Archive for the ‘Social Media’ Category

Internet Speak: Part 2

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

I now present to you Part Two of my ongoing series, “Silly Stories that I Hope Will Help You Unlock Some of the Vast Mysteries of Twitter and the Interwebs.”  Or something like that. But really, I’m only kidding (a little). The truth is, the secrets only seem vast when you ...

Social Media Lessons “Wii” Can Learn from Nintendo

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

It is no secret that I love my Wii*; I tweet about our relationship quite a bit and there are tons of pictures of me playing GH3 on Facebook. It is the only video game system at which I am any good, and because of that, there have been more ...

My first Personal Branding speaking gig!

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Personal Branding Presentation for HCC View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. The last six month's have been an absolute whirlwind. I've crammed so much Social Media and Personal Branding knowledge into this brain of mine that I've been on the verge of bursting for the last month or so. Tonight I will ...

Internet Speak: Part One

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

When I first started working at Schipul and dallying on the good ol' interwebs... I felt like everyone was speaking a different language. DNS what?! And what the heck is twitter? Never fear. I'm here to tell you some silly stories about my mistakes so you don't repeat them! I'm going ...

Personal Branding Cat got your Tongue?

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

I happens to me too! More often than I care to admit. Let's put the brakes on this post so I can quickly explain what personal branding is. Personal branding is a concept that says you YOURSELF are just as marketable and brand-able as say... Target. The example I like to ...

On Social Media and Friends

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

I've heard a lot of noise about how Social Networking Sites are going to be the downfall of civilization because everyone will be too busy updating their second life profiles to go out into the real world... and I wonder where these critiques are coming from??  Maybe I'm on oddball... ...

Interpreting the Groundswell: What the heck is up with Social Media?

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Like I said in my very first blog post, there are some things I don't get about Social Media.  Where are the numbers?  How do you figure out your ROI?  What tools and networks do I really need to be part of?  HOW DO I FIT IT ALL IN MY ...

Things Ike made me Super Thankful For

Monday, September 15th, 2008

I tend to get super freaked out in the face of impending doom and tend to fantasize about the fantastic (Zombies)... which only renders me more panicked.  Thanks to a few awesome people and cool internet tools, I was able to retain my sanity and not totally freak out.  If ...

The Orange Show’s Foam Raiser: the perfect combo of Food, Art and Beer

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

When I was little my Mom made a practice of doing cool, "intellectually stimulating" things with my sister and me. Several times we took day trips from Tomball to Houston to check out the Beer Can House on Malone.  My little sister and I LOVED these trips and it has ...

I hate the new facebook.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Normally I would say that hate is a very strong word and if you know me, you're probably shocked I'm even bringing this up.  But I do hate the new facebook layout.  Since facebook has not yet made me switch to the new layout, I've been okay...  I've delved into ...