The Pope: Facebook's Newest Friend
When it comes to ringing endorsements, you can’t get much better than the Pope! On Friday (1/23), Pope Benedict XVI talked about social networking sites such at Facebook and MySpace and called the technology a “gift”, while also warning about some of the potential dangers. I guess he thinks FB is more friend than foe!
Facebook: Friend or Foe?
I have two obsessions as of late: The Twilight Series books and Facebook (FB). I’m not going to talk about the Twilight books here since they have nothing to do with Marketing Technologies (but they’re really good!). Instead, I’m going to focus on FB.
It all started innocently enough. I’m a marketing technologies consultant so naturally social networking has a big impact on what I do and so I went about getting involved in the various networks. Twitter <check>, LinkedIn <check>, MySpace <check> (Well, I didn’t actually join MySpace so as to avoid horrifying my son but I do closely monitor his account from both a technical and parental POV). And then I met Facebook <queue the angels harmonizing from above>.
Continue Reading...LMA Northwest Holiday Social
The LMA Northwest Holiday Social has been rescheduled due to snow. The new date is Thursday, January 15. I hope to see you there!
Come mix and mingle with your LMA Northwest colleagues at the chapter's annual holiday social!
Please join us for some cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as we say goodbye to our outgoing board members and welcome in the 2009 board. Take a break and treat yourself to some holiday festivity and enjoy the beautiful views at the Columbia Tower Club.
When: Thursday, January 15, 2009 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Where: Columbia Tower Club
Simpson Library Room, 75th Floor
701 5th Ave
Seattle, WA 98104
Cost: $35/members, $50/non-members
RSVP: To register for this event, visit the LMA Northwest web site
Christmas Gift Idea: A Photo DVD
Okay, so I know photo DVD’s aren’t exactly breaking news but I wanted to share a software program that I think is pretty cool (all you Mac users can just ignore this posting because I’m sure you have even cooler programs at your fingertips. This posts’s for PC users).
I have always loved making slide shows out of photos. I’m a sentimental fool who loves technology so it’s a natural fit and somehow I became the go-to slide show queen for my friends and family. I made slide shows for weddings, funerals, retirement parties, birthday parties, vacations, you name it and I always used to use PowerPoint. PowerPoint worked fine for what I was doing but it’s more of a presentation tool so I had to get a little creative at times. Plus adding music was a bit touchy because only certain formats worked. Plus the timing was inconsistent and I never was able to successfully burn the show onto a DVD.
Continue Reading...Obama - McCain - or Starbucks?!
It's Election Day and I'm sitting here working on my blog and wondering who is going to win the election. Well, I have a pretty good idea but still wondering how things are going at the polls. Anyway, I started wondering what people were tweeting about on twitter. It turns out, it's not "Obama" or "McCain" but "Starbucks" that is causing a raucus. Becauase of the free coffee Starbucks is offering to (presumably) voters today, "Starbucks" is the third most tweeted word behind behind only #votereport and "Election Day".
That just made me smile. It's a proud day for us Starbucks fans. And to top it all off, the red cups came out today. I might just have to go celebrate at my local Starbucks.
Now if only their stocks would go up!
