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24Dec/082

What I Am Reading – December 24, 2008

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24Dec/082138

Optimus Prime Feels The Energy Crisis

Optimus Prime and the Transformers feel the effects of the Energy Crisis.  This was just to good to not post!  Enjoy.

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23Dec/084

Thundercats Movie Trailer [fanmade]

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Ok this was just too kool to pass up!  A great fan made trailer for a Thundercats movie.  Now will we ever see an actual Thundercats movie?  Who knows but I bet it won't be as sweet as this trailer.  Check it out!

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23Dec/080

Wishing You A Happy Festivus

Taking some time out of my day to wish all the readers of my blog a Happy Festivus!

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[Festivus]

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23Dec/080

What I Am Reading – December 23, 2008

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21Dec/082

Big Bang Theory – Leonard Nimoy DNA

One of my favorite shows on tv these days is The Big Bang Theory on CBS and one of my favorite (and humorous) scenes was last week when Sheldon got the greatest gift he could ever get....A napkin used by Leonard Nimoy! hehe

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21Dec/082

AMC “Fork And Screen” – Social Media Success

Right before Halloween I got the chance to check out a new concept by AMC Theatres called "Fork And Screen" which brings the concept of movie night to a new level.

Now for AMC they saw a way to help promote their brand as well as promote a new product by reaching out to the blogosphere here in Kansas City and it appears that it worked great for them.

I asked Justin Gardner the other day how the new concept was working and he came back with "It’s actually been going extremely well both from an operational and promotional standpoint."

For me this is a great example of a company taking their brand, using social media to promote, and then seeing the success.  Just an example I went to the tour/free screening and loved it, I therefore in turn blogged, tweeted, and took video to share with everyone about my experience and then the next day went to a local tech event and talked about the new kool setup AMC was bring to the public.

Great job AMC and great job at using social media (something more companies need to do).  Below is a list of links from other local bloggers so check those out and see social media at work.

Videos

Whitney's take on AMC Fork & Screen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJEhQrn_EjM

Aunesty's Fork & Screen front hallway walkthrough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbdWPvUqjH0

Aunesty's Fork & Screen tour led by Andy DiOrio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLy64F4g_gY

Ramsey's Fork & Screen tour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKMdOubY8Tc

Blog Posts

AMC Theatres Premieres "Fork & Screen" Concept
http://www.kcwordofmouth.com/2008/10/amc-theatres-premieres-fork-screen.html

AMC Fork & Screen
http://kc-bike.blogspot.com/2008/10/amc-fork-screen.html

AMC’s Fork & Screen
http://topfivedesign.com/shane/2008/10/28/amcs-fork-screen/

Goofy Goes to "Fork & Screen"
http://goofy-girl.blogspot.com/2008/10/goofy-goes-to-fork-screen.html

Best Practice: AMC Fork & Screen
http://www.spiral16.com/blog/2008/10/best-practice-amc-fork-screen/

AMC’s Fork & Screen - Rock Fist Up!
http://www.scene-stealers.com/blogs/amcs-fork-screen-rock-fist-up/

AMC 30 Fork & Screen Blogger Premier
http://blog.rolet.com/?p=204

Let's Go To The Movies
http://beergirlsblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/lets-go-to-movies.html

AMC Fork & Screen
http://www.whitneymathews.com/post/56987913/amc-did-something-smart-as-far-as-viral-marketing#disqus_thread

Fork & Screen
http://beergirlsblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/fork-screen.html

Photo Sets

Shane's Fork & Screen Set - 16 Photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ishane/sets/72157608468565657/

Ramsey's Fork & Screen Set - 20 Photos
http://flickr.com/photos/ramseymohsen

jpar0's Fork & Screen Set - 39 Photos
http://gallery.me.com/filmmunkey#100105

Aunesty's Fork & Screen Set - 45 Photos
http://flickr.com/photos/29358854@N04/sets/72157608460497586/

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21Dec/0810

What SUP FriendFeed?

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Found a great way to get your blog posts hitting the FriendFeed service in record time using the services Simple Update Protocol or SUP!

SUP (Simple Update Protocol) is a simple and compact "ping feed" that web services can produce in order to alert the consumers of their feeds when a feed has been updated. This reduces update latency and improves efficiency by eliminating the need for frequent polling.

FriendFeed blog post on SUP

I initially found out about this from Josh Haley, a WordPress plugin (WP-SUP), as well as a little video put together by Benjamin Golub.

known issue : apparently there is an issue if you use Feedburner where it is stripping the tags that are added by the plugin..so just so you know that.

Ok with that said I am gonna give the SUP a try with this post. If all works right it should post right away to FriendFeed. 3, 2, 1.....

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21Dec/080

What I Am Reading – December 21, 2008

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21Dec/0810

The Live Tweeting Of A Plane Crash!!

I think this has to be a first for me at least and maybe the first on twitter. But I was just reading the live tweeting of a plane crash that took place in Denver yesterday.

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The tweets came from Mike Wilson (@2drinksbehind). First let me say Mike we are glad you are ok and second this shows how technology and the web are bringing a more personable feel as well as a real time look at events as they happen.

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21Dec/083

Commodore 64 Christmas Demo [1982]

A little geeky Christmas for ya

And then the commercial from 1982 - 64k for $595!!!

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18Dec/080

What I Am Reading – December 18, 2008

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16Dec/089

Geek Poem

I thought this poem was pretty good and geeky as well

The poem

<>!*''#
^"`$$-
!*=@$_
%*<>~#4
&[]../
|{,,SYSTEM HALTED

Read it outloud

Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,
Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,
Bang splat equal at dollar under-score,
Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,
Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,
Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma
CRASH.

[original post]

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16Dec/082

What I Am Reading – December 16, 2008

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16Dec/088

Twitter Expert Panel – Utah Tweetup

I saw one of my fellow bloggers I follow Jessie Stay had the opportunity to be on a panel of tweeters recently in Utah and since I am always up for listening to how people are using technology/social media as well as just great discussion I figured I would throw the video up on my site for you to enjoy.

So check out the video and listen in on some great conversation that took place at the coworkutah tweetup.

Nate Moller - @mollermarketing

Mick Hagen - @mickhagen

Jesse Stay - @jessestay

Janet Meiners Thaeler - @newspapergrl

Ash Buckles - @ashbuckles

Panel Q&A

So there ya have it!!! Isn't it great how technology and social media has allowed us to attend events, revisit events, and share events that are going on around the country and around the world even.

As I mentioned before I am always excited to go to local tweetups and events here in the midwest and its great to be able to follow others where every they might be.

[video from youtube]
[coworkutah]

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15Dec/080

What I Am Reading – December 15, 2008

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14Dec/080

Shared Items – December 14, 2008

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13Dec/082

I Follow You – The Social Media Song

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13Dec/082

People Who Find Me Interesting On FriendFeed – Dec 2008 Edition

So its that time again...I have started a little monthly tradition of listing those on FriendFeed who find me interesting and in return helping you maybe find some other kool people to follow.  So check out the new list.

People who find you interesting
Morton Fox
Morton Fox
Mike Fruchter
Mike Fruchter
Sarah Perez
Sarah Perez
Tyson Key
Tyson Key
Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
AJ Batac
AJ Batac
Franklin Pettit
Franklin Pettit
Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)
Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)
Tim Hoeck
Tim Hoeck
Phil Glockner
Phil Glockner
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12Dec/080

Shared Items – December 12, 2008

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12Dec/080

Social Media Panel Hosted By Wayne Sutton

My buddy and fellow Social Geeks panelist Wayne Sutton hosted a very good and informative panel in Charlotte, NC with some local social media types there today.

From Wayne:

I’m excited to announce tomorrow’s live show on WayneSutton.TV I’ll be facilitating a conversation on Social Media, PR 2.0, blogging for community building, online journalism and social networks with some of the leaders of Charlotte’s social media community.

[blog post about the event]

I think it is kool to see other events around the country to see others thoughts in the area of social media, trends that are maybe different in other areas, and just a way to find some new people to follow out there on the interweb.

Video of the panel

follow Wayne on twitter

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12Dec/080

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12Dec/084

Add Facebook Connect To Your Blog In 8 Minutes

The Facebook developers have started a video series to highlight Facebook Connect.  In this video they show you how to add it to your blog in 8 minutes.

Maybe you have no idea what Facebook Connect is...well here are a few points

Facebook Connect is the next evolution of Facebook Platform -- enabling you to integrate the power of Facebook Platform into your own site.

As a developer, you can add social context to your site in four main ways:

* Identity. Seamlessly connect the user's Facebook account and information with your site
* Friends. Bring a user's Facebook friends into your site. You can even link friends that have existing accounts.
* Discovery. Publish information back into their friends' News Feeds on Facebook.
* Privacy. Bring dynamic privacy to your site using XFBML.

Additionally, Facebook Connect brings the full power and flexibility of Facebook Platform, including the REST API and FQL.

Facebook Connect Wiki

Are you planning to implement Facebook Connect on your blog? What are your thoughts? I think I will play around with it a bit and see what I think.

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12Dec/080

Shared Items – December 12, 2008

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11Dec/082

The Upgrade To WordPress 2.7

Well the wait is over and version 2.7 of WordPress is now live.

from the wordpress blog:
The first thing you’ll notice about 2.7 is its new interface. From the top down, we’ve listened to your feedback and thought deeply about the design and the result is a WordPress that’s just plain faster. Nearly every task you do on your blog will take fewer clicks and be faster in 2.7 than it did in a previous version.

After shooting out a message on twitter to see if anyone had any issues with the install and getting back only positive feedback I decided to make the jump to the new version.

My initial reaction to the new version - WOW. It is so customizable with the ability to move boxes around where I want them, hide menus, fast response times, and a sexy new look. I have to say that the development team really hit a home run with this one in my eyes.

Here is a little video highlighting the new version.

Have you made the jump to WordPress 2.7? What do you think? Did you have any issues with the upgrade?

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10Dec/080

Its an 8-Bit Christmas!!!

Two of my favorite things are the Christmas season and 8-bit music and when I saw Doctor Octoroc was releasing 8-Bit Jesus I was pretty excited to get some holiday tunes 8-bit style.

I’ve been working on a new album for the past few months and am releasing a free MP3 download of the first half - sort of a preview, I suppose. The album is entitled 8-Bit Jesus and contains 9 tracks thus far. Each one is a chip-tune version of a classic Christmas song done in the style of a different NES game.

Make sure you jump over to the site and download the tunes to add a little geek to you holiday parties this season.

track list
We Three Konami
Ryu the Red Nosed Ninja
Silent Knight Man
Carol of the Belmonts
Joy to Commando
Deck the Kremlin
Little Drummer Nemo
The Legend of Noel
Super Jingle Bros.

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10Dec/080

Shared Items – December 10, 2008

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10Dec/082

My Links Are del.icio.us!

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Today I discovered Andy from MMMeeja had created a list of people you should have in your del.icio.us network. Among some of the people listed were Steve Rubel, Louis Gray, Chris Brogan, Tamar Weinberg, ect. ect. oh and ME!!!

Here is what Andy had to say about my del.icio.us links :

Another Social Media guru (don’t there seem to be a lot of them on social media?). Jeff bookmarks much more technical information than most SMMs. He’s not afraid to roll up his sleaves and get into a bit of code, and his homepage is jeffisageek.net, which always makes me laugh.

I thought that was pretty kool that someone would put my links up with some of those other names. I just wanted to thank Andy for the kind words as well as please feel free to join my network as I love to get more and more links coming in for me to find those great links out there.

[my del.icio.us network]

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10Dec/081

Midweek Humor – SNL “Calculator” & “Jedi Gym”

Thought I would throw a couple videos I have enjoyed the past few days.......

First is the calculator skit from SNL this past weekend

Second is "Jedi Gym" I found on YouTube

Hope you got some laughs and maybe help get over the hump of the work week.

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9Dec/080

Shared Items – December 9, 2008

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