Yesterday a candy bomb dropped on the social media community and rainbow-tongued teens when a major brand website was transformed into a mash up of social networking sites. Welcome to Skittles “Interweb the Rainbow” (Yes, this is the homepage!): Innovative? Absolutely. The future of web design? That’s yet to be seen. It has the industry…
I Bought Social Media For Christmas
November 22, 2008It’s true I was dazzled, whooed and sold by the I Wear Your Shirt campaign, that’s Jason Sadler the man behind it all pictured on the left. And I was sold on Twitter of all places, converted through the .com and closed on PayPal. Here is Jason’s concept: “In this up and down economy I’m…
Live Blogging Best Practices
November 20, 2008Each day is an adventure on the Internet, particularly when you work in the interactive space, as I do, and are exposed to so many things online. Live blogging is a growing trend as companies figure out how to engage with bloggers on a productive basis. And as a blog reader, it offers the benefit…
Twitter Dictionary
September 24, 2008Twitter has a unique set of words that only people using Twitter use with each other. Here’s a fun list of definitions from the Twitter community. Twitter: by definition is a microblog. Tweet or Twit: a post or the act of posting. Tweet Stream: a single profile, multiple profiles you are following or hash tag…
Why use Twitter?
September 24, 2008Help I need input from real live tweeters so I can educate others. Many contemplate Twitter’s utility has evolved beyond its original purpose of “What are you doing”, so please comment and tell me what are you doing with it? (connecting to friends, customers, getting news, etc etc) Thank you for participating and happy tweeting.
Web 2.0 Conference NY Buzzwords
September 22, 2008Just returning from the Web 2.0 Conference NY. Here I will share the hot buzz words. Cloud: anything cloud is a hot topic, and I think anything that is yet to be named seems to end up with the cloud modifier. Do we have a Native American theme running? Cloud Computing: this is a serious…