Cleveland SMC E-Book

I’m excited to announce that the Cleveland Social Media Club has launched its first e-book, “Welcome to Social Media!” There’s a lot of great content about using social media professionally and personally –  and lots of different points of view. It just goes to show how many smart people there are right here in Northeast [...]

Twitter Timeline Visual

Okay, I know I blog about Twitter and its gloriousness all the time, but I can’t help it – I’m a twittadict!
I’ve only been on Twitter for a year and a half (you can find out when you joined here), so it’s hard to believe it’s been around for THREE years! Unless you’ve been tweeting [...]

Applying For A Job? Give Us Your Email Address, Facebook Log-in and Other Passwords

I can’t believe this is true… According to this article, applicants applying for a job with the city of Bozeman (that’s in Montana for you non-geography folks) are asked to provide their provide social media log-in information (Facebook, YouTube, etc. usernames AND passwords!) in order to be considered for the job.
A concerned job applicant contacted [...]

Facebook Vanity URL Saga: Part Three

After all the chatter about the Facebook vanity URLs, I’m slightly embarrassed to admit that I did not, as I suggested I would, stay up until midnight with the rest of the nerds world on Friday night, waiting to get my very own FB username. I went to bed early because I was running a [...]

The FB Username Countdown Continues…

For those of you who are counting down the days and hours until you can obtain your very own Facebook Vanity URL, here’s something you can do in the meantime. Stop twiddling your thumbs, biting your nails, etc. and check out this funny post, mapping out day by day, hour by hour, what will happen [...]

Get Your Facebook Username While It’s Hot!

Facebook announced today that it will be finally offering vanity usernames. This landrush begins June 13 at midnight. Not sure what a vanity username is? This means that you will finally be able to control your FB profile url! Instead of the link to your FB page reading something that looks like: facebook.com/profile.php?id=987654321, you can [...]

Thursday = Fun Day in Cleveland this Summer

Downtown Cleveland is celebrating summer this year with the expansion of their Sparx Concert series. In addition to the free live Thursday night concerts, local restaurants will be offering promotions and other fun activities. The concert and promotions start today (June 4) and go until Sept. 11.
Restaurant promotions will take place throughout E 4th, [...]

My New Favorite Commercial

I’ve really been liking the new Intel “Sponsors of Tomorrow” ad campaign. I first noticed it when they took out a full page ad on NYTimes.com, a mockup of what the paper would look like in 31 years.
Last night, I saw this commercial, featuring Ajay Bhatt, one of the inventors of the USB.  You can [...]

San Francisco Uses Twitter to Support 311 Services

I read on Mashable today that effective immediately, the city of San Francisco will be using Twitter to support all of the city’s 311 services.
San Francisco’s Mayor Gavin Newscom announced this new use of Twitter via a press conference, viewable on YouTube. All SF residents need to do is follow and tweet at the new [...]