Rather coincidentally I’ve run into a couple of indicators in the past week that the meme (i.e., the idea) that life might be extended indefinitely is gaining some traction. The first was an article in Wired titled “The Fight to End Aging Gains Legitimacy, Funding.” That leads to a series of interesting videos from the [...]

The beauty of Social Media is the not just making things transparent, not just letting people express themselves, it’s not just that almost everything is free (From Flickr to Twitter) it’s that Social Media begs you to experiment. Not only do a video for your product (like the video for my house) but also take [...]

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Then you should check out the event below. I will be on a panel with some other great speakers talking about Social Media and Beating Cancer:
7th Annual Crossroads Conference
The Next Giant Leap Toward Nonprofit Excellence
Significant change for nonprofits is happening now, and more is coming around the corner. Are you ready?
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So alot of people talk about “Social Media for Social Good” but let’s actualy make something happen. Much like we did for the Central Texas Blood and Tissue Center we are having a Tweetup Food Drive for the Capital Area Food Bank. We have been lucky enough to have Tyson get into the mix. Tyson [...]

Courtesy of Mike Sansome over at Converstations, here’s a link to the Top 50 Social Media Blogs.

In 2.0 Attitude my theme was the clash between traditional standards for authority and “expertise” and the much broader, populaist standards for knowledge that have emerged with web 2.0 and social media.  So an article in this week’s Technology Review titled “It’s not a revolution if nobody loses” that covers some of the same ground [...]

This is something I talk about in a lot of my presentations. I am a firm believer in the slogan of “Be Your Own Media”. In fact I presented on this to 400+ college students just two weeks ago. This great article from Valleywag has me nodding my head in total agreement. They aren’t dead [...]

So we just lost our Social Media/Web Dev Intern Nik but before he went he shared a cool app called Cha Cha. This lets you ask questions to a real person through cell phone txting.  Simply ask a question in English and send to 242242. Then a real human being will google it and answer [...]

Hey All,
We are looking for a new Intern for the American Cancer Society’s Austin Corporate Office. The intern will be working on a variety cutting edge projects in the online space. Everything from raising donations on Facebook to building web pages on cancer.org to helping us with our Code Against Cancer event in December.  Help [...]

You may remember our Tweet Up Blood Drive awhile back. Well our good friend Kristine Gloria took it a step further and made a “Mash-Up” of the whole event. She also wrote an amazing Social Media case study on the event. You can check the video she made below.  If your looking for the case [...]

The values and attitudes inspired by the “Web 2.0″ movement of recent years are spilling into health information practices. Blogs, Wikipedia, YouTube and many other sites have supported a sense of empowerment that challenges the traditional authority of many professions. “User-generated” content and “participation” are core values of what I like to call “2.0 Attitude.” [...]

If you haven’t heard about SXSW let me let you in on a secret. It’s the best Learning experience you can have as a professional in the field of Web Development, Marketing, Filmmaking or as a Musican. Bar none. You can take TED and toss it out the window. You can attend Poptech with all [...]

So I am soooo very close to putting my house up on the market.  Last week it was the painting and this week it’s one of the oldest forms of Social Media Online, putting your photos on Flickr. As they say a picture is worth a thousand words…..so enjoy. All the photo were take by [...]

The first annual SharingHope.TV and RelayForLife.org Content Contest ends midnight August 10! We invite you, your family and your friends to submit your favorite Relay For Life Video or Photo in any of the categories on the site. You will be eligible to win some great prizes (such a flip camera) and share your skills [...]