Social Media

Are QR codes are dead? I have not heard anyone tell me a good QR code story–although I have a good one involving the DC Metro and Where’s Waldo. What are some ways to breathe some real life into these little black and white boxes? So every one is getting smart phones. So every business [...]

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It all comes down to the well written rule of social media. Find your community and engage them there. In the latest episode of Thinking and Driving, I ponder a forum post that came through my filters, for my job at NOLS. Anytime NOLS is mentioned online, anywhere, it passes through my Google Reader. A [...]

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6 months, 20,000 video views, 400 comments, 4.7 hours, and 63 videos later, the NOLS & Patagonia Dream Expedition video contest is now over. This is a project that I have been heavily attached to, and it’s great to see it come to it’s conclusion. Check out this video compilation of the contest, and if [...]

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zilok.com – Here, you can rent anything online from businesses and individuals. You search based on zipcode, and you can find, say a guy 5.6 miles away that is willing to rent out his drill for $10.00 per day. swap.com – Just finished the latest Dan Brown book and don’t need it taking up room [...]

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Introducing WINE.O

September 5, 2010

I hope you enjoyed this little experiment. If you are with a vineyard or a winery please feel free to take this idea and crush it. Here is a PDF you can download and show your boss. I’m sure this can be applied to more products then just wine. Stickybits is a fun app and [...]

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#NowPlaying Radio

September 1, 2010

Call it crowd-sourcing or user generated content (UGC), hashtags on twitter are amassing fragmented data that has yet to tapped for it’s full potential. I found out about a new band mixing hip-hop, dub, and nintendo style sounds, and decided to hype it on Twitter. I tweeted out Listening to Mux Mool – MERLINFIST! http://www.myspace.com/muxmool [...]

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