Archive for February, 2007

Amazon down?

Am I the only one pulling up Amazon’s PDA site when you hit the home page?

Social Media Club Dallas - next meeting

The first meeting of the Social Media Club - Dallas chapter was great fun. The next meeting is coming up soon,  hope to see you there!
Social Media Club Dallas
WhenTuesday, February 27, 20076:30 PM - 8:30 PM
WhereRapp Collins Worldwide1660 Westridge Circle NorthIrving, Texas 75038
More Infohttp://upcoming.org/event/154042/
Find out more about Social Media Club here.

Blogging the Presidential ‘08

My buddy Dave is putting on a fun event on Monday. Check it out if you’re into politics, or blogging.
Who: Blogfusion.com and BrainBand is hosting a nationwide President’s Race ‘08 Blog-a-thon
What:A day-long blog-a-thon to raise interest and awareness in the 2008 presidential election. Political party representatives, writers, bloggers, regular citizens, international onlookers and most [...]

Bandwagon has arrived. Please board quickly.

I’ve never actually felt dirty after reading a book description. Thanks to David Silver, that’s all changed. Check out the description of his latest book, Smart Start-Ups: How Entrepreneurs and Corporations Can Profit by Starting Online Communities:
In Smart Start-Ups, angel capitalist David Silver explores the moneymaking opportunities to be found in the new online and [...]

OK! We get it!

OK, OK! We get it, Saint Anna Nicole Smith’s death is a tragic loss for all of mankind. Without her here to guide us through our daily lives, we’re all likely to suffer the pain of a thousand deaths. She left so much unfinished… how can we continue her legacy? I’m not sure it’s possible…
Can [...]

Clue Unit Podcast: Episode 4 is live

Lee, Chris, and I knocked out a quick recap of the Community Next event that took place this last weekend in Stanford. If you’re interested in hearing our thoughts on the event, head over to the Clue Unit web site, or:
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links for 2007-02-15

eModeration blog interview
My friend Tamara runs a UK based, internationally focused company called eModeration. They focus on high quality moderation work of user generated content sites, mostly for big brands and brand-sponsored UGC sites.
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CommunityGuy.com gets dusted off

After several years having the same, marginal design I spent a few minutes last night dusting off the design and moving some things around. Nothing’s missing from the previous sidebars, they’re just now at the bottom of the page. Hopefully this cleaner look will give me a deep breath for my internal voice that has [...]

New Woodford Reserve site launches

Ah, horse racing and Kentucky Bourbon… not much goes together quite so nicely.  Some time back Woodford Reserve (a sister brand to Jack Daniel’s) bought a racehorse and created a program called Woodford Reserve Stables. The concept was to race the horse and track the activities along the way.
Over the summer I helped to [...]

Community Next - Event Notes

I’m back from Community Next, nearly caught up on work and still reading through many, many recaps!
There are a ton of people who have left comments about the event. Here’s just one list (scroll down). If you only read one recap, check out Lee’s notes. He notes some interesting distinctions in the crowd:
These are two [...]