Twitter Fashion Tips for The New Year

A few weeks ago, I did a series of fun, tongue-in-cheek Twitter updates dubbed “Twitter Fashion Tips”. By popular demand I have compiled them all in one place for you, right here. Don’t get caught with the wrong hat this year! Let these fashion tips guide you through.
Twitter Fashion Tip # 1: Just say “no” [...]

Web Conferencing Tools for Mac, Windows and Linux

After getting frustrated with WebEx I was inspired to do a Twitter Poll and accompanying post about web conferencing solutions for all three platforms: Mac, Windows, and Linux. You can read the post here on Tech.Blorge.

Dunbar Numbers, Myers Briggs Type Indicators and Social Media

I am conducting a bit of an informal survey here on Uptown Uncorked. I won’t reveal my position on the matter at hand, so as to avoid undue skewing of the results. However, I am using both the Dunbar Number theory and Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) of personalities to gather some data on Twitter [...]

The Most Under Utilized Social Media Resource: Your Staff

If you aren’t using a social media guide who recommends that you tap into your existing staff for social media impact, you may be with the wrong guide. One of the first things we do for a new client is evaluate their existing resources. Nine times out of ten, they are overlooking their greatest asset [...]

My Favorite Holiday E-Card (So Far)

Stephanie Agresta posted this on Twitter as her favorite holiday e-card so far, and I have to agree. It made me smile, laugh and I actually felt a little better seeing happy people, not stressed out people, for a minute. Kudos to First Round for a great viral e-card this holiday season. Enjoy, and Happy [...]

Benefit for the Staley Foundation

UPDATE: We raised over $800 for the Staley Foundation on Monday night! $534 via ChipIn, $200 at the event and another $70 from Christine Perkett of Perkett PR. Thank you so much!
Tonight we are co-sponsoring an event to benefit the Staley Foundation with Perkett PR. If you are in the Boston area, I do hope [...]

Topics on Fire: Episode 11, It's all about the shopping! POSTPONED

UPDATE: Because I wasn’t able to get the network here in my temporary “escape the ice storm” housing to ‘talk’ to TalkShoe, we have postponed the podcast to 12/21 at 10PM EST
This episode of Topics on Fire is about social media and technology as it applies to Shopping and the Holidays (last minute deals, budget [...]

Video Podcast Recap, Topics on Fire

Please enjoy the audio recording embedded below of this fantastic podcast on all things video with Steve Garfield, John Herman Tim Street and David Tames. The links from the episode are below the audio embed.

Links from this episode:
David Tames Mac Coolant Leak Video
CNN iReport Top Three Hurricane Kyle Reports via Steve Garfield
Learn Videoblogging via Steve [...]

Would you add WebNotes to your personal toolbox?

Everyone knows how much I love Evernote – it has been a saving tool in my social media toolbox for quite some time. Even so, I constantly evaluate potential new tools, and today’s contender is WebNotes. You can read my full review of WebNotes on Tech.Blorge. If you are a student (especially a law student) [...]

Making sense of the space between Twitter and Friendfeed

Twitter and Friendfeed: two social micro-blogging platforms which people continue to compare and contrast, like both locked in a duel to death with one another. Recently, Dave Winer wrote a piece on the two platforms, likening them to the early computing platforms of Macs versus PCs. Dave suggests that Twitter is like the [...]

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