning dog owners to check in at a billboard on Foursquare. Once checked in, the billboard dispensed a sample of the
Billboards have gone to the dogs Read More »
As many of you may remember, last November The Beatles announced their music would be available for download on iTunes. Hooray, right? No! Forget The Beatles! Where’s Garth? As many of my fellow co-workers know, I am an avid Garth Brooks fan. A few months ago I decided to upgrade my worn out “Double
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Ed brings 15 years of traditional and digital media sales experience to the agency, giving us a perspective most agencies don’t have. When he’s not working or seeking new knowledge, Ed hangs out with his wife, two kids, two dogs, one cat, and a hamster. And yes, the cat and hamster are best friends.
