Mashable Goes Political
If you live in Massachusetts, you’ve no doubt been inundated with Senate race campaign ads. They’re all over TV and now, in a new-to-me development, I encountered an anti-Scott Brown ad on Mashable.
Category: Social Media
Drum Corps – Chase Community Giving
Chase Bank & Facebook have teamed up to donate $5,000,000 to non-profit organizations. Close to my heart are the participating drum corps. These groups deserve all the support in the world.
Facebook Adds Twitter to News Feed
I just noticed a surprising link on my Facebook News Feed. It says, “follow @jasonrobb,” pointing to Jason Robb’s Twitter stream. What’s this? Is Facebook partnering with Twitter? I don’t think this kind of social-media-symbiosis would appear on Facebook’s most popular page without some heavy financial consideration. Now, I might just be the last to [...]
Using Twitter for Smart Shopping
The short version: use Twitter for smart shopping by (1) connecting with Twitter users who offer the product/service you want, (2) express your interest in their product, (3) watch them fight over you. It’s a brilliant tactic and I first witnessed it by observing @autoglassguy.
Long URLs. Charles Dickens long.
DickensURL is the next big thing in URL-modification. While the rest of the world worries about shrinking long URLs, Dickens takes it one step further. DickensURL converts the ugly into “wonderful works by Charles Dickens.” Curious, I plugged in my website’s URL. What I got was a page reciting several lines of one of Dickens’ [...]