Interview: LangfordMedia Has an App for Lawrence | Locker Partner

April 21, 2010

Here’s an interview I did with Locker Partner’s Jason Harper discussing the Lawrence KS iPhone app and the value of controlling mobile app content. http://lockerpartner.com/2010/04/lawrence-ks-app-langfordmedia/ Jason is an excellent writer and former Pitch columnist.

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Facebook profiles for businesses are illegal

March 31, 2010

I had a great discussion with my friend @DebJohanning who oversees social media for Lawrence bar, @thesandbar about businesses using Facebook profiles instead of Facebook pages.  As she pointed out, it’s against Facebook’s terms of service to have a profile page for your business. Second, Facebook only allows profiles to have up to 5000 friends. [...]

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Random: Jordan Alec Baby B’s Bracket

March 19, 2010

So my 5-year-old nephew (the little guy on the left in the pic above) is doing pretty well so far in the NCAA tournament on ESPN.com’s contest and is currently on the front page of the LEADERBOARD. He was tied for 1st place until Montana lost so now he’s tied for 57th with a bunch [...]

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Add Flash video to Static FBML for Baratunde Thurston

March 12, 2010

[tweetmeme]The other day Baratunde asked on Twitter how to add video (other than Youtube) to his fan page. Thought this was a good question and others might have a similar problem so here’s a demo on how to add flash to static FBML. Be sure to follow @Baratunde, he’s hilarious and a fan of Friday [...]

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Augmented Reality in Sports

January 28, 2010

[tweetmeme]Just wanted to share a couple of videos with you.  Below the IBM Seer app used at this years Australian Open and the other is EyePly’s preview of an augmented reality app that will be released in 2010. Enjoy! I really like what is discussed around the 1:50 mark of the above video. The idea [...]

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Owning your Twitter Hashtags

January 21, 2010

We’ve all been in the situation where we are trying to follow something on Twitter, be it a conference, athletic event or news story. Usually you can stumble upon several hashtags that are relevant to the event or the organization but have you ever wondered where they came from? In my experience it seems that [...]

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Free State Social 2010 – Lawrence KS #FSSocial

December 4, 2009

Whitney Matthews (@WhitneyMathews) announced this morning a social media conference being held April 2010 in our backyard-Lawrence, KS. The conference is called Free State Social (@FreeStateSocial #FSsocial) and will include speakers: Chris Brogan (@ChrisBrogan) Jeremiah Owyang (@jowyang) Sarah Evans (@PRsarahevans) Shawna Coronado (@ShawnaCoronado) Ellyn Angelotti (@ellynangelotti) Others to be announced soon.  The lineup looks great [...]

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Tips on how to use Twitter if you’re a business

November 15, 2009

It’s great to see new businesses and organizations join Twitter! I’ve had the pleasure of sitting down with a few of them and share tips on how to use Twitter. Here’s a few I think are helpful: Keep in mind you only have 140 characters. Why is this important? There’s a good chance that every [...]

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Happy holidays! Google offers free WiFi in 47 airports

November 10, 2009

Those traveling this holiday season are in for a treat! Starting today through January 15th, Google is offering free WiFi in 47 airports. Marisa Mayer, a VP at Google stated, “This is one of our holiday gifts to our users, and, when you connect, we also hope that you’ll take the opportunity to try some [...]

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Thoughts on Social Media Trends in 2010

November 4, 2009

David Armano of HarvardBusiness.org published on Monday what he believes to be the social media trends in 2010.  I think he hit the nail on the head. 1. Social media begins to look less social Armano mentions the hyperactive updaters on Facebook and the ability to “hide” them.  For me, the problem on Facebook hasn’t [...]

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