Archive for August, 2008
The Sarah Palin “little known facts” Twitter meme is genius. Michael Turk, a political consultant, created PalinFacts.com, a site that retrofits some of the Chuck Norris jokes for Palin, the just-announced veep candidate. Ben Domenech, a conservative writer and blogger, registered the domain. He’s also on Twitter. The Sarah Palin “little known facts” meme was a stroke [ READ MORE ]
About five months ago, I announced my transition to the Chicago Tribune. While I was there, I helped the Tribune with some things in the social media space. Now comes a bigger challenge: figuring how to do this across multiple Tribune Company properties. My title will pretty much remain the same, but I’m moving on up to [ READ MORE ]
Brand: Exclusive Cigars (Kristoff) Line: Criollo Vitola: Churchill (7 x 50) Origin: Dominican Republic Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Criollo Binder: Cuban seed Orlor Dominican Filler: Cuban seed Orlor Dominican, Nicaraguan Body: Medium Strength: Medium As you know, not every cigar is a Cohiba or Montecristo, and part of what makes cigar smoking an interesting hobby, I believe, is when one discovers new and boutique brands. [ READ MORE ]
Okay, now it’s getting ridiculous. Rodney Rumsford from FaceReviews is getting in on the action. I wasn’t quoted for this one, but it’s good to see that the Colonel has Rodney’s Twitter seal of approval! [ READ MORE ]
Some more press here and here. Cool! [ READ MORE ]
Amy Gahran from the Poynter Institute’s E-Media Tidbits Blog asked me to write a guest post for the site about how the Chicago Tribune has used social media to break news. I was honored by her request, but little did I know that my picture would also be on the front page. It’s on the bottom [ READ MORE ]
Unfortunately, the Colonel couldn’t quite make the photo shoot himself, but we were able to sneak him in. You can read the story here. [ READ MORE ]
Brand: Bobalu Line: 91 Aged Dominican Vitola: Toro 6 x 52 Origin: United States Wrapper: Dominican Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican Body: Medium Strength: Medium Box Price: $165 (box of 25) Once again, I find myself back with a cigar from the Austin, Tex.-based Bobalu Cigar Company. Bobalu rolls about a dozen of its own lines, and the company prides itself on its rollers. (Check out [ READ MORE ]
My good friend Colonel Tribune has been invited to appear on a panel at the 2009 SXSW Interactive conference in March. Basically, if the Colonel goes, I’ll go. So please vote for the panel. All you need to do is register — it’s quite painless — and then you can vote! Also, if you get a [ READ MORE ]
It’s almost here. The Age of Conversation 2 is almost a reality! Over 200 social media gurus, marketers, academics and other professionals got together, each writing a chapter for The AOC 2. What is it? A book about online community and social technology, among other things. And all proceeds go to Variety International, a children’s charity. [ READ MORE ]