It’s February, Ash Wednesday to be precise, and that means it’s time for the Esri Federal User Conference, taking place in D.C this week from Feb 22-24. This is no shorts, flip flops, and back back Geo gathering, rather, we’re talking suits, ties, shiny shoes, and lots of brass! I woke up this morning to […]
Using Twitter To Land A Job – Tips, Tricks, and Suggestions
Like many of you, I’m sure you’re astounded by the number of your contacts, friends, and associates that have changed jobs recently. I receive regular updates via my LinkedIn service that tells me just how many of my contacts have changed their job and the number blows my mind! Finding a job is challenging indeed, […]
Recent Favorite Tweets From the Geo Twitter Sphere
In familiar fashion, here’s a brief list of some recent Tweets from my fine group of Geo-Tech tweeps that I’ve added to my faves… @mashable Know of a digital project that is improving your community? Submit it to our Global Innovation series: @JohannesKebeck Mapping your Excel Workbook in the cloud with Bing maps @developerworks Mobile […]
Fly With A New Release of Twitter and Twitter on Mobile
Today via the Twitter blog, details of newly updated Twitter has been announced, this including a new (Beta?) version that’s simply known as Fly – see fly.twitter.com. According to the blog, new versions of Twitter can be found on iOS and Android as well as by hitting mobile.twitter.com on mobile. According to the post a […]
10 Recent Favorite Tweets From the Geo Twitter Sphere
In familiar fashion, here’s a brief list of some recent Tweets from my fine group of Geo-Tech tweeps that I’ve added to my faves… @emjpej With all the possible changes with wireless companies, will #Lightsquared ‘s problems bring down Sprint? @hmtreasury We will make it easier for UK-based firms to compete for Government procurement contracts […]
Faves – 10 Favorite Tweets From the Geo Twitter Sphere
I try to follow along with Twitter and frequently Fave tweets that I really dig. Here’s 10 recent Tweets of interest from my stream… enjoy! FYI, you can follow yours truly @gletham if you don’t already! favorite [fey-ver-it, feyv-rit] – a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference @michael_d_gould RT @laurelatoreilly: “Don’t Call […]
Build Your Own Custom Social Media News Summary With Paper.li
If you hang out on Twitter then you’ve likely bumped into interesting news updates that people send out from Paper.li. Paper.li is a cool social add on that scrapes your social news feeds and builds a summary, formats it in the form of a newsletter, and distributes for you at pre determined times – all […]
FOSS4G Visible tweet Event Stream
Not at FOSS4G.. no worries, enjoy the Visible Tweet stream below (Flash required)… A reminder that the popular FOSS4G Open Source Software conference is taking place in Denver, CO. You can catch the social updates via the Twitter hashtag #FOSS4G – see also YouTube, Flickr for updates via the tag FOSS4G2011. The Official FOSS4G website […]
10 Tweets of Interest From the Geo Twitter Sphere
Tweets come and go so fast and it’s so easy to miss out on some great tips – I like to “fave” items of interest and then periodically share them here for all to enjoy. The following are a few recent Tweets of interest mostly from the Geo Twitter Sphere… enjoy! @guykawasaki Recruiting with social […]
To Tweet or Not… The State and Future of Twitter
An interesting white paper available from Social Visionary Brian Solis (not familiar with Brian? Check out his website HERE). Brian Solis has been actively writing about new marketing and communications since the mid 90s to document how the Web was redefining the communications industry — he coined PR 2.0 along the way before focusing his […]