tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14498166702262018042024-02-20T05:14:12.283-08:00Random Babblings & StuffIf you are interested in a blog about random stuff and babbling, feel free to come back and read more!!!Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-1142378592547839422011-04-08T08:51:00.000-07:002011-04-08T08:59:11.837-07:00Where to Eat: St. Thomas & St. John, USVI<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>As you may know I grew on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. Since I have lived in Boston for the past 9 years I have had a lot of questions to as what to do when people visit St.Thomas. Mostly it's around food because the others are obvious, go to a beach, sleep in the sun, and snorkel. </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><i>Here are restaurants I have been going to for years and highly recommend to eat at if you are Tourist. Please note the STT economy is wicked fickle so some of these place may be closed but if they are open go there, trust me. </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span ><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Where to eat & what to drink</span></span></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><b><span ><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Red Hook <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://www.eastendcafevi.com/contactus.html">The East End Cafe</a> (Italian)</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://www.stthomasblog.com/?p=577">XO Bistro</a> (wine bar, great apps)</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">I<a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g147407-d1750556-Reviews-Island_Time_Pub-East_End_St_Thomas_U_S_Virgin_Islands.html">sland Time Pub</a> or <a href="http://www.caribbeansaloon.com/enter.html">Caribbean Saloon</a> (pizzas bar food)</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://www.frommers.com/destinations/stthomasusvi/D52863.html">Robert’s</a> (local tasty island fish and steaks)</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">DO NOT EAT AT DUFFYS LOVE SHACK</span></li></ul><p></p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><b><span ><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Downtown – lunch</span></span></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://www.frommers.com/destinations/stthomasusvi/D51716.html">Cuzzins</a> (local food)</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://www.herverestaurant.com/">Herve</a> (French)</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g147404-d1046663-Reviews-Gladys_Cafe-St_Thomas_U_S_Virgin_Islands.html">Glady’s Café</a> (local food)</span></li></ul><p></p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span ><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></span><b><span ><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">North Side </span></span></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">Sibs (<st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">boston</st1:place></st1:city> bah)</span></li><li><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span ><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Magens</span></span></st1:placename><span ><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <st1:placetype st="on">Bay</st1:placetype></span></span></st1:place><span ><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> (Pizza and Painkillers – lunch)</span></span></li></ul><p></p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><b><span ><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">St. John</span></span></b></st1:place></st1:city><b><span ><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">The Lime Inn (local tasty island fish and steaks)</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">Asolare $$$$$</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">The Fish Trap (local tasty island fish and steaks)</span></li></ul><p></p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><b><span ><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Drinks to Order<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">Bushwacker</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">Painkiller</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">Rum punch</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">Soursap (local fruit drink no liquor)</span></li></ul><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span ><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Wear SUNSCREEN<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span ><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-5985717999842639482011-03-18T08:55:00.000-07:002011-03-18T09:01:35.347-07:00A Glimpse Into The History Of Social Media<i><span class="Apple-style-span">I'm currently enrolled in Full Sail University's Internet Marketing Masters program. This is a paper I wrote for one of my classes. I thought this would be a good blog post. </span></i><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 32px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 32px; ">A commonly occurring debate among marketers is the original social medium. Some marketers say it was email, others say it was social bookmarking, and a few say it was Facebook. As this debate continues amongst the experts and gurus, there is no doubt that social media marketing is here to stay. To understand why the social media industry is popular, one must understand where it first began to know where it is going.</span></div><div><p class="Body" style="text-indent: 0in; "></p><p class="Body" style="text-indent: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 32px;">Industry expert <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/jowyang">Jeremiah Owyang</a> (2009) points out that first and largest social network created was email. The reasons it is a social network are that it allows users to identify other users through a profile such as a signature, and it allows users to make connections by responding to each other’s emails. Also, peer ratings sent via email are just as trusted as they would be in a blog or wall post. Owyang also made a prediction that as social networks began to grow they would match email platforms or become the same as an email platform. With the release of Facebook’s new messaging platform in 2010, this prediction is proving to be true.</span></p><p class="Body" style="text-indent: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 32px;">A first, and still widely used form of social networking is instant messenger. Free instant messaging platforms, such as AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), ICQ, and Microsoft Messenger allow connected users the ability to share information with one another instantly. Just like twitter, users of Internet Relay Chat (IRC) could reply to one another using @ symbols and # tags to mark certain activities. Now Twitter uses the same language to allow users to communicate with one another and tag events (Borders, 2009).</span></p><p class="Body" style="text-indent: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 32px;">The first “real social network” created in 1997 was SixDegrees.com, allowing members to create profiles, invite friends, create groups, and view one another’s profiles. The site required an invite from a friend in order to grow one’s network. As SixDegrees began to push members more and more to invite friends, their social network began to fail (Nickson, 2009). At this point in time only one in three households in the United States owned a personal computer. In conclusion, a poor marketing strategy, plus the lack of in-home computer adoption may have resulted in the shortage of this social network’s adoption (Newburger, 1999).</span></p><p class="Body" style="text-indent: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 32px;">In 1999 computers became a staple in the home and a new term was coined: “Web 2.0.” The creator of this term, DiNucci (1999) describes Web 2.0 as: </span></p><p class="Body" style="text-indent: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 32px;"></span></p><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 32px;">The Web we know now, which loads into a browser window in essentially static screenfulls, is only an embryo of the Web to come. The first glimmerings of Web 2.0 are beginning to appear, and we are just starting to see how that embryo might develop. The Web will be understood not as screenfulls of text and graphics but as a transport mechanism, the ether through which interactivity happens. (p. 32)</span></blockquote><p></p><p class="Body" style="text-indent: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 32px;">With the coining of this phrase, new forms of Web 2.0 began to emerge, such as social bookmarking. Founded in 2003, del.icio.us, a social bookmarking site, allows users to bookmark sites, create catalogs of those bookmarks, and share them amongst friends. The founder of del.icio.us, Joshua Schachter, describes it as a grassroots hit that didn’t need marketing or advertising for it to take off. All it needed was one person to start using it. Also, Schachter didn’t apply any rules to the network’s tagging system, which allowed members to form rules and methods on their own (Surowiecki, 2006).</span></p><p class="Body" style="text-indent: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 32px;">Other social bookmarking sites with different themes became popular shortly after the launch of del.icio.us. These sites are Slashdot, StumbleUpon, Reddit, Shadows, Ma.gnolia, Furl, diigo, Blogmars, Blinklist, and Digg. Over the past five years, the popularity of these sites has ebbed and flowed depending on redesigns, posting method modifications, and new rules imposed upon users. Today companies are using social bookmarking to help with their search engine optimization strategies. Baker (2007), describes how effective social bookmarking can be for a company’s website: “social bookmarking can introduce a site to the search engines” (¶ 3).</span></p><p class="Body" style="text-indent: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 32px;">As social bookmarking became popular, social networking began to revamp itself and take off. Two popular social networking sites that have had a major effect on today’s world are Myspace and Facebook. Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe, who were working at an Internet marketing company, created Myspace in 2003. Before its creation, their initial fear was that revenue generated from the site through billboards and advertisements wouldn’t be sufficient because of the recent online advertising recession in 2001. Putting their fears aside, they launched Myspace, which became a huge success and hit its stride in 2006. Users could customize their profile pages, upload photos, connect with friends, and share music. The ability to share music allowed Myspace to be the go to place for bands just starting out in the music industry to get noticed (Krantz, 2006). </span></p><p class="Body" style="text-indent: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 32px;">While Myspace was taking the world by storm, Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2003. It was originally launched on the Harvard University campus for students to network with one another online, and it soon began to spread to different colleges within the United States (Carlson, 2010). Users could not customize the aesthetics of their profile page but they could post videos, photos, and status updates.</span></p><p class="Body" style="text-indent: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 32px;">In 2010, Facebook hit 500 million worldwide users. Unfortunately, at this point in time the popularity and use of Myspace was beginning to dwindle. As a result, 47 percent of Myspace employees were laid off on January 11, 2011 (Nakashima, 2011). A week before the Myspace layoffs, Facebook secured a new round of funding which raised their worth to $50 Billion. </span></p><p class="Body" style="text-indent: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 32px;">As Facebook grew, a new social medium emerged, Twitter. Nations describes Twitter as “a cross between blogging and instant messaging, though even that doesn't do it justice” (¶ 5). Since its launch in 2006, Twitter has been broadly embraced amongst news reporters, writers, police departments, politicians, bloggers, and even companies. According to Van Grove (2010), over 100 million users signed on to become new members by the end of 2010. On September 10, 2010, TechCrunch reported 90 million tweets were sent daily (Rao, 2010). </span></p><p class="Body" style="text-indent: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 32px;">In the past ten years businesses, consumers, and government have seen the world adopt social media in all its different forms. As Facebook and Twitter gain in popularity and user rankings, other issues do arise regarding privacy and content piracy. In the past, as other media such as television, radio, and newspapers grew, major regulations were needed to keep consumers safe and data from being pirated. Whether or not new regulations will help, the next popular media that emerges is going to take the world by storm and shift how information is consumed and produced.</span></p><p class="Body" style="text-indent: 0in; line-height: 32px; "></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:.5in; line-height:200%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%"><b>References</b><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Baker, L. (n.d.). 125 Social Bookmarking Sites : Importance of User Generated Tags, Votes and Links | Search Engine Journal. Retrieved February 26, 2011, from http://www.searchenginejournal.com/125-social-bookmarking-sites-importance-of-user-generated-tags-votes-and-links/6066/<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Borders, B. (2009, June 2). A Brief History Of Social Media. <i>Brighter Marketing</i>. Retrieved February 23, 2011, from http://socialmediarockstar.com/history-of-social-media<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Carlson, N. (2010, March 5). How Facebook Was Founded. <i>Business Insider</i>. Retrieved February 26, 2011, from http://www.businessinsider.com/how-facebook-was-founded-2010-3#we-can-talk-about-that-after-i-get-all-the-basic-functionality-up-tomorrow-night-1<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">DiNucci, D. (1999). Fragmented Future. Print, 53(4), 32. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">History of MySpace | Random History. (n.d.). . Retrieved February 26, 2011, from http://www.randomhistory.com/2008/08/14_myspace.html<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Krantz, M. (n.d.). USATODAY.com - The guys behind MySpace.com. <i>USA Today</i>. Retrieved February 26, 2011, from http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2006-02-12-myspace-usat_x.htm<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Nakashima, R. (2011, January 1). Myspace Layoffs: 47 Percent Of Staff Fired. <i>The Huffington Post</i>. News, . Retrieved February 26, 2011, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/myspace-layoffs-2011_n_807421.html<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Nations, D. (n.d.). What Is Twitter? - Twitter Explained. <i>About.com - Web Trends</i>. 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Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d06/tables/dt06_424.asp<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Owyang, J. (n.d.). Email: The First –and Largest– Social Network « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing. Retrieved February 23, 2011, from http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2009/07/09/email-the-first-social-network/<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Parr, B. (2011, January 3). Facebook Raises $500 Million in Funding, Now Worth $50 Billion [REPORT]. <i>Mashable</i>. Retrieved February 26, 2011, from http://mashable.com/2011/01/03/facebook-raises-500-million-now-worth-50-billion-report/<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Rao, L. (2010, September 14). Twitter Seeing 90 Million Tweets Per Day, 25 Percent Contain Links. <i>TechCrunch</i>. News, . Retrieved February 26, 2011, from http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/14/twitter-seeing-90-million-tweets-per-day/<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Surowiecki, J. (n.d.). TR35: Joshua Schachter, 32 - Technology Review. <i>Technology Review</i>. Retrieved February 26, 2011, from http://www.technologyreview.com/tr35/Profile.aspx?Cand=T&TRID=432<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">US Department of Education. (n.d.). Number and percentage of home computer users, by type of application and selected characteristics: 1997 and 2003. <i>Digest of Education Statistics</i>. Retrieved February 26, 2011, from http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d06/tables/dt06_424.asp<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Van Grove, J. (n.d.). How Twitter Users Changed in 2010 [CHARTS]. Retrieved February 26, 2011, from http://mashable.com/2010/12/16/twitter-stats-2010/<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Web 2.0 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n.d.). <i>Wikipedia</i>. Retrieved February 26, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:200%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p></p><p></p><p class="Body" style="text-indent: 0in; "><span style="line-height: 200%; "><br /></span></p></div>Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-89458714697166610802010-10-19T04:51:00.001-07:002010-10-19T04:55:02.621-07:00It's Time for Facebook App Fall CleaningThere has been a lot of news about the issue with Facebook applications sharing our data. Although I'm not shocked, it made me wonder how many apps I have. So I looked up how to delete them, how to find them, etc. When I took a look I had over 200 apps connected to my account and about 120 of them, I didn't need anymore and never heard of. Yikes! 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Once you confirm you’d like to remove the application, it will no longer have access to your data and be removed from your profile, bookmarks, and your Applications and Games Dashboards.</span></li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">From the Applications, Games, and Websites page, you can also: </span></p> <ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Remove unwanted or spammy applications</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Turn off all platform applications</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Control what information is open to your friends through applications and websites they're using</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Control who can see your recent activity on their Applications and Games Dashboard</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Edit your instant personalization and public search listing settings</span></li></ul> It took a while and it was a pain but I would recommend doing it. I would love to know how many apps you removed.Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-22836240993802016652010-09-27T11:31:00.000-07:002010-09-27T11:33:14.654-07:00Is This a Joke? - The New England Dessert Showcase Saga Continues<span style="font-style: italic;">A new email from Anthem Group regarding my refund. Another step to the process. Clearly no one knows what they are doing....</span><br /><br />Hi Alexis,<br /><br />Thank you for your email and I am sorry you did not enjoy your experience at The New England Dessert Showcase. We have spoken with the management of third party discount websites and the quickest resolution is to email them for a refund. The preferred method of refund was internally via Anthem because we want to ensure that you are refunded and refunded properly. With that said, as you purchased through Living Social, please email <a href="mailto:help@livingsocial.com" target="_blank">help@livingsocial.com</a> and please copy <a href="mailto:support1@anthemevents.com" target="_blank">support1@anthemevents.com</a>. This will provide us with a record of your request. If they do not refund you please contact us and we will help facilitate your refund.<br /><br />Now, each card is different- some may credit mid-week while others may wait until the next statement. It should be no longer than the next statement. I definitely want to see you refunded and will talk with any credit card company necessary if the refund does not go through for whatever reason.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />Anthem Group - name changed to protect the slightly not really innocentWelcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-18509246682170131042010-09-22T03:53:00.000-07:002010-09-22T03:55:23.947-07:00An Apology from The Anthem Group<span style="font-style: italic;">Below is an email from Anthem Group apologizing for their mistakes. It takes major pumpkins to do this and I greatly appreciate them for doing it. </span><br /><br />Hello,<br /><br />Please excuse the mass e-mail. This was the easiest way to connect<br />with everyone that has e-mailed, filled out a contact form, etc. We<br />were not open on Sunday because of post event wrap-up and have been<br />sorting through the e-mails, calls and ticket lists in order to get<br />back to everyone in the most efficient manner. You will receive an<br />individualized e-mail response over the course of the week regarding<br />your specific comment/request.<br /><br />We do sincerely apologize for those that were unable to gain admission<br />to The New England Dessert Showcase or for any ill experience you had.<br />There was an unexpected and unprecedented amount of walk-ups<br />attempting to purchase tickets the day of the event. Although no<br />walk-ins were given admission, this did further clog the lines. The<br />hotel security staff also falsely informed many patrons that the event<br />was closed when in fact we were still allowing patrons in as there<br />were still several exhibitors sampling. There was enough to last to<br />the end of the day. Nevertheless, The Anthem Group accepts full<br />responsibility and wants to rectify the situation.<br /><br />If you requested a refund and purchased through Anthem we will be able<br />to connect with you within the next day or so in order to authorize<br />this. If you requested a refund and purchased through a third party<br />site (Living Social, Groupon, CoupMe) we are simply waiting on these<br />sites to let us know if we should refer any refund requests directly<br />to the site itself, or if Anthem will be able to send a check for the<br />refund. Anthem prefers to handle the refunds internally as that would<br />be most efficient and ensure that no one falls through the cracks.<br />However, we do need to collaborate with these third-party sites before<br />action is taken on our end. Ideally, this should all be settled<br />today/tomorrow and we will then instruct you on who to contact at the<br />appropriate site, or get the necessary information from you in order<br />to process the request ourselves.<br /><br />We assure you that all e-mails, calls, contact forms will be returned<br />this week. The process of verifying admission to the event, proof of<br />purchase and most notably waiting on the third party websites is time<br />consuming but we will rectify the situation as quickly as possible. As<br />a company that has been in business for ten years and has managed<br />events that (literally) have half a million more patrons, our entire<br />team understands the importance of the event experience. It is because<br />of that sincere interest in every individuals' experience and<br />expectations that we not only will move promptly but also personalize<br />each response as soon as we collect all necessary information.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />Erica Johnson<br />The Anthem Group<br />The New England Dessert ShowcaseWelcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-39539157020690169972010-09-19T12:41:00.000-07:002010-09-19T13:09:27.028-07:00New England Dessert Showcase Fail<span style="font-weight: bold;">Back-story</span><br /><br />2 months ago I saw on <a href="http://livingsocial.com/">Living Social</a> a deal for half off the <a href="http://nedessertshowcase.com/index.html">New England Dessert Showcase</a> on Sept 18th, 2010. I was very excited because my boyfriend's birthday was coming up and I thought it would be an amazing surprise for him. He has a major sweet tooth.<br />So I purchased 2 <a href="http://nedessertshowcase.com/tickets.html">VIP tickets</a> which was supposed to include admission to the showcase, 2 VIP gift bags, and admission to a VIP party the night before.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">So here's what happened...</span><br /><br />Yesterday, Saturday September 18, me and 10 other friends headed down to the showcase that was supposed to start at noon. On our way there (a little after noon) a friend called me and told me that the line was over 400 people deep and they hadn't opened the doors yet. We got there and she texted me to say the line was moving so we rushed upstairs. To our surprise the line was going all the way from the Copley Westin in the Prudential Center. A very very long line. We figured since it was moving we would just go a head and wait in line.<br /><br />That was not to be. We got in line and a hotel person came up to tell us it would be a 2 hour late the show was OVER SOLD and OVER CAPACITY. <span style="font-weight: bold;">It would be a 2 hour wait.</span> A guy walked by at the same time and said don't bother it sucked, too crowded, and is a waste of time. So guess what, my boyfriend who had been excited for 2 months to go to this event, could not go and neither could me or any of my friends. <span style="font-style: italic;">The chances of an over capacity event having any dessert left after a 2 hour wait was definitely slim to nothing.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">So dear <a href="http://www.anthemevents.com/contactus.php">ANTHEM GROUP</a> here is what you HAVE TO LEARN FROM THIS EVENT<br /></span>a. DO NOT OVERSELL YOUR SHOW<br />b. Sell tickets in wave time slots or extend it to 2 days<br />c. Tell people to purchase tickets there and when the show is sold out it is sold out. So that all of the people who PRE-PURCHASED tickets don't get left with a ticket and NO DESSERT<br />d. Do not put tickets on LIVING SOCIAL and GROUPON without a cap. YOU WILL SELL OUT AND OVER SELL. <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>e. You better issue refunds to every single person who was not able to attend this event due to your under planning and over selling.<br />f. Apologize to the Copley Westin for what you put them through, not a single person going was happy and a fair amount of people were rude to them. I didn't see a single person for you company come out and apologize.<br /><br />In conclusion, I vow to ensure Anthem Group will be hearing fro me every day until I receive a refund for a very disappointing event. And I will never ever go to a single Anthem Group Event. Ever.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">So thanks Anthem for ruining what was supposed to be an amazing birthday for a true sweet tooth.</span>Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-27340824216847235702010-08-24T10:58:00.001-07:002010-08-24T11:21:27.885-07:00More Intriguing SXSWi PanelsI found a lot more great SXSW panels to <a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/index/7">vote on</a>. Looking forward to any suggestions you may have.<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><ul><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/5515?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1"> The ROI of Customer-centricity</a><a class="url" href="http://www.powered.com/" target="_blank"> - Aaron Strout</a>, Powered Inc.</span></h2><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/7590?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1"> <span style="font-family:arial;"></span></a></span></h2></li><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/7590?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1"><span style="font-family:arial;">HTML5 & CSS3: The Good Enough Parts</span></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" class="url" href="http://standardista.com/" target="_blank"> - Estelle Weyl</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, Standardista</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /></span></h2></li></ul><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/7292?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1"> </a></span></h2><ul><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/5404?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1"> Is the Marketing Microsite Dead?</a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a class="url" href="http://www.webershandwick.com/" target="_blank"> - Adam Keats</a>, Weber Shandwick</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></h2></li></ul><ul><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/7242?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1"> Who Are You And Why Should I Care?</a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a class="url" href="http://www.cathybrooks.com/" target="_blank"> - Cathy Brooks</a>, Other Than That</span></h2></li><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/7049?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1">Making Sense of Social Media Data</a><a class="url" href="http://www.scoutlabs.com/" target="_blank"> - Jochen Frey</a>, Scout Labs</span></h2></li><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/7905?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1">How the USPS Should Implement Social Media</a><a class="url" href="http://www.trinity.edu/" target="_blank"> - Amber Hutchins</a>, Trinity University</span></h2></li><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/5611?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1">Leveraging Mobile Marketing Methods In My Strategy</a><a class="url" href="http://fkq.com,%20http//prebynski.com" target="_blank">- Brandon Prebynski</a>, FKQ Marketing and Advertising</span></h2></li><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/5805?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1">Why PR's Future May Not Look Like PR</a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a class="url" href="http://edelmandigital.com/" target="_blank"> - David Armano</a>, Edelman</span></h2></li><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/6093?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1"> Community Thunderdome – Branded vs Unbranded, You Decide</a><a class="url" href="http://www.undercurrent.com/" target="_blank"> - Mike Arauz</a>, Undercurrent</span></h2></li><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/7467?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1"> Kill Your Social Strategy</a><a class="url" href="http://www.bazaarvoice.com/" target="_blank"> - Mike Svatek</a>, Bazaarvoice, www.bazaarvoice.com</span></h2></li><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/7204?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1"> How to Start a Social Commerce Bonfire</a><a class="url" href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/index/7/www.eventbrite.com" target="_blank"> - Kevin Hartz</a>, www.eventbrite.com</span></h2></li><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/7190?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1"> Everything You Know About Social Media is Wrong</a><a class="url" href="http://socialmediab2b.com/" target="_blank"> - Jeffrey Cohen</a>, Howard, Merrell & Partners</span></h2></li></ul>Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-47441075357458359192010-08-16T09:03:00.000-07:002010-08-16T09:13:45.647-07:00SXSW Interactive Panels That Intrigue MeI'm sure you know that <a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/index/7">SXSW Interactive Panel Picker</a> is now live!<br />And you have probably seen a lot of tweets, blog posts, and emails going out saying vote for their topic. <a href="http://twitter.com/akarlin/status/20974062357">I'm guilty of it too</a>! Now it's time for me to talk about the panels I'm interested in.<br /><br />Here is what I have voted on so far:<br /><ul><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/5789?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1"> <span style="font-size:85%;">Socially Regulated: Social Media in Regulated Industries</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><a class="url" href="http://www.med20.com/" target="_blank"> - Shwen Gwee</a>, Vertex Pharmaceuticals</span></h2></li><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/7905?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1"> How the USPS Should Implement Social Media</a><a class="url" href="http://www.trinity.edu/" target="_blank"> - Amber Hutchins</a>, Trinity University</span></h2></li><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/6749?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1"> HTML5 Buzzword Bulls**t: The Truth Revealed</a><a class="url" href="http://springbox.com/" target="_blank"> - John French</a>, Springbox</span></h2></li><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/6447?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1"> Web 2.0 My Ass: Relationships Matter</a><a class="url" href="http://www.rackspace.com/index.php" target="_blank"> - Rob Lagesse</a>, Rackspace</span></h2></li><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/8120?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1"> Hacking the Future</a><a class="url" href="http://philmckinney.com/" target="_blank"> - Phil McKinney</a>, www.philmckinney.com</span></h2></li><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/7292?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1"> Your Life Is A Transmedia Experience</a><a class="url" href="http://brandinfiltration.com/" target="_blank"> - Jenka Gurfinkel</a>, Espresso</span></h2></li><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/7125?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1"> Everyone’s Wrong about Influence. Except your Customers</a><a class="url" href="http://www.conversationagent.com/" target="_blank"> - Valeria Maltoni</a>, Conversation Agent, LLC</span></h2></li><li><h2 class="ideatitle"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/6513?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F7%2Fstars%3A1"> Leveraging Social Media Middlemen</a><a class="url" href="http://www.dachisgroup.com/" target="_blank"> - Tom Cummings</a>, Dachis Group</span></h2></li></ul><br />Since there are over 2,300 panels it's very hard to filter through them all. I'm open to more suggestions on panels to consider voting for. Post them in the comment section below.Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-48415064079946180442010-05-25T10:03:00.000-07:002010-05-25T10:45:55.812-07:00Why do you blog?This morning I was listening to <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jaffejuice" target="_blank">@jaffejuice</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/mitchjoel" target="_blank">@mitchjoel</a> on the <a href="http://www.jaffejuice.com/2010/05/jaffe-juice-137---jaffe-and-joel-on-personal-brands-and-thought-leaderhip-content-creation.html">Jaffe Juice Podcast</a> talking about whether or not it's too late to stake your claim in the social world. When they started talking about blogging and why they blog I thought it would be interesting to find out why other people blog. So today I didn't a little experiment. On twitter I asked: Why do you blog?<br /><br />I left this an open question, not asked of anyone in particular, and pretty general to see what answer I would get.<br /><br />Well, here is what I got.<br /> <ul><li><a href="http://twitter.com/matt_gavenda" class="username" onclick="pageTracker._setCustomVar(2, 'result_type', 'recent', 3);pageTracker._trackPageview('/exit/to/matt_gavenda');">matt_gavenda</a>: <span id="msgtxt14693610566" class="msgtxt en"><a href="http://twitter.com/akarlin" class="username" onclick="pageTracker._setCustomVar(2, 'result_type', 'recent', 3);pageTracker._trackPageview('/exit/to/akarlin');"><b>@akarlin</b></a> I guess the question for me is, why don't I blog enough...but that's me. Why do you?<br /></span></li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/JPeters1221" class="username" onclick="pageTracker._setCustomVar(2, 'result_type', 'recent', 3);pageTracker._trackPageview('/exit/to/JPeters1221');">JPeters1221</a>: <span id="msgtxt14693602472" class="msgtxt en">I have a wide range of opinions, and a big mouth. RT <a href="http://twitter.com/akarlin" class="username" onclick="pageTracker._setCustomVar(2, 'result_type', 'recent', 3);pageTracker._trackPageview('/exit/to/akarlin');"><b>@akarlin</b></a>: Why do you blog?</span> </li><li> <a href="http://twitter.com/pizzaNH" class="username" onclick="pageTracker._setCustomVar(2, 'result_type', 'recent', 3);pageTracker._trackPageview('/exit/to/pizzaNH');">pizzaNH</a>: <span id="msgtxt14698626815" class="msgtxt en">.<a href="http://twitter.com/akarlin" class="username" onclick="pageTracker._setCustomVar(2, 'result_type', 'recent', 3);pageTracker._trackPageview('/exit/to/akarlin');"><b>@akarlin</b></a> We blog because we love pizza and discovering new places, so why not be productive and write about it? :)</span><br /></li></ul> <div class="msg"><span id="msgtxt14698626815" class="msgtxt en">Not only are these are great and interesting answers. It makes me question why I blog. Unfortunately I don't blog enough but I do it when something moves me. Truthfully I'm a horrible writer so I try to write as little as possible. If I go on for pages, you really know it moved me. So that is why I blog.<br /><br />So tell me, why do you blog?<br /></span> </div>Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-44000036355092269312010-05-13T13:22:00.001-07:002010-05-13T13:55:19.871-07:00What I miss About the Old FacebookRecently I've seen many <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31322_3-20003185-256.html?tag=mncol;title">blog posts</a>, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/13/facebook.delete.privacy/index.html?hpt=Sbin">news articles</a>, and <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/video/facebook-privacy-concerns-10484670">videos</a> about Facebook enraging people with their recent privacy changes. This is situation is a catch 22 because this free networking tool has to somehow make money. Their solution is to offer marketers profile information of a <a href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook</a> user to help with their future marketing plans. Although this was a very round about way of explaining the situation, the main thing to gain from this issue is as a Facebook user your privacy you worked to hard to keep within your network is obsolete.<br /><br />Because of this recent issue, I've decided to look back and list the things I miss that have since been changed about Facebook.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What I miss About the Old Facebook:</span><br /><ul><li>When I originally registered for an account with my college address the only people who could see my updates, wall, profile, and posts were my college friends.</li><li>When I decided to extend my network those people that I friend-ed were able to see what I was doing, post on my wall, and share photos with me.</li><li>The ability to drag and drop things in my profile, customize it any way that I wanted, and not have everything tabulated. Applications are now lost on me.<br /></li><li>The assurance that posting a photo album on my profile was only seen by my friends, I didn't have to go through the settings feature of the album so just my friends could see the album.</li><li>The opportunity to chat with a friend and not have to worry whether or not someone else could read everything I <span style="font-weight: bold;">privately</span> chatted about.<br /></li><li>The option to go onto someone's profile and see what they were up to and not be told 24/7 what that person is up to in a stream that sometimes doesn't make sense who I'm friends with or not.<br /></li><li>The lack of creepy ads. I'm sorry but I'm sick of you knowing everything about me and suggesting that I should take a Yoga class with people I don't know.</li><li>And last but not least, my personal freedom to do what I want on Facebook without getting a recommendation or suggestion. If I want to talk to someone I will, I don't need a suggestion of who I should talk to.</li></ul>To conclude, please give me my information back and my social freedom to connect with who I want and do what I want. I'm happy to pay you $1 so you don't share my information.<br /><br />Tell me what are some things you miss about the Old Facebook? If they went back to the way they were would you keep your profile?Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-32480378332602537542010-05-09T13:31:00.000-07:002010-05-09T16:12:13.160-07:00FTD FAILDear FTD,<br /><br />I greatly appreciate your lack of customer service or support. Please know that you have lost a customer and gained bad word of mouth. Enjoy....<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Alexis<br /><br />* Please see email below from FTD sent at 5:49pm the Saturday before Mother's day when I ordered the flowers on Wednesday. Also please note that they didn't even bother to call.<br /><br />PPS. Here are all the other People who are not happy with you today, on Mother's day. <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=FTD+mother%27s">http://search.twitter.com/search?q=FTD+mother%27s</a><br /><br /><table class="cf gJ" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="gF gK"><table class="cf ix" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td><div class="iw"><span class="ik"><img class="de QrVm3d" id="upi" name="upi" jid="custserv@ftd.com" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/images/cleardot.gif" alt="" width="16px" height="16px" /></span><h3 class="gD" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);"><span email="custserv@ftd.com">custserv@ftd.com</span></h3> <span class="hb">to <span email="karlin.alexis@gmail.com" class="g2">me</span> </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="gH"><div class="gK"><span class="iD" idlink="">show details</span> <span id=":cl" class="g3" title="Sat, May 8, 2010 at 5:49 PM" alt="Sat, May 8, 2010 at 5:49 PM">5:49 PM (22 hours ago)</span> <span></span></div></td><td class="gH"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div id=":cn" class="ii gt">Please accept our sincere apologies. Despite our best efforts, due to exceptionally high seasonal demand with<br />our member florists, we regret we were unable to fill your order as requested.<br /><br />We very much appreciate your business and would like to offer you $10 dollars off your existing order to be delivered on or before Monday, May 10th.<br /><br />We truly understand how important each order is to our customers, and sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please reply to let us know if you would like to cancel your order, or have it delivered on or before Monday, May 10th.<br /><br />Aimee Baldassaro<br />VP Customer Care<br /><br />Email us via this link:<br /><a href="http://www.ftd.com/custserv/email.epl?type=email&AID=orderinquiries&nextpage=orderinquiries" target="_blank">http://www.ftd.com/custserv/<wbr>email.epl?type=email&AID=<wbr>orderinquiries&nextpage=<wbr>orderinquiries</a><br /><br />Call us:<br />1-800-SEND-FTD (1-800-736-3383)<br />(Toll-free in the U.S. and Canada)<br /><br />1-630-719-7756<br />(Outside the U.S. and Canada)<br /><br />Shop with us:<br /><a href="http://www.ftd.com/" target="_blank">www.ftd.com</a></div>Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-11491857327634425262010-03-17T10:05:00.000-07:002010-03-18T08:15:14.084-07:00Podcasts I EnjoySince my Blog is about Random stuff I thought today I would like to write about what podcasts I enjoy on my way into work and driving home from work.<br /><br />My 8 Favorite Podcasts:<br /><ol><li><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/the404/">The 404 on CNET</a> This podcast is witty, funny, and geeky. My 3 favorite things.</li><br /><li><a href="http://cnettv.cnet.com/9776-19709_53-0.html?tag=ctvNav;mainMenu">Buzz Out Loud on CNET</a> For a more serious look at everything tech in the news. And some laughs...</li><br /><li><a href="http://leo.am/podcasts/twit" target="_blank">This Week in Tech</a> They do find some news that everyone is not talking about. And this podcast runs longer. </li><br /><li><a href="http://gadgettespodcast.cnet.com/" target="_blank">Gadgettes Podcast</a> Fun, pretty, bad, & cute Gadgets.</li><br /><li><a href="http://leo.am/podcasts/twig" target="_blank">This Week in Google</a> Love hearing what is new in <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_0" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" leohighlights_keywords="google" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dgoogle%26domain%3Dwww.blogger.com" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dgoogle%26domain%3Dwww.blogger.com" leohighlights_underline="true">Google</leo_highlight> and what <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_1" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" leohighlights_keywords="google" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dgoogle%26domain%3Dwww.blogger.com" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dgoogle%26domain%3Dwww.blogger.com" leohighlights_underline="true">Google</leo_highlight> has to say about their new products.</li><br /><li><a href="http://www.djsteveboy.com/audio/intervals.xml" target="_blank">PodRunner Intervals</a> Gets your heart rate going for a good work out. And it's Free! Woot!</li><br /><li><a href="http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=1019&uid=n1qe4e85742c986fdb81d2d38ffa0d5d53" target="_blank">NPR: Technology Podcast</a> A very concise to the point podcast.</li><br /><li><a href="http://revision3.com/diggnation/feed/quicktime-high-definition/" target="_blank">Diggnation</a> Used to be at the top of my list. The problem is they do the podcast too late so the top Digg's are way too old now. Good for laughs.</li><br /></ol>Don't agree? What are your favorite podcasts? 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Speak fast!Last week I saw a post on <a href="http://mashable.com/2010/03/04/vlingo-iphone/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29279">Mashable</a> that the <a href="http://www.vlingo.com/">Vlingo iPhone App</a> will now allow you to eMail & SMS. For a fee, of course.<br /><br />Let me back up just a little bit. In December I started a new job. With the new job came an an entirely new commute. Driving to work... While working at my previous job I commuted to work via train and bus. This was great because it allowed me to listen to podcasts, catch up on my emails, etc. My new commute consists of driving 30-60 minutes (depending on traffic) each way. As you may know, using an iPhone while driving doesn't facilitate easy texting, emailing, etc. Nor is it safe. :)<br /><br />So when I saw Mashable's post about email and text via voice I was wicked excited. Hastily I purchased the app to give it a try. Here are my findings.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Best Way to Use the App</span><br /><ul><li>Speak fast</li><br /><li>Annunciate your words</li><br /><li>Use it often</li><br /><li>Have a sense of humor</li></ul><sup><br />*Regarding the last point, I found it very entertaining in the begining when it was making up words for me. I said some pretty funny stuff. </sup><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Drawbacks</span><br /><ul><li>You can't speak to text in SMS. You have to do it in the Vlingo App then copy your text and paste into your SMS App.</li><br /><li>Same goes for email. (So it doesn't help the ability to do this while driving)</li><br /><li>Punctuation. I know I'm bad at it but forget writing a formal business email on here.</li></ul><br />In conclusion, this app is not safe to use while driving. There are to many button's to press to do anything and you might drive off the side of the road with the entertaining phrases they come up with.<br />One recommendation I do have, is that they integrate it into email and SMS so if you are in your email client you can click a Vlingo button and it will allow you to speak to text right there.Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-40345447723490886842009-12-09T08:08:00.000-08:002009-12-09T08:43:41.719-08:0010 Public Transportation Etiquette Tips<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cakarlin%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:2; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:0 268435456 0 0 -2147483648 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} /* List Definitions */ @list l0 {mso-list-id:1220442104; mso-list-type:hybrid; mso-list-template-ids:1335414384 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715;} @list l0:level1 {mso-level-tab-stop:.5in; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in;} @list l0:level2 {mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower; mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in;} ol {margin-bottom:0in;} ul {margin-bottom:0in;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>This is the time of year when it’s cold, you have to wear many layers, and then cram yourself onto a hot bus or train. To make your commute, more pleasurable please remember these ten tips.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">Your bags don’t need a seat. <o:p></o:p></b></li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">Honestly if you pick up your bag and put it under your feet more people will have seats. Wouldn’t you hate getting on the train/bus that is overly crowded and come to find out there was a seat available but someone decided to use it for their bag!</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="2" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">Use your inside voice. <o:p></o:p></b></li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">I know it’s really hard to wait to call your friend and tell them how great things are in your life. So if you are going to talk on your cell phone, please use your inside voice, you don’t have to shout.</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="3" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">Throw Away Your Trash!</b> </li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">Your mother doesn’t live on public transportation and won’t walk after you to pick your mess. There are lots of trash cans every five feet when you got off the train. Pick up your trash, take it with you, and throw it away.</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="4" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">Turn down your music.</b> </li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">Honestly I don’t care what you are listening to, nor do I care how loud your really cool MP3 player can go. Turn it down!</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="5" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">Bad Mood? <o:p></o:p></b></li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">Don’t let it show. If you do, you might end up ruining someone else’s day. </p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="6" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">Wait for others to get off the train before you get on. Get off the train to let other people exit.<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">Enough said.</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="7" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">Smile!</b> </li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">It could possibly cause a domino effect and make someone else’s day better.</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="8" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">Men and women, chivalry isn’t dead.</b> </li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">If you see an elderly person or a pregnant woman standing, give up your seat. If you see someone have a problem getting a stroller onto a bus, help them.</p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="9" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">Try soap.</b> </li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">It works and it’s cheap. </p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="10" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">Have a cold? Bring tissues and sneeze or cough into the tissue. <o:p></o:p></b></li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">And then throw it away.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">If you have any tips you would like to add please comment below, I would love to hear them.</p> Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-42562738276659471992009-06-24T12:05:00.000-07:002009-06-24T12:50:02.314-07:00Social Media Hotel of New York City<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8LSa65mQmyw/SkKDXEEc0MI/AAAAAAAAKy0/-g-oZo549Yo/s1600-h/IMG_7073.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8LSa65mQmyw/SkKDXEEc0MI/AAAAAAAAKy0/-g-oZo549Yo/s320/IMG_7073.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350983739522207938" border="0" /></a><br />Close to 1 month ago, I reached out to my friends on Twitter, asking them if they could recommend a hotel bar in New York City near Grand Central to host a tweetup. Not even 20 minutes later I received a reply telling me to contact <a href="http://rogersmithlife.com/">The Roger Smith Hotel</a> at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/rshotel">@RShotel</a>. Because this hotel had a Twitter handle I was able to do some research them on <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%40Rshotel">search.twitter.com</a> before contacting them. I found out that the bar had great drinks and a lot of people have enjoyed staying at the hotel. So I reached out to them, got an immediate response, and booked the tweetup pretty much all through twitter.<br /><br />Since I needed to stay near Grand Central overnight I said, what the "hay", let me try out this hotel. I made the right decision.<br /><br />Not only was my room inexpensive but guest services was really friendly <a href="https://www.reservations-page.com/C00000/H00097/be.aspx">booking</a> over the phone. When I arrived at the hotel I was happy to find that parking was only $35 a night, score #1. Score #2 were the 2 computer monitors on each side of the check-in desk allowing people to check their email or do anything else that they need to do, such as check in for a flight. When I got to my room I was blown away with the size! The room was like an apartment, I had a bed, a couch, a desk, coffee table, dresser, and of course a good sized bed. The air conditioning was on and pumping full speed, if you have been to NYC in the summer you would know how appreciated this is. And the biggest bestest (that is right I said bestest) score of all #4, was free wi-fi! Oh yeah all I had to do was turn my laptop and hop on the internet. No logging in, typing in my room #, and receiving an internet charge of $19.99 for 24 hours of access. Yes it is sad that I appreciate free wifi but if you have traveled as much as I have this past year, you would think it's pretty awesome too!<br /><br />Score #5 was walking into the bathroom, finding I forgot my toothpaste, and seeing it right in the complimentary toiletries basket. I was fully prepared and ready to go for the tweetup that night. Oh yeah and the bathroom was clean, with robes in the closet.<br /><br />If you find yourself bored in the room, which is hard to do in NYC, they have a huge list of DVDs that you can select from and ask them to bring to your room. That in my book is very convenient. And if you feel like staying in for the night, the drinks at the <a href="http://rogersmithlife.com/category/lilys/wine/">bar</a> were magnificent. The bartender wowed me with a Roasted Onion and Garlic Bloody Marry and was very gracious in keeping me company while I waited for the rest of the attendees for the Tweetup to arrive. At the end of the night I slept really well with no noisy hotel neighbors. That was definetly score #6!<br /><br />In conclusion, I will definetly be staying at the <a href="http://www.rogersmith.com/index-2.html">Roger Smith Hotel</a> the next time I'm in New York City.Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-20621146450689852932009-05-16T15:12:00.000-07:002009-05-18T11:38:39.233-07:002 Great Events in One WeekEver since <a href="http://twitter.com/BostonTweetUp">Boston <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Tweetup</span></a> was created, I have found my calendar filling up really fast. Some people might not enjoy a full calendar but I really love it. Although I don't go to every event that I find or throw into my calendar, I try my hardest to attend them all. To tell you truth I don't know how <span class="bio"> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Joseline</span> Mane (@<a href="http://www.twitter.com/JoselinMane"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">JoselinMane</span></a>) and </span><span class="fn">Rachel Levy (</span><span class="bio">@<a href="http://www.twitter.com/BostonMarketer"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">BostonMarketer</span></a>), creators of <a href="http://bostontweetup.com/">Boston <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Tweetup</span>,</a> are able to attend all the events!<br /><br />Last week I attended 2 well hosted events, <a href="http://massinnovationnights.com/">Mass Innovations Nights</a> and a panel on</span> <a href="http://socialmediaboston.org/?p=96" style="text-decoration: none;" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Integrating Social Media Across the Big Brand">Integrating Social Media Across the Big Brand</a> hosted by Social Media Club Boston and <a href="http://www.hhcc.com/">Hill Holiday</a>. Although they were two different types of events they had one thing in common, good networking.<br /><br />Mass Innovation Night is held once a month at the <a href="http://www.crmi.org/">Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation</a> in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Waltham</span>, MA. This location is easy to access coming from Cambridge and there is inexpensive parking. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">MassInno</span> night gives Massachusetts-based innovators the opportunity to showcase their products. The innovators this month were, <a href="http://isayusay.net/" target="_blank"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">AllFocus</span></a>, <a href="http://www.blitzinnovations.com/" target="_blank">Blitz Innovations, Inc.</a>, <a href="http://clickhealth.org/" target="_blank"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Clickhealth</span></a>, <a href="http://www.lotuslive.com/" target="_blank">IBM/Lotus</a>, <a href="http://www.hubunity.com/" target="_blank"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Hubunity</span></a>, <a href="http://www.mixboston.com/" target="_blank"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Mixandmeet</span></a>, <a href="http://nexiwave.com/" target="_blank"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Nexiwave</span></a>, <a href="http://www.pixily.com/" target="_blank"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Pixily</span></a>, and <a href="http://wherephone.com/" target="_blank"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">WherePhone</span></a>. These companies <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">innovations</span> were all very different from a social network available for school communities by <a href="http://www.hubunity.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Hubnity</span></a> to a phone conversation transcription service by <a href="http://nexiwave.com/PC-NG-AA/welcome.do"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Nexiwave</span></a>. One innovation that blew my mind was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Clickhealth</span>. This company provides cell phones to doctors in 3rd world countries allowing them to take photos of infections or conditions that they are unable to diagnose, upload the photo and information to a message board, where doctors who have <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Internet</span> access and resources can provide consultation. Having been to an orphanage in South Africa, I have seen first hand the limited resources that doctors in these countries have, and I can see how this will be useful to them. I have a few questions for the company, I'm hoping to speak them shortly to do a longer blog post about this great idea. Check back here soon for it!<br /><br /><br />The night after Mass Innovation Night, the <a href="http://socialmediaboston.org/">Social Media Club of Boston </a>organized a panel on <a href="http://socialmediaboston.org/?p=96" style="text-decoration: none;" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Integrating Social Media Across the Big Brand">Integrating Social Media Across the Big Brand</a> hosted by <a href="http://www.hhcc.com/">Hill Holiday</a>. There were 5 panelists: <strong style="font-weight: normal;">Terry <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Lozoff</span> – President, Street Attack, </strong><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Ken Peters – Vice President, Text 100 Public Relations, </strong><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Vicki <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Rellas</span> – <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">CMO</span>, Mom Central, </strong><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Mike <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Spataro</span> – Vice President, Client Strategy & Channel Partners – Visible Technologies, </strong>and Sean <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Corcoran</span> - Analyst, Forrester Research. The night started off with networking, presentations by the panelists, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">pre</span>-written questions, and questions from the audience. A few takeaways from the panelists were, <span class="status-body"><span id="msgtxt1800765300" class="msgtxt en">"mistakes in social media with big brands are really public and costly, this needs to be understood</span></span>" and "to understand social you need everyone involved." <span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">"Are brands better off working with companies who specialize in social media marketing or with integrated agencies that have social media capabilities?</span></span>" was a really good <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">pre</span>-written question, asked by panel <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">moderator</span> by <strong>Mike <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Proulx</span>, Vice President, Interactive for Hill <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Holliday</span></strong>. The best panelist comment of the night was, <span id="msgtxt1800899122" class="msgtxt en">"</span><span id="msgtxt1800906450" class="msgtxt en"><a href="http://twitter.com/bostonmarketer/statuses/1800906450">Social media is A1 sauce not the steak. It's a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">supplement</span> not a substitute</a>." </span><br /><br />If you missed these events, don't worry, you can attend new ones, next month thanks to Social Media Club Boston and Mass Innovation Nights. Looking for other upcoming events? Check out the often updated <a href="http://bostontweetup.com/calendar/">calendar</a> by <a href="http://bostontweetup.com/">Boston <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Tweetup</span></a>.Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-65998774785611566172009-04-12T17:55:00.000-07:002009-04-13T10:08:34.507-07:00The Best Restaurant Outside of Boston (for special occasions)Two times a year in Boston and outer Boston, restaurants offer three-course prix-fixe lunches and dinners for less than $35 per person. The best restaurants to eat at are the expensive restaurants that you would never think to visit.<br /><br />During <a href="http://www.restaurantweekboston.com/">Restaurant Week</a> last year my fellow and I dined at <a href="http://bistro5.com/">Bistro 5</a> in West Medford, Massachusetts. After we sat down we were waited on hand and foot by an entertaining sever, Angus (not the meat that was his name). When Angus told us that everything on the menu was made from scratch, we knew we were in for a treat. We were allowed to try some of the wines from the extensive list before we were pulled a generous glass or two. I started my 3 course menu off with a melt in your mouth black lobster ravioli, followed by mouth watering salmon, ending with a pot of warm hot chocolate mouse. My counter part at dinner was able to soak up every last drop of his Muscles with their home made bread and dip his bread in the red wine reduction from his steak. Each course came out on time and the glasses on the table were never empty.<br /><br />Last but not least that I would like to comment on is the ambiance in the restaurant. It was extremely romantic and beautiful. The walls are dark red with Jester art, dark chairs, metal butcher tables, and candles lit everywhere. The restaurant is not loud, allowing you to have a private conversation with the person sitting right across from you.<br /><br />One tip I do have is don't try to dine here without a reservation, you will either wait or while or have to sit at the bar. The other tip I have is dine here! You will receive great service, great food, and a romantic dining experience. We loved it so much that this year my Birthday surprise was another night at this restaurant.Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-54042888403755258752009-03-30T17:38:00.000-07:002009-04-01T05:38:53.477-07:00Better Late Than Never<div class="im">I am finally getting myself together to do this blog post. I apologize for the delay....<br /><br /></div> This year was the first time I was able to attend to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://sxsw.com/interactive" target="_blank">SXSW Interactive</a>, and let me tell you, what an experience! Not only did I meet amazing people but I learned so much that it just blew me away. I have to thank two people for helping me get to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://sxsw.com/interactive" target="_blank">SXSW</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/" target="_blank">Jeremiah Owyang</a> and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.digital-web.com/articles/hugh_forrest/" target="_blank">Hugh Forrest</a>. I would not be there without you so thank you!<div class="im"><br />So here is what I experienced...<br /><br /></div> The first day I arrived in <a rel="nofollow" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=austin+texas&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGIC_enUS209US304&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us&ei=w2jRSZ2IKcrflQek9vnMCQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title" target="_blank">Austin</a> I was so excited and overwhelmed at the same time. Austin was beautiful and everyone there was just so nice. As soon as I arrived at the convention center I was able to attend my first of many keynotes. The first keynote was <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blogs.forrester.com/groundswell/" target="_blank">Groundswell </a>co-author and Former Forrester Analyst <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.altimetergroup.com/" target="_blank">Charlene Li</a>. It was an great pleasure to see her on stage again. The topic of Charlene's keynote was "The Future of Social Networking." She talked about 3 things that can make Social Networks like Air: 1) Identity 2) Your contacts 3) Activities. If you achieve any of these 3 things in your Social Networks it can be the life supply to every person using that network. She also said that if you are able to help manage friendships in Social Networking then you are way ahead of the game!<div class="im"><br /><br />The <a rel="nofollow" href="http://sxsw.com/interactive/talks/panels/?action=show&id=IAP0900690" target="_blank">Is Spec Work Evil</a> panel was intense thanks to the following panelists; <span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://sxsw.com/interactive/talks/panels/?action=bio&id=199982" target="_blank"><strong><span>Mike Samson</span></strong></a> - <strong><span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://crowdspring.com/" target="_blank">crowdspring.com</a></span></strong></span><span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://sxsw.com/interactive/talks/panels/?action=bio&id=199982" target="_blank"><strong><span></span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong>, </span><span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://sxsw.com/interactive/talks/panels/?action=bio&id=143509" target="_blank"><strong><span>Jeff Howe</span></strong></a> <em><span>Editor</span></em> - <strong><span>Wired Magazine</span></strong>, </span><span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://sxsw.com/interactive/talks/panels/?action=bio&id=98847" target="_blank"><strong><span>Jeffrey Kalmikoff</span></strong></a>, <em><span>Chief Creative Officer</span></em> - <strong><span>skinnyCorp/Threadless</span></strong>, </span><span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://sxsw.com/interactive/talks/panels/?action=bio&id=140347" target="_blank"><strong><span>Jeremiah Owyang</span></strong></a> <em><span>Analyst</span></em> - <strong><span>Forrester</span></strong>,</span><span> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://sxsw.com/interactive/talks/panels/?action=bio&id=143904" target="_blank"><strong><span>David Carson</span></strong></a> - <strong><span>davidcarsondesign,</span></strong> </span><span> and </span> Lydia Mann - <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.aiga.org/" target="_blank">AIGA</a>. I walked into the panel not knowing which side I wanted to side with, still pretty much in the grey area. And of course the first person who sat down next to me was the CTO of Threadless.com, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://ryanagraves.com/08/06/2008/threadless-cto-harper-reed-spreenkler/" target="_blank">Harper Reed</a> who asked me right away, "So are you for or against spec work?" I had no idea who he was so I honestly admitted, "I don't know yet."<br /><br /></div>Well let me tell you at the end of the session I strongly felt that Spec Work is another area that allows designers and customers more options. David Carson did throw out a few zingers at Mike Samson Crowdspring.com causing a few people suck in their breath. Although no general agreement was reached by the panel itself it was good seeing the passion people had for this topic. So Mr. Reed my decision has been made: I think on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.crowdspring.com/" target="_blank">Crowdspring.com</a> does give designers the opportunity to grow, communicate, and design to its customers needs and wants. It also allows them to practice their abilities, share their expertise, and show what they can do while building their portfolio.<br /><br />I also went to many more panels, core conversations, and got a chance to hang out at the Blogger Lounge. All in all, SXSW was an amazing, and hopefully not a once-in-a-lifetime experience!Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-6299272218065379352009-03-19T05:36:00.000-07:002009-03-19T05:53:46.786-07:00Photos from SXSWiI just returned from a really great trip to Austin, Texas to attend <a href="http://www.sxsw.com/interactive">SXSW Interactive</a>. While I was there I took a lot of photos. So here they are, enjoy!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/akarlin/sets/72157615382854346/">SXSWi Part 1</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/akarlin/sets/72157615315007159/">Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator at SXSWi</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/akarlin/sets/72157615575748962/">SXSWi Part 2</a><br /><br /><br>Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-68543394843665654992009-03-16T15:26:00.000-07:002009-03-16T15:33:04.045-07:00And the winners are!<p>After a very long day at <u><a href="http://2009.sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator" target="_blank">Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator</a></u>, the winners have been announced. Every presentation was well done and all the ideas were innovative and unique. </p><br /><p>And the winners in each category are:</p><br /><h2>Online Music-Related Technologies</h2><br /><p><u><a href="http://www.popcuts.com/">Popcuts</a></u> - Berkeley, CA</p><br /><h2>Online Video-Related Technologies</h2><br /><p><u><a href="http://www.tubemogul.com/">Tubemogul</a></u> - Emeryville, CA<br /><br /></p><br /><h2>Social Networking Applications</h2><br /><p><u><a href="http://www.weardrobe.com/">Weardrobe</a></u> - Palo Alto, CA<br /><br /></p><br /><h2>Innovative Web Technologies</h2><br /><p><u><a href="http://www.ribbit.com/">Ribbit.com</a></u> - Mountain View, CA</p><br /><br /><br /><br />Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-31772935014109112012009-03-16T14:27:00.001-07:002009-03-16T15:24:39.863-07:00Online Music-Related Technologies<p><u><a href="http://www.echodio.com/">Echodio</a></u> - San Francisco, CA</p><br /><p>This painless music manager sits in iTunes, allowing music fans to sync their tracks and backing up their music while on the go. To use this in iTunes, users just drag and drop their music into the Echodia playlist which automatically provides a backup. It also stores ratings, playlists, and tags, giving the music fan the whole package when backed up. </p><br /><p><u><a href="http://www.gigotron.com/">Gigotron</a></u>- Los Angeles, CA</p><br /><p>Gigotron’s presentation addressed one problem right off the bat: live music does not have one central location where everyone can find out about where bands are performing. This iPhone application lets users know what events are scheduled on a certain night, who is playing, and why they may not be able to find this information easily. Gigotron says this application for the iPhone “helps you get in touch with your music.”</p><br /><p>A panelist asked, “How is this different from SongKic?” Gigotron responded “We have 40% more concert data than SongKick.”</p><br /><p><u><a href="http://www.mugasha.com/">Mugasha</a></u> - Portland, OR</p><br /><p>Magusha caters to dance music fans, allowing them to browse and stream DJ sets. Dance music fans can also rate the tracks and buy the tracks with little loading time. They work with smaller artists who allow them to do this, which helps avoid potential legal issues. The only problem that the judges commnted on was that users can see every music genre in the display list, and there is no filter for which music is available to stream.</p><br /><p><u><a href="http://www.popcuts.com/">Popcuts</a></u> - Berkeley, CA</p><br /><p>Popcuts says that they “Make music more like a relationship.” Users can look up Popcuts and find smaller artists and buy their music. If you buy a smaller artist’s music and they become a hit, you receive store credit and street cred. The panelists brought up that this sounded like a ponzi scheme, but Popcuts countered with “The real ponzei scheme is when the money floats to the top and the little guy gets nothing.”</p>Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-56540655247801117652009-03-16T14:27:00.000-07:002009-03-16T14:30:37.136-07:00Online Video-Related Technologies<p>The third category of presentations at <a href="http://2009.sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator" target="_blank">Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator</a>, Online Video-Related Technologies, has finished.<br /><br />Here is a quick overview of who presented and their "big idea":</p><br /><p><u><a href="http://www.motionnotes.com/">MotionNotes</a></u> - Houston, TX</p><br /><p>MotionNotes began their presentation by stating that “email is good for some things and bad for other things.” Their product does not replace traditional media, but enhances it. With MotionNotes users can create a site people can visit for sharing personalized media. Users can do multiple things with this web-based platform, including making online reservations, personalized Christmas cards, and image slideshows. </p><br /><p>The main concern with the judges was that this presentation did state that the product is “…sometimes a replacement for email – sometimes.” The lack of clarity therefore confused the judges and could possibly confuse users. </p><br /><p><u><a href="http://www.portalvideo.com/">PortalVideo</a></u> - Wellesley, MA</p><br /><p>PortalVideo rough-cut edits over the internet to cut digital editing time in half. Drag and drop methods allow users to take transcripts and video cuts and place them where they would want them to be in a film strip. Realtime plays are also available to users.</p><br /><p>“What problem do you solve?” asked one judge. PortalVideo said they solve the problem of not having to use an edit suite to figure out what clips you want to use while shuffling around loads of paper. </p><br /><p><u><a href="http://www.tubemogul.com/">Tubemogul</a></u><br /><br />Emeryville, CA</p><br /><p>Tubemogel allows content creators to upload their videos, and share them with all top video sharing sites. It also provides syndication, aggregated analytics, promotion and guaranteed viewership. Users can get rich audience analytics side by side with their syndicated analytics. The free product allows people to see reviews and ratings of their video, and the subscription allows them to see the deep gritty of analytics. </p><br /><p>As mentioned, Tubemogel offers a guaranteed viewership, which can be done through a cost-per-view program. TubeMogel sends a video to featured spots; if the video is clicked on to be viewed, people pay each time it is viewed.</p><br /><p><u><a href="http://www.spawnlabs.com/">Spawn Labs</a></u><br /><br />Austin, TX</p><br /><p>Spawn Labs allows a gamer toplay their console games via a Internet-connected computer. This also provides game developers access to dev kits in real time. Users can plug the game controller into their computer, log onto their site, access their consoles and play straight from their computer. Users can also access your favorite television show if someone is hogging the TV.</p>Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-92122492361075709292009-03-16T13:46:00.001-07:002009-03-16T13:50:39.595-07:00Social Networking Applications<p>The second category of presentations at <a href="http://2009.sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator" target="_blank">Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator</a>, Social Networking Applications, has finished.<br /><br />Here is a quick overview of who presented and their "big idea":</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.cubeless.com/">Cubeless</a> - Southlake, TX</p><br /><p>Cubeless desribes themlseves as a practical social network for businesses that allows people to collaborate with one another about work. Sabre uses Cubeless for its employees, allowing them to network and communicate with one another. They target their media to large companies. Employees of a company that uses Cubeless can post questions to get real time answers, collaborate on upcoming projects, and create profiles.</p><br /><p>The judges did recommend that Cubeless work with HR to get incentives in place. They also wanted information about how people are sharing this information right now to make it possible for them to move from the current networking area they use to this new networking area for employees. </p><br /><p><a href="http://www.hourville.com/">HourVille</a> - Austin, TX</p><br /><p>HourVille started their presentation by using a masseuse (aka - a persona) to show how she is struggling to get clients, book massages, and charge clients. HourVille went on to mention how they can help her with these problems. HourVille allows service providers to create their own site, offer a book schedule with booking, and allow clients to pay for the service offered to them online. </p><br /><p>The many questions that the judges rapid-fired at HourVille resulted in a better understanding of their product by many. This is pretty much a virtual, easy to use shop. HourVille focuses on the individual worker who charges hourly and needs to get their name out there. </p><br /><p><a href="http://wakoopa.com/">Wakoopa</a> - Amsterdam, the Netherlands</p><br /><p>Wakoopa is a downloadable application that shows you what applications you use and how long you use them, and also allows you to share your applications with your friends. It promotes unknown applications to people who might be interested in them. You can also get recommendations while sharing what you think.</p><br /><p>The recurring question from the panel was “How will you make money?” The answer given was that the data on application usage can be bundled and sold to software companies so they can generate usage patterns.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.weardrobe.com/">Weardrobe</a><br /><br /> Palo Alto, CA</p><br /><p>Weardrobe, a social networking tool based around how people wear their clothing differently, really got the attention of the judges. To give an example of how Weardrobe works: If someone saw a great T-shirt, but weren’t sure how its going to look on someone, they can go to this website, search for that t-shirt, and see how other girls are wearing it (as opposed to seeing it displayed on a model or mannequin).</p><br /><p>This site at the moment is only for girls. Also, brands can help “drive the buying decision” by seeing how their clothing is being worn. For clothing brands, this is a deep look into what your customer does with your clothing the moment they put it on. This site did impress the judges, and they gave good recommendations to Weardrobe.</p>Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-2868891656041316522009-03-16T12:09:00.000-07:002009-03-16T12:29:21.987-07:00Innovative Web Technologies Category<p>The first category of presentations <a href="http://2009.sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator" target="_blank">Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator at SXSW</a>, Innovative Web Technologies, has just wrapped up. Hats off to all of the presenters for their rapid fire presentations in under two minutes! And kudos to them as well for fielding some tough, but pointed questions from the panel, including: What is your business model? How are you going to make money? And, How are you different from other competitors out there? Great questions!<br /><br />Here is a quick overview of who presented and their "big idea":</p><br /><p><br /> <a href="http://www.klout.net/" target="_blank">klout.net</a> - Los Angeles, CA<br /><br /> Klout.net wants to measure a person or company's influence on the web, and try to make it more effective. Klout.net helps people understand a person’s true reach. Joe Fernandez, CEO and Founder, for Klout.net said, “Understanding overall how influential someone is only half the battle. Klout.net is there to help you with this battle." <br /><br />“So how do you make money?” asked one panelist. Joe responded that they make money by providing an API to companies that pay for the integration into their CRM and customization. Then Klout.net analyzes the data, “...to find indicators of influence and then provide you with innovative tools to interact with and interpret the data.”</p><br /><p><a href="http://oib.com/" target="_blank">OtherInbox</a> - Austin, TX<br /><br /> The first interaction that Other Inbox took when they got onto stage was, “Raise your hand if you have multiple inboxes,” which resulted in a lot of raised hands. Other Inbox works to help people organize their inboxes, enabling them to better keep up with their email. This product helps the marketer and the consumer control their campaigns and the campaigns coming to them. Guy Kawasaki said "My problem is not filtering emails - it is responding to emails."</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.piryx.com/" target="_blank">Piryx</a> - Austin, TX<br /><br /> Piryx is taking a very different approach to Innovative Web Technologies - an approach through politics. taken from their website “Empowering Democracy Through Technology," Piryx based their presentation on how President Barack Obama used technology to help win the election. Piryx hopes to help other politicians in similar ways. <br /><br /> The three products that they offer are Piryx Compliance, Pyrix Fundraising, and Piryx Clerk Portal. Politicians can use these products to raise campaign funds online, stay current with election regulations in their area, and enable clerks to file electronically.</p><br /><p><a href="http://ringlight.us/present/About" target="_blank">RingLight</a> - Austin, TX<br /><br /> RingLight, a peer-to-peer social company, was represented by Brandon Wiley. He stated that RingLight is everything you need in a web browser, allowing you to share files through social media, and organize through tagging, search, and comments. They launched an Alpha test in November and are getting ready to launch Beta version soon. <br /><br /> A panelist asked “How is this different from DropBox?” Brandon responded to this question with “Ringlight integrates with everything that you use.” He also stated that users are able to get their files all the time and make them available for everyone to get their own files.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.ribbit.com/" target="_blank">Ribbit.com</a> - Mountain View, CA<br /><br /> Ribbit calls themselves “Silicon Valley's First Phone Company,” because they feel that the world needs a new kind of phone company. Ribbit is an open platform that allows for multi-protocol communication. It is an “ecosystem” of developers who can market and sell their applications. <br /><br /> The panel's reaction to Ribbit.com is best demonstrated in this tweet: <br /><br /> <a href="http://twitter.com/elieljohnson" target="_blank">elieljohnson</a>: Accelerator pannel @ sxsw is helping the <strong>Ribbit</strong> guy refine his pitch - it went from confusing to clear! <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23sxsw" target="_blank">#sxsw</a> <br /><br /> <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23sxswSpark" target="_blank">See more live tweets from this conference</a>.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.youdata.com/" target="_blank">YouData</a> - Houston, TX<br /><br /> The general feeling was that YouData's presentation was not as clear and defined as some of the others. Some audience members were left asking the question, “So what does YouData do?" YouData allows advertisers to pay viewers to watch their advertisement. They do say that a consumer won't get rich doing this, but that the costs can be offset. This also allows the ads to be more applicable to the consumers.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.justthrive.com/" target="_blank">Thrive</a> - New York, NY<br /><br /> Thrive states that they are “Advancing financial literacy." A user can go to the web based application, import their financial information via their current online bank accounts, and receive a full report on where their finances lie by receiving a financial health score developed by a consultant. They can also decide when, where, and how they should spend their bank account money. <br /><br /> The panel asked “How are you different from Mint.com?" Thrive responded with “We focus on providing actions and advice.” The twitter stream did comment on how nice the UI of this website is.</p><br /><p face="arial"><a href="http://wla.zoomorama.com/" target="_blank">Zoomorama</a> - Paris, France<br /><br /> Unfortunately, I was unable to see the Zoomorama presentation because my laptop power died, so I’m basing this off of what the <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23sxswSpark" target="_blank">Twitter stream</a> has said, and what Zoomorama’s website can tell me about them. Zoomorama allows you to convey emotions via layouts that no other magazine can imitate.</p>Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449816670226201804.post-33945097494613860312009-03-13T06:37:00.000-07:002009-03-13T18:24:15.393-07:00SxSW Bound! (tomorrow, tomorrow, I love yah tomorrow)On Saturday I will heading to Austin, Texas for <a href="http://sxsw.com/home">South By South West</a>. SxSW is a 10 day conference for <a href="http://www.sxsw.com/music">Interactive Professionals</a>, <a href="http://www.sxsw.com/film">Filmmakers</a>, and <a href="http://www.sxsw.com/music">Musicians</a>. I will be attending the <a href="http://www.sxsw.com/interactive">Interactive</a><a href="http://www.sxsw.com/interactive"> Festival</a> for four days; jam packed with educational panels, awards, core conversations, book readings, networking parties, tweetups, and much much more!<br /><br />Not only am I excited to attend SxSW but it will be my first time in Austin, Texas. I have heard so many things about how great Austin is, from food to music.<br /><br />The panels I'm looking forward to attending are:<br /><table class="events" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><h3 class="event_separator"><span style="font-size:100%;">Saturday, March 14th </span></h3> </td> </tr> <tr class="event_odd" id="event_row_7186"> <td class="event_start_time" id="td_start_time_7186" valign="top"> <div class="event_clicker" id="event_clicker_7186" onclick="show_event_details(7186, 'event_odd')" onhover="show_cursor('event_clicker_7186','hand')"> 2:00<span class="am-pm"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_" id="td_event_details_7186"> <div class="event_clicker" onclick="show_event_details(7186, 'event_odd')"> <span class="event_name">Profit By Mobilizing Your Online Community or Marketplace</span> <span class="event_venue_name"> at 10</span> <span id="event_schedule_status_7186"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_check_box" valign="top" align="center"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr class="event_even" id="event_row_3986"> <td class="event_start_time" id="td_start_time_3986" valign="top"> <div class="event_clicker" id="event_clicker_3986" onclick="show_event_details(3986, 'event_even')" onhover="show_cursor('event_clicker_3986','hand')"> 3:30<span class="am-pm"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_" id="td_event_details_3986"> <div class="event_clicker" onclick="show_event_details(3986, 'event_even')"> <span class="event_name">The Future Of Social Networks</span> <span class="event_venue_name"> at A</span> <span id="event_schedule_status_3986"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_check_box" valign="top" align="center"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr class="event_odd" id="event_row_4039"> <td class="event_start_time" id="td_start_time_4039" valign="top"> <div class="event_clicker" id="event_clicker_4039" onclick="show_event_details(4039, 'event_odd')" onhover="show_cursor('event_clicker_4039','hand')"> 5:00 <span class="am-pm"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_" id="td_event_details_4039"> <div class="event_clicker" onclick="show_event_details(4039, 'event_odd')"> <span class="event_name">Suxorz '09: The Ten Worst Social Media Campaigns</span> <span class="event_venue_name"> at 12AB</span> <span id="event_schedule_status_4039"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_check_box" valign="top" align="center"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><h3 class="event_separator"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sunday, March 15th </span></h3> </td> </tr> <tr class="event_odd" id="event_row_4002"> <td class="event_start_time" id="td_start_time_4002" valign="top"> <div class="event_clicker" id="event_clicker_4002" onclick="show_event_details(4002, 'event_odd')" onhover="show_cursor('event_clicker_4002','hand')"> 10:00<span class="am-pm"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_" id="td_event_details_4002"> <div class="event_clicker" onclick="show_event_details(4002, 'event_odd')"> <span class="event_name">Is Spec Work Evil? The Online Creative Community Speaks</span> <span class="event_venue_name"> at A</span> <span id="event_schedule_status_4002"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_check_box" valign="top" align="center"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr class="event_even" id="event_row_3964"> <td class="event_start_time" id="td_start_time_3964" valign="top"> <div class="event_clicker" id="event_clicker_3964" onclick="show_event_details(3964, 'event_even')" onhover="show_cursor('event_clicker_3964','hand')"> 11:30<span class="am-pm"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_" id="td_event_details_3964"> <div class="event_clicker" onclick="show_event_details(3964, 'event_even')"> <span class="event_name">Can Social Media End Racism?</span> <span class="event_venue_name"> at 8</span> <span id="event_schedule_status_3964"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_check_box" valign="top" align="center"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr class="event_odd" id="event_row_8534"> <td class="event_start_time" id="td_start_time_8534" valign="top"> <div class="event_clicker" id="event_clicker_8534" onclick="show_event_details(8534, 'event_odd')" onhover="show_cursor('event_clicker_8534','hand')"> 02:00 <span class="am-pm"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_" id="td_event_details_8534"> <div class="event_clicker" onclick="show_event_details(8534, 'event_odd')"> <span class="event_name">Sunday Keynote Interview</span> <span class="event_venue_name"> at A</span> <span id="event_schedule_status_8534"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_check_box" valign="top" align="center"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr class="event_even" id="event_row_4017"> <td class="event_start_time" id="td_start_time_4017" valign="top"> <div class="event_clicker" id="event_clicker_4017" onclick="show_event_details(4017, 'event_even')" onhover="show_cursor('event_clicker_4017','hand')"> 03:30 <span class="am-pm"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_" id="td_event_details_4017"> <div class="event_clicker" onclick="show_event_details(4017, 'event_even')"> <span class="event_name">From Flickr and Beyond: Lessons in Community Management</span> <span class="event_venue_name"> at A</span> <span id="event_schedule_status_4017"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_check_box" valign="top" align="center"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr class="event_odd" id="event_row_4112"> <td class="event_start_time" id="td_start_time_4112" valign="top"> <div class="event_clicker" id="event_clicker_4112" onclick="show_event_details(4112, 'event_odd')" onhover="show_cursor('event_clicker_4112','hand')"> 05:00<span class="am-pm"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_" id="td_event_details_4112"> <div class="event_clicker" onclick="show_event_details(4112, 'event_odd')"> <span class="event_name">Twitter for Marketers: Is It Still Social Media?</span> <span class="event_venue_name"> at 5B</span> <span id="event_schedule_status_4112"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_check_box" valign="top" align="center"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr class="event_even" id="event_row_4708"> <td class="event_start_time" id="td_start_time_4708" valign="top"> <div class="event_clicker" id="event_clicker_4708" onclick="show_event_details(4708, 'event_even')" onhover="show_cursor('event_clicker_4708','hand')"> 06:00<span class="am-pm"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_" id="td_event_details_4708"> <div class="event_clicker" onclick="show_event_details(4708, 'event_even')"> <span class="event_name">SXSW Web Awards Pre-Party</span> <span class="event_venue_name"> at Downtown Hilton Hotel, 6th Floor Foyer</span> <span id="event_schedule_status_4708"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_check_box" valign="top" align="center"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr class="event_odd" id="event_row_4709"> <td class="event_start_time" id="td_start_time_4709" valign="top"> <div class="event_clicker" id="event_clicker_4709" onclick="show_event_details(4709, 'event_odd')" onhover="show_cursor('event_clicker_4709','hand')"> 07:00 <span class="am-pm">PM</span> </div> </td> <td class="event_" id="td_event_details_4709"> <div class="event_clicker" onclick="show_event_details(4709, 'event_odd')"> <span class="event_name">Adobe 12th Annual SXSW Web Awards Ceremony - Presented by Adobe</span> <span class="event_venue_name"> at Downtown Hilton Hotel, 6th Floor</span> <span id="event_schedule_status_4709"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_check_box" valign="top" align="center"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><h3 class="event_separator"><span style="font-size:100%;">Monday, March 16th </span></h3> </td> </tr> <tr class="event_odd" id="event_row_14025"> <td class="event_start_time" id="td_start_time_14025" valign="top"> <div class="event_clicker" id="event_clicker_14025" onclick="show_event_details(14025, 'event_odd')" onhover="show_cursor('event_clicker_14025','hand')"> 10:00<span class="am-pm"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_" id="td_event_details_14025"> <div class="event_clicker" onclick="show_event_details(14025, 'event_odd')"> <a href="http://sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator"><span class="event_name">Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator at SXSW</span> <span class="event_venue_name"> at Downtown Hilton Hotel, 6th Floor</span></a> <span id="event_schedule_status_14025"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_check_box" valign="top" align="center"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr class="event_even" id="event_row_4084"> <td class="event_start_time" id="td_start_time_4084" valign="top"> <div class="event_clicker" id="event_clicker_4084" onclick="show_event_details(4084, 'event_even')" onhover="show_cursor('event_clicker_4084','hand')"> 05:00<span class="am-pm"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_" id="td_event_details_4084"> <div class="event_clicker" onclick="show_event_details(4084, 'event_even')"> <span class="event_name">Kick Ass or Suck - Escaping Internet Mediocrity</span> <span class="event_venue_name"> at 7</span> <span id="event_schedule_status_4084"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_check_box" valign="top" align="center"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr class="event_odd" id="event_row_6923"> <td class="event_start_time" id="td_start_time_6923" valign="top"> <div class="event_clicker" id="event_clicker_6923" onclick="show_event_details(6923, 'event_odd')" onhover="show_cursor('event_clicker_6923','hand')"> 09:30<span class="am-pm"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_" id="td_event_details_6923"> <div class="event_clicker" onclick="show_event_details(6923, 'event_odd')"> <span class="event_name">Mashable Party</span> <span class="event_venue_name"> at Six Lounge</span> <span id="event_schedule_status_6923"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_check_box" valign="top" align="center"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><h3 class="event_separator"><span style="font-size:100%;">Tuesday, March 17th </span></h3> </td> </tr> <tr class="event_odd" id="event_row_3940"> <td class="event_start_time" id="td_start_time_3940" valign="top"> <div class="event_clicker" id="event_clicker_3940" onclick="show_event_details(3940, 'event_odd')" onhover="show_cursor('event_clicker_3940','hand')"> 10:00<span class="am-pm"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_" id="td_event_details_3940"> <div class="event_clicker" onclick="show_event_details(3940, 'event_odd')"> <span class="event_name">Collabotition: Can Companies Work With Their Competitors?</span> <span class="event_venue_name"> at A</span> <span id="event_schedule_status_3940"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_check_box" valign="top" align="center"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr class="event_even" id="event_row_4056"> <td class="event_start_time" id="td_start_time_4056" valign="top"> <div class="event_clicker" id="event_clicker_4056" onclick="show_event_details(4056, 'event_even')" onhover="show_cursor('event_clicker_4056','hand')"> 11:30 <span class="am-pm"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_" id="td_event_details_4056"> <div class="event_clicker" onclick="show_event_details(4056, 'event_even')"> <span class="event_name">Designers and Developers: Why Can't We All Just Get Along?</span> <span class="event_venue_name"> at 8</span> <span id="event_schedule_status_4056"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_check_box" valign="top" align="center"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr class="event_odd" id="event_row_3984"> <td class="event_start_time" id="td_start_time_3984" valign="top"> <div class="event_clicker" id="event_clicker_3984" onclick="show_event_details(3984, 'event_odd')" onhover="show_cursor('event_clicker_3984','hand')"> 11:30<span class="am-pm"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_" id="td_event_details_3984"> <div class="event_clicker" onclick="show_event_details(3984, 'event_odd')"> <span class="event_name">UR Blog Sux and Print is Dead</span> <span class="event_venue_name"> at 18BCD</span> <span id="event_schedule_status_3984"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_check_box" valign="top" align="center"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr class="event_even" id="event_row_10298"> <td class="event_start_time" id="td_start_time_10298" valign="top"> <div class="event_clicker" id="event_clicker_10298" onclick="show_event_details(10298, 'event_even')" onhover="show_cursor('event_clicker_10298','hand')"> 12:15<span class="am-pm"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_" id="td_event_details_10298"> <div class="event_clicker" onclick="show_event_details(10298, 'event_even')"> <span class="event_name">Chris Anderson</span> <span class="event_venue_name"> at Day Stage Cafe - Austin Convention Center</span> <span id="event_schedule_status_10298"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_check_box" valign="top" align="center"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr class="event_odd" id="event_row_6418"> <td class="event_start_time" id="td_start_time_6418" valign="top"> <div class="event_clicker" id="event_clicker_6418" onclick="show_event_details(6418, 'event_odd')" onhover="show_cursor('event_clicker_6418','hand')"> 12:30<span class="am-pm"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_" id="td_event_details_6418"> <div class="event_clicker" onclick="show_event_details(6418, 'event_odd')"> <span class="event_name">The Sheikh's Batmobile; In Pursuit of American Pop Culture in the Muslim World</span> <span class="event_venue_name"> at Day Stage</span> <span id="event_schedule_status_6418"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_check_box" valign="top" align="center"> <br /></td> </tr> <tr class="event_even" id="event_row_8538"> <td class="event_start_time" id="td_start_time_8538" valign="top"> <div class="event_clicker" id="event_clicker_8538" onclick="show_event_details(8538, 'event_even')" onhover="show_cursor('event_clicker_8538','hand')"> 02:00<span class="am-pm"></span> </div> </td> <td class="event_" id="td_event_details_8538"> <div class="event_clicker" onclick="show_event_details(8538, 'event_even')"> <span class="event_name">Tuesday Keynote Interview</span> <span class="event_venue_name"> at A</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />I have heard from a couple of <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23sxswi">SxSWi</a> veterans that the parties are must attends, so of course I will be attending a few.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday</span> -<a href="http://www.facebook.com/s.php?k=100000004&id=8845891772&gr=5&act=future&sid=ab2d981be91d0f3b6e0c9c1eb6148b5a#/event.php?sid=ab2d981be91d0f3b6e0c9c1eb6148b5a&eid=53014816149">SXSW Opening Happy Hour sponsored by Razorfish</a>, <a href="http://sxsw.ning.com/events/the-bigg-digg-shindigg-now">The Bigg Digg Shindigg - Now with 100% More Diggnation!</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sunday</span> - <a href="http://sxsw.ning.com/events/austin-geek-breakfast">Austin Geek Breakfast</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=43957437307"><span style="font-size:100%;">Austin Tweetup during SxSWi</span></a>, Social Media Club presents: Pool 2.0, <a href="http://sxsw.ning.com/events/mobile-social-sxsw-bbq">Mobile Social SXSW BBQ</a>, and many others!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Monday</span> - <a href="http://sxsw.ning.com/events/mashable-blurb-sx-bash">Mashable + Blurb SX Bash</a><br /><br />I am open to suggestions if you think I should attend any other panels, keynotes, parties, tweetups, meetups, and/or anything else. You can follow my #SxSWi updates during the entire 4 days via <a href="http://www.twitter.com/akarlin">Twitter</a>.<br /><br />Oh annnddd before I forget! I will be live Blogging from the<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><a href="http://www.sxsw.com/interactive/accelerator">Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator at SXSW</a> on Monday 3/16. If you are unable to attend and you would like to know how the Finalist presentations went and who won, you can read my blog to find out!<br /></span>Welcome to Random Babblings & Stuff !http://www.blogger.com/profile/17722088712711729130noreply@blogger.com0