April 2008

Be a Good Conference Speaker; Twitter is Judging

April 22, 2008

I’m not attending SMX Social in Long Beach, California, but a lot of my friends on Twitter are, so I get all the scoop/opinions in real time. It seems like Rand Fishkin, known for being a strong speaker (I thought he was the few times I’ve seen him speak), seems to really have stubbed his […]

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AT&T, for the win!

April 22, 2008

My wife was reviewing our phone bill, and noticed a couple of suspect charges. Neither of us had any idea what they were for. Of course, this did not make us happy, so we drafted an email to AT&T Customer Support that read: I have fraudulent charges listed on my bill from Crappy Company and […]

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Twittercal – Send Tweets to your Google Calendar

April 11, 2008

Brilliant little tool! Add @gcal to yoru friend feed in Twitter, associate your Twitter account with a Gmail account, and that’s it! You can now send direct messages via Twitter to your Google Calendar. How did I not hear of this until now? Check it out at http://twittercal.com/ If you like this post you might […]

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Chicago Twitter Users

April 11, 2008

There are over 3,000 twitter users in Chicago; just do a search and you’ll see. I spent some time going through the list, and pulled out the interesting ones. Take a look, and follow those that are interesting to you. (Also, feel free to follow me as well if you like.) NOTE: The number shows […]

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JetBlue and Twitter – Continue to be Impressed

April 10, 2008

I’ve blogged in the past about how I think JetBlue is a great example of how a business should be using Twitter. Today I saw a tweet, and it confirmed my previous impression. Check this out: Engaged, asking the right questions, thinking ahead. Bravo JetBlue! If you like this post you might enjoy following me […]

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Atunyote Golf Club Review, Turning Stone Resort, Verona, New York

April 10, 2008
Atunyote Golf Club Review, Turning Stone Resort, Verona, New York

I’d be remiss if I didn’t start this review without mentioning the entrance gate to the Atunyote Golf Club. It’s a masterpiece of metal work. I’ve never seen anything like it; truly an impressive piece of art. Really a fantastic way to get amped up for a round of golf. After all, if they can […]

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Start a Flickr Video Group Now

April 9, 2008

Flickr groups are a great tool for collecting similar photos. For example, I run a group called Great Golf Pictures. It’s open to the public, has about 300 Members, and roughly 1,100 pictures in its pool. Seeing how Flickr recently announced the addition of videos, I’d suggest starting a group related to your area of […]

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Flickr Tip – Geotag your photos, Yahoo News loves them

April 8, 2008

This may not be new, but it’s new to me. Looking through my Flickr Stats, I noticed that Yahoo News had sent me a visitor. So I clicked on the link, and low and behold, on the right side of the page there is a widget showing local pictures. My picture is the one on […]

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Twitter Trivia ends: Lessons Learned

April 1, 2008

I’ve been running a little social media experiment the past month called Twitter Trivia. I told myself that if I didn’t have 100 followers by the end of the month, I’d end it. As of this morning, it’s 86, thus the demise of Twitter Trivia. So what did I learn from this small, social media […]

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