October 24, 2011

How much time should I spend on social media?

I have a friend who’s been trying to figure out all this Social Media stuff on her own for the past year. After talking nothing but Twitter over dinner for a couple of hours, I promised to send her a few tips from one of my favorite people: @ChrisBrogan. Read his blog and follow him, he’s one smart cookie.

50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business
19 Presence Management Chores You COULD Do Every Day
How to Blog Almost Every Day
How Much Time Should I Spend On Social Media

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October 19, 2011

1980 NYC music time capsule - Club 57 mix by Dany Johnson 

Nomi Song - Klaus Nomi
Psychotic Reaction - Count 5
I’m Cramped - The Cramps
Let There Be Drums - Sandy Nelson
I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow
Love is Like an Itching in My Heart - Supremes
Groovy - Joe Dodo and the Groovers
The Girl Can’t Help It - Little Richard
Bongo Rock - Incredible Bongo Band
Planet Clare - B-52s
Out of Limits - The Ventures
I Know but I Don’t Know - Blondie
Warning Sign - Talking Heads
Gravity - Pylon
Can’t Be Funky - Bush Tetras
Monster Jam - Spoonie Gee and the Sequence
Midnight Boogaloo - Ray Baretto
I Know a Place - Petula Clark
The Nitty Gritty - Ricardo Ray
Tear the Roof off the Sucker - Parliament
Bertha Butt Boogie - Jimmy Castor Bunch
Jungle Fever - The Chakachas
Dance - ESG
Lightning Strikes - Klaus Nomi
I Like It Like That - Pete Rodriguez
L’elephant - Tom Tom Club
Do It Any Way You Wanna - People’s Choice
Rockin’ It - Fearless Four
Lightning’s Girl - Nancy Sinatra
Peter Gunn - Duane Eddy
Devil With a Blue Dress - Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
Lucky Number - Lene Lovich
Kookie’s Mad Pad - Edd Byrnes
The Boat that I Row - Lulu
Land of 1000 Dances - Cannibal & the Headhunters
Bell Head - Liquid Liquid
Taki Rari - Yma Sumac

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October 18, 2011

Adam Robert Robert Lewis

Ever tried giving your mechanic (with the thick German accent) your vehicle identification number over the phone? You know that code with umpteen letters and numbers in it. How about your mother-in-law the correct spelling of your twitter handle?

My Dad had a simple way of using names that represented letters so the person on the other end of the line could write it down… correctly. But for me, when time time comes I can never remember what they are. Any way, I found some, I’m printing them out and posting them near the phone.

I like the phonetic alphabet used by the old ARRL (American Radio Relay League)

Adam 
Baker 
Charlie 
David 
Edward 
Frank 
George 
Henry 
Ida 
John 
King 
Lewis 
Mary 
Nancy 
Otto 
Peter 
Queen 
Robert 
Susan 
Thomas 
Union 
Victor 
William 
X-ray 
Young 
Zebra

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August 27, 2011
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Sunrise in Myrtle Beach SC a few hours after hurricane Irene. About 7am.

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August 1, 2011
Time to let go of the past. #communicationarts (Taken with instagram)

Time to let go of the past. #communicationarts (Taken with instagram)

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July 21, 2011
Lamp for a SF store window 20+ years ago. Thinks I should sell on eBay? (Taken with instagram)

Lamp for a SF store window 20+ years ago. Thinks I should sell on eBay? (Taken with instagram)

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San Jose City Center (Taken with instagram)

San Jose City Center (Taken with instagram)

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July 15, 2011
Sugar! (Taken with Instagram at It’s Sugar)

Sugar! (Taken with Instagram at It’s Sugar)

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July 13, 2011
Modified 1940s mickey pocket watch box art (Taken with instagram)

Modified 1940s mickey pocket watch box art (Taken with instagram)

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June 27, 2011
Taken with instagram

Taken with instagram

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December 1, 2010
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frankadman:

Mele Kalikimaka — Bing Crosby

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November 13, 2010

I need 99 friends to each contribute $1.99 in the next 6 days.

$1.99 doesn’t go far these days. But when it all adds up, your $1.99 is going to make a HUGE difference for some very deserving kids here in Horry County. For the past 2 months I’ve been helping this year’s annual Nov. 20th fundraiser *Dancing with the Horry County Stars* with social media. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, the works. 

Who benefits? Smart but underserved kids. The kind who typically slip through the cracks and never even have a shot at college. They get enrolled in our groundbreaking Early College High School Program.… and lives are forever changed. It’s pretty amazing. I’ve met and interviewed a few of them (see a video I shot below.) 

So I’ve committed myself to help round up $200. I created a ChipIn! page where you can join me and make a donation. I hope you will.

Thank you!
- David 

p.s. Visit the Facebook page for more info.

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August 3, 2010
WordCloud made from a recent proposal - interesting to see the word *Time* so large.

WordCloud made from a recent proposal - interesting to see the word *Time* so large.

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July 29, 2010
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5 minutes of our beach frogs & crickets recorded last night with the new iPhone 4. Turn up the volume or put on some headphones… really impressed with the sound quality of this little thing. Download mp3

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May 8, 2010

Remember last year’s Social Media Revolution video? It’s chock full of *current* SoMe Stats. Here’s the recently updated version created by Erik Qualman (@equalman) of Socialnomics.

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