Category: Social Media
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Two words I thought I’d never see together: Library & Groupon
I must say I’m rather proud of the Edmonton Public Library — my local library. They were one of the first in Canada to: offer free Wi-Fi to members, jump into social media, equip branches with self-checkout barscanners and RFID chip automated checkin, allow online holds and media reservations, create a mobile library app, offer digital…
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Engine Start
Little bit of cropping, little bit of colour processing, little bit of Tilt Shift. All done on the iPad. I used CameraBag, TiltShiftGen, and PhotoPal. Fun with iOS apps 😉
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US Space Shuttle Program Commemorated [Video]
This has to be one of the best collection of images of the US Space Shuttle Program anywhere — built into a video that describes the program, triumphs and failures. If you’ve got 45 minutes to spare, it’s worth a watch!
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Canadian Newspapers get an iPad App
Earlier this week several Canadian newspapers simultaneously launched a free iPad application focused on providing selected daily content from the print edition of the newspaper.
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Emotionally gaming your Twitter stream?
I’ve been watching the development of Littlecosm, a new Twitter client with excitement as it’s one of a new breed that is applying sentiment analysis to derive a result — in this case your disposition in a game. Emotion plays a huge part in Littlecosm. Littlecosm analyzes your tweets and figures out if you’re in a…
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How social media tools can enhance and extend the reach of an event
This past Friday I went to a fundraiser Celebrity Chef event hosted by a friend and local Edmonton social media personality (and Bacon Guy) Jerry Aulenbach. Held at a local premier burger restaurant, the evening was one of good food, good conversation, and a lot of glowing screens. The restaurant had set aside a section…
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It’s a Book [video]
I’ll let the video do the talking. Hat tip to my friend Tim for posting this on Facebook 🙂
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On the radio…again!
A couple of weeks ago local realtor and heavy social media maven @ZoomJer and I were interviewed by CBC’s Rod Kurtz about our involvement with social media and our upcoming sessions at Guru Digital Arts College’s Social Media Saturday event. Yes, we had fun! Check out our interview here… [powerpress url=“http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1165339/CBCRadioInterview/2010–09-15-social-media.mp3”]
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Spending good money on nothing, it’s not a new concept.
Disclosure: I’m involved with an organization that has virtual goods and currency — and yes, you can exchange real money for virtual goods in it. The virtual economy is heating up. GigaOm reports that Facebook Could Make $250M From Virtual Goods Next Year; make money from stuff that isn’t tangible. Stuff you can’t hold in your…
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Desktop, mobile or web app?
Twitter is in the midst of rolling out it’s new, all-encompassing interface, and I’ve been able to take a look at it in ‘preview’ mode. My verdict: quite nice, but it won’t replace desktop twitter apps for me, just yet. Tweetdeck and Seesmic Desktop both offer greater functionality than the new Twitter interface. Though I’ve not…
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On the radio…
Earlier this week I had great fun! CBC Edmonton’s Peter Brown (who regularly hosts the afternoon drive-time program Radio Active) interviewed me for a series on Edmonton bloggers and podcasters called E‑Pinion. We chatted about this blog, what got me into blogging, lifestyle technology etc. And I mentioned my Mom a couple of times too. For…
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Short, sweet, entertaining, and over.
Old Spice Guy is done…for now. The Internet sensation dominated this week’s social media and marketing buzz by providing an awesomely entertaining and engaging video campaign; the Old Spice Guy directly responded to tweets and other comments in social media services through short YouTube videos. As all good things must end, so too does this…