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Geo-This Geo-That: Gowalla Wins ATX Social Media Darlings Award at #SXSW; Exclamations of "So What!"

jmacofearth — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:16:12 +0000

So somehow Mr. Gowalla himself won the Texas Social Media Award. And I'm sure he checked-in and checked-out for that event last night. But I hope he kept the "I am at..." tweet to himself.

Smile Today in ATX: Penultimate Day at #SXSW 2010 – GEO: I AM HERE

jmacofearth — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:37:28 +0000

Announces @anywhere – so you can integrate your site with Twitter oAuth, or sign-up and follow from within the page. But what about the whale @ev? Who is the interviewer? What does Twitter have to do to become stable. Was he given the questions ahead of time? #badinterview He even said he wasn't going to ask the "revenue model" question. UH! Why not? It's the real question we came to hear.

Apple iPad – "This Changes Everything" – The iPad Arrives April 3 (3-15-10 update v7)

jmacofearth — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:40:57 +0000

Even if this visualization is not real, you know it will be here soon enough. We waited for the iPhones appearance for 2 years. And look what that has done to the market. Now come the apologists for the other manufacturers who will say, "Apple is late to the netbook game, Apple will not be a factor... " And all I can say is goodnight and good riddance to a category that needed to be put to sleep.

Hookups, Parties, Late Nights: Attrition at #SXSW "I didn't come down here to party."

jmacofearth — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:16:56 +0000

And then today I had a new-met-in-the-parking-lot friend tell me that "hookup" meant "having sex." I had said, we'll hookup later. She also knew of the drug-fix hookup concept, but we both agreed that neither of the prior terms were in play in the way I used the term. I loaned her $2 for the parking meter, she bought me a cup of coffee. HOOKUP. See we, connected. THAT IS ALL.

Sustainability and Social Media: A Year Later at #SXSW Dell≠Green? (updated 3-15-10)

jmacofearth — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:21:54 +0000

If you are committed to GREEN, that commitment can never end. It costs me approximately $14.95 to have and host a domain for a year. Dell, please consider redirecting all of the regerneration.org links to your dell/earth pages. Or better yet, GIVE regeneration.org to a non-profit environmental group. You spent so much money and so many man hours building up a brand/campaign and what we thought was a "movement." I promise you the GREEN TEAM within Dell, the employees who are working to reduce waist, reuse materials, and find better ways for Dell employees to be green, has not given up.

Go or NoGo Geo-Tagging? Why I Won't Be "Checking In" or "Mayor" at #sxsw

jmacofearth — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:30:24 +0000

Sooooo... what is it about the geo-frenzy that is happening right now that does not inspire me? / Well, let me ask you first. What about the geo-aware apps and geo-hyper phones that has YOU excited?

Another Winding Down at #SXSW: Social Media Club HOUSE at Dusk #smch3

jmacofearth — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:25:21 +0000

I'm tired, the coffee is not having the intended affect (or is that effect?). Dang! I'm even too lazy to look it up. But I'm also kinda blissed out at the Social Media Club HOUSE or Clubhouse!

#SXSW Rockstar SuperPowers Now Available in Austin, Texas (jetpacks optional)

jmacofearth — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:21:10 +0000

This is geek heaven. SXSW Interactive 2010 has started, I've got my badge, my coffee, my wireless, my digital nomad sticker and loads of friends stopping by this table saying hi.

HP and MSFT Take Pot Shots at the Peaking Apple iPad: Why? Cause they got nuthin!

jmacofearth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:06:09 +0000

I mean they've got to have a story to tell at the dawn of the iPad era. They've GOT to tell us how great their device is going to be, how FLASH is critical to our enjoyment of the WEB or MOVIES or getting-stuff-done. If you look at the HP "slate" video below you can see how Apple has already set the bar so high that HP/Dell/MSFT/Google/Adobe are all getting in bed together to try to stop another runaway hit. Cause if the iPad is to "slates" what the iPhone is to "phones" you've got to be a little pugilistic about it. Don't you think?

"I am at…" Geolocation Set to Overwhelm Your Social Media Stream (Facebook Geo-s Up)

jmacofearth — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:35:58 +0000

But what I want express is think about what you tweet. Think about the "value of the tweet." If your stream is full of "I'm at..." and "I'm the mayor of simpleton..." well, I'm just not that into your status-update-auto-geo-gowalla-4sq stream. I anticipate that some tool soon will be able to selectively filter all tweets by some criteria, perhaps it always exists. A but until that day turn off the auto check-in or auto-tweet-my-location setting. Or let me know you don't appreciate me telling you how or what to tweet.