First, some links:

Here’s a link to the paper from the Weber Shandwick Web site.

Here’s a brief description of the paper I wrote for Weber Shandwick’s Social Studies Blog.

Lifestreaming: The White Paper (Weber Shandwick)

I started last week as a digital communications supervisor at Weber Shandwick. My time at Tribune Company was great, but I like a new challenge. I look forward to learning the ropes of the agency world!

Here’s the official announcement from Weber Shandwick.

Patrick asked some really good questions, including some from his Twitter followers. Topics discussed include:

- What kinds of Tweets are the most popular?
- How do newsroom staffers feel about social media and the Colonel?
- Why is it important for news organizations to interact with users?

Anyway, please let me know what you think. If I sound like a complete idiot, please let me know. (I mean, I hope I don’t!)

Rob stole the show completely, but I got the kicker quote.

Anyway, we may or may not have something cooking. So stay tuned…

Who else was mentioned? My good friend Colonel Tribune.

Who would’ve thought: Daniel B. Honigman, panelist, speaker, lecturer — and now quoted in a major industry publication?

My parents would be proud, I think. I just wish they were still around.

Earlier this year, I reviewed the Nat Sherman Host Selection, the Nat Sherman Metropolitan Selection, the Nat Sherman V.I.P. Selection and the Nat Sherman Omerta. I enjoy the company’s cigars, but I just hadn’t been to Nat’s new 42nd Street digs.

So I was in New York recently, and in between a Mets game and some family business, my girlfriend Mollie (pictured) and I had some time to kill. We were near the store, so we stopped by for a bit.

Nat Sherman is a cigar smoker’s urban oasis. My contact there, store manager Mike Holba, was there, and he showed us around the store’s retail area, the cave-like walk-in humidor, the private lockers and, of course, the Johnson Club Room.

Think of the club as a cross between the Harvard Club — not that I’ve ever been there — and a Tommy Bahama wet dream. Decadent, no?

Simply put, The JCR is the cigar smoker’s ultimate tax write-off; $1,600 a year gets you membership, a personal locker and a whole bunch of prestige. But if you do a lot of business in New York, and you enjoy a good cigar, membership is a must-have.

There are many creature comforts: There’s the room, which features a full bar, lots of dark wood, comfortable leather chairs and couches and some cool cigar stuff on display. The club also serves up appetizers, a free daily continental breakfast from 9-11am and, presumably, some good conversation. This is the home of the city’s cigar-puffing elite, which include New York icons like Rudy Giuliani and Joe Torre, who both have lockers at Nat’s.

Mollie and I hung out in the room for a little while. She had a Host, while I enjoyed one of the store’s exclusive Blender’s Vault cigars. (I’ll be reviewing some of these later on.)

If you’re in the Big Apple on a weekend, a visit to Nat’s is a must. Period. The sticks are good, the space is nice, and the ice tea’s pretty damn tasty.

But if you tell ‘em I sent you, you probably won’t get a discount.

(Note: This originally appeared on CigarJack.)

It’s a lot of work, I’m discovering some cool sites along the way. The good news: I can blog about what I find!

I’m going to share some of the blogs I find. Here’s the first batch:

- All Kinds of Yum: Food, family, etc.
- April Winchell: Take a look at who’s in the banner photo. ‘Nuff said.
- ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive: Some cool animation-related stuff here.
- Because I’m Addicted: A hipster-type music/fashion blog
- beFrank: Written by a local news photographer. Great blog!
- Beaming Beeman: If you like “Heroes,” this blog’s a must-read.
- Big Orange Landmarks: Blog about local landmarks. Plenty of pictures, etc.
- Booksquare: Blog about books and the world of literature.
- Buddyhead: Buddyhead covers what’s up and coming in music
- cruft box: Fun gadget-related posts.

Along the way, if there are any L.A.-based blogs I should check out, please let me know in a comment!

I’ll also remember to bring a damn camera next time.

This is an event. (Well, literally, it’s a button that, when you click it, takes you to a Google Calendar page for an event.)

The event is on October 3 at 6pm. If you get a chance to RSVP, that’d be nice. It’s nothing big — I’m not buying out the bar or anything — but it’s a good chance to get some folks together.

So be there. Period.

(Also, if you’re going, please comment on this post. I like comments.)

Anyway, Gary Vaynerchuk summed up my biggest takeaway in one sentence: “Content is king, but marketing is queen, and the queen runs the household.”

It doesn’t matter how good your content is; if you don’t market it, it won’t make a difference. Good bloggers have a great sense of who their audience is. They keep track of their friends, fans and followers in lists, social networks — any way they possibly can.

At the end of the day, people buy who you are, not who you sell.

Question: What was your big takeaway?

Anyway, my panel with Jason Falls and Jeremy Pepper went quite well — thanks for the support on Twitter, guys! — met OJ Simpson and I just had a great time, so I plan to attend next year’s BlogWorld Expo.

(ADDENDUM: My panel was featured in WebProNews, and yours truly was quoted. Awesome!)

Here are some of the awesome people I met:

Ricardo Bueno, Scott Duehlmeier, Tris Hussey, Lynn Terry, Marc Baumann, Jon Ostrower, Shannon Lane, Beth Blair, Ellen Marden, Jeremy Pepper, Eve Lopez, Deborah Micek, Chris Brogan, Gary Vaynerchuk, Samer Forzley, Richard Lee, Becky McCray, Ezra Butler, Michelle Evans, Lee LeFever, Steve Pavlina, Annie Lynsen, Lionel Menchaca, Andrew Israel, Scott Lockhart, David Hinz, Rob Lloyd, Michael Paige, Kathy Jacobs, Wendy Piersall, Byron Go, Lorelle VanFossen, Jason Yan, Adam Ostrow, Paul Kim, Steve Radick, Doyle Albee, Barbara Rozgonyi, David Almacy, Dave Taylor, Rob Vaules…

…and so on. (Sorry if I missed you.)

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On a personal note, I have two bits of advice:

1. If you’re going to Vegas, pack some chapstick and some good lotion. My lips are cracked and my elbows are all dry from the heat.

2. Don’t try to walk from one hotel to another. Just cab it. While Vegas is small and the buildings are large, it seems that if you try walking from place to place, you’ll never get there. Period.