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We’re getting super pumped for the September breakfast after sitting down with Chris O’Conner and Zach Waters from Prodigi Arts to talk about video! This talented group of designers, animators, videographers and illustrators are creating a wide range of video content, from 3D animations to heartfelt testimonials. And one of their ranks just won an Emmy! In our interview, Chris and Zach share some of their challenges as a relatively new business and some of their tips for folks trying to make their own web videos. Definitely check out their website at Prodigi Arts, and connect with them on Facebook!
Then there’s that big news in the social space this week: Facebook Places. We are curious as ever to see how the launch affects the established location-based services, like Foursquare and Gowalla. We are still big proponents of Foursquare rewards in Memphis, though, and we’re even starting a website dedicated to it! It’s not live yet, but it’s on the way!
So join us for the breakfast for sure, on September 1 at 7:30 am at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn. Chris will share some more insight into the world of video, and then we’ll jump into the core conversation in which we talk about what social media issues are on your mind! RSVP here.
The September Twilight Camp will be on September 16th, at LunaWeb this time (Davis Kidd must be getting tired of us, after all). 5:30 to 7:30, don’t miss it!
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Privacy. Identity. Innovation. Not to mention a great place for Dave to grab some great interviews!
First up, we’ve got a brilliantly practical new idea from Andrew Maguire of InternMatch.com, a new and expanding website linking college students to local internships. Find them on Twitter, too, at @internmatch.
Next, Dave speaks with another innovator in the job hunters market, Carmen Hudson of TweetaJob.com, which offers job seekers the opportunity to sign up for free and receive only tweets about positions in the location and industry they specify. Their general company handle is @tweetajob, and Carmen can be personally found @peopleshark.
Moving onto the more privacy oriented interviews, Dave speaks with Becky Pezely from the Common Data Project, also on Twitter @commondata.
Lastly, we’ve got Howard Fried from Secret 123, a service which adds an encryption button to Microsoft Outlook to code your emails! Find them on Twitter @secret123.
Hope to see you tonight at Twilight Camp at 5:30, but if you can’t make it, don’t miss the breakfast on September 1, with guest speaker Chris O’Conner of Prodigi Arts. See you soon!
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Today, we get excited about BarCamps! Yes, it’s that time of year again, folks, when tech and social media enthusiasts will be congregating to share ideas all over the world. But do not fear if you can’t make it out to Seattle’s Geek Week, where Dave is lucky enough to be heading. There are several BarCamps coming up within driving distance of Memphis, too!
The date isn’t final yet, but BarCamp Memphis will be coming up in November! As a sponsor of the event, the Social Expedition was delighted to sit down with another happy patron of the event, Beena White. Beena is a public relations and marketing professional, as well as a journalism professor at the University of Memphis. Find Beena on Twitter at @beenawhite, and definitely keep an eye out for her new company, cocoabeens communications, which will be launching its website soon.
We’ve also got thoughts on the HPOA Girl, the Facebook/Placebook scandal, and the future of geolocation services. Don’t miss the upcoming podcasts, too, when Dave will send back soundclips from the several tech conferences he will be attending during Seattle’s Geek Week.
Twilight Camp fast approaches. We’ll be waiting for you and your tech enthusiasm to join us on August 18th at 5:30pm in the Bronte Bistro at Davis Kidd!
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You may recall that shortly after our own Dave Barger returned from the South by Southwest Conference, our podcast featured a short interview with Natalie about her preparation and ideas for this conference. Well now it’s just around the corner! Listen in to hear Natalie share some details about the informal structure and basic principles behind the PII 2010 conference.
In our social media news, you’ll hear a little of this, a little of that, a little of Twitter, and, as always, a lot of Facebook. In this case, Facebook Questions, which the Social Expedition hopes will eventually become a great compendium of knowledge, and not a forum for silly questions. And don’t be too disturbed if that link takes you to a page that says “We’re not ready for you yet.” The feature is being rolled out slowly.
Android has viruses, Google has multiple account sign-in, and Rdio sounds cool but simply isn’t as free as Pandora. Companies and brands who are having trouble keeping up with all their location-based presences (on the ever-growing number of platforms) will be excited for Geotoko.
Don’t miss the chance to ask questions or have lengthy app-filled conversations on these topics at our Twilight Camp on August 19th! It’s 5:30 at Davis Kidd in the Bronte Bistro. Come chat with us and enjoy a cup of something iced!
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Check OUT that alliteration! But seriously, the Social Expedition was delighted to welcome back one of our former hosts, this time as our interviewee. Vibrant as ever, Elizabeth told us all about what she and the Memphis Music Foundation are doing to help keep Memphis’s rich musical tradition alive by providing resources to artists new and old. In particular, Elizabeth works to bring musicians into the social media realm to connect directly with their fans. Listen in to hear more about the Memphis Music Foundation, artists in social media, and Elizabeth’s opinions on Twitter.
In the remainder of the podcast, the Social Expedition grants ‘Yays’ to the new Bump application for iPhone and Android, Amazon and Facebook’s integration,*** and (of all things) MySpace. Emphatic ‘Boos’ must be given however, including to Google’s backlash at Yelp and Facebook’s deletion of the “Most Recent” news feed option for some accounts. Check out the other Yay’s and Boo’s by downloading the podcast below!
Then join us next Wednesday (August 4) for our monthly breakfast at the U of M Holiday Inn to hear more from Elizabeth! It’s at 7:30 in the morning, and we promise the delicious buffet is so worth getting up a little early! RSVP here.
***At the time of this posting, this feature seems to have disappeared. Boo.
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The Social Expedition was lucky enough to snag a moment of Andy Glover’s time, which he spends in his studies for his Doctorate in Organizational Development and Change and his position as the Help Desk Manager at Methodist Healthcare.
Wait, Organizational Development and Change? What what? What does that mean? Well, the hint is that it has a lot to how social media has changed not only business, but the customer and how they choose to interact with a business. To learn more about it, check out the podcast. Andy seriously has some interesting observations to share.
He promised to send us some resources for those who want to look further into the ideas he’s exploring in his doctoral program. When he gets that over to me, it will replace this very sentence. Then, go find Andy on Twitter and at his blog!
For the rest of the show, we present to you the “illions.” 500 million Facebook users. 100 million Foursquare check-ins a day. We’ve got the statistics.
Then, aggregation tools are so in. The iPad app Flipboard is pretty, but overwhelmed by their traffic. Yet another location-based service (LBS), Scvngr makes us long for check-in aggregation. Enter FourWhere and Check.in, and they’re just two of the many that are popping up. Ping.fm is kind of the opposite of an aggregation tool- it will take a post and shoot it to your Twitter, Facebook, blog, and any other networks you hook it up to. It’s a great idea to set it up to be an emergency broadcast system, but we definitely discourage using this method for your regular posting. After all, Twitter and Facebook are different for a reason.
Lastly, we didn’t have time to cover this in the podcast, but we definitely want to encourage people to participate in YouTube’s Life in a Day project. Take some video on Saturday, July 24 that reflects your daily life, and send it in. The most compelling video will be compiled into a feature film that will be shown at the Sundance Film Festival. So pull out your cameras and take part, folks!
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The Social Expedition podcast kicks off with an issue brought to our attention by one of our expeditioners/ expeditionaries (which do you prefer?), Aaron Prather.*** He heard that debt collectors were using social media to track down debtors and research their available assets, which brings up some complex legal issues. On the heels of all our privacy concerns, the Social Expedition is very interested to see how Washington handles social media legislation. And it needs to be soon.
Twitter revised their search to include people, Apple is definitely having a bad time right now, and Microsoft has some mobile developments coming out. Speaking of mobile, listen in to find out what exactly we think of “Mobile App Discovery” (or if you just want to know what it is). Plus, we hardly even mention Facebook at all!
Next week, we’re sitting down with local blogger and IT guru Andy Glover, so don’t miss it!
Lastly, we send a big ‘thank you’ to Aaron for his story ideas. We’d love to get comments with any interesting tidbits you’ve picked up or guests you’d like to hear us interview. You may even get a chance to meet Aaron in person at the Twilight Camp tonight – 5:30 at Davis Kidd. Check out the event at Meetup.com.
*** Corrected on 7/16/2010: Aaron Prather does not, in fact, work at the organization Skatelife Memphis, although he was delighted that they got a shout out in our post. Once again, thank you to Aaron, and sorry about our blunder!
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Ash's funky fresh iPad bag.
This week, the Social Expedition sat down with local artist Ash Burns to talk about how she and her husband Paul are utilizing social media to jump-start their new business, AshBDesign.
Right now, www.ashbdesign.com points right to their very active Facebook profile, but this whimsical artist can also be found on Twitter at @ashbdesign, as well as on Tumbler, YouTube, and Flickr. Check out the interview to see how these platforms have been an integral part of expanding the sales of her handmade bags and calligraphy.
A sample of Ash's modern calligraphy.
In the remainder of our time, we touch on news from the usual suspects. A study shows Facebook has addicts (no surprise), LG is launching an Android tablet to rival the iPad, and meanwhile, Apple is dealing with an iTunes hacker that cracked over 400 accounts during the 4th of July weekend. They don’t seem to be too worried about it, though.
Thursday the 15th is our next Twilight Camp. Don’t miss the app talk, the Twitter news, or Bronte’s delicious chicken salad sandwich!
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Can you believe it’s already the second half of 2010? Yes? Well, alright.
Today in our weekly social media expedition, we discover Social Media Day. This holiday, apparently backed by Mashable.com, went unobserved in Memphis, but maybe we’ll catch the next one. Honestly, we didn’t even hear about it until a few days ago. Then, MIT has some exciting news about lightning-fast optical internet connections, but have we heard this before?
Facebook actually takes a step forward in privacy, and we discuss why Facebook applications never took off (except, of course, Farmville). Then, we project that Facebook will go after Google’s lunch with a search engine, but Google might be getting even by launching a whole new social network soon. And an iPhone on Verizon? Let’s not get too excited just yet.
Lastly, our local listeners might be interested in this: A Memphis Marketers and Social Media Tweetup! It’s next Thursday (July 8), from 6:30 to 9pm at Dan McGuinness on Spottswood.
And don’t forget about the Social Expedition’s own July Meetup on the 15th, 5:30pm at Davis Kidd’s Bronte Bistro!
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Yes, Android danger! No, but really – everyone who owns an Android needs to be aware of this study by SMobile. The high and low of it is that Google doesn’t put the Android apps through the same kind of intense scrutiny that Apple does for it’s market. Although we are tempted to just select “Allow” over and over to reach the end of an installation and get to eating ghosts with our new Pac-Man app, you may just allow spyware onto your phone. Scroll down into the study for a list of permissions your app may ask for and what exactly they mean. Do you know for a fact that you haven’t granted any apps permission to PROCESS_OUTGOING_CALLS? It sounds harmless enough, but it means the app can monitor, modify, or even abort your outgoing calls.
We’ve got news in FourSquare, FourWhere (for what?), and the anticipated Facebook-location integration that is “coming.”
We have a short interview with Jeremy Kendall, founder of a new group for PHP developers and open source enthusiasts in the Memphis, TN area. Memphis PHP will have their kick-off event tonight at 6:30 at Cleveland and Eastmoreland. For more information, contact Memphis pHp at @MemphisPHP.
It’s a big night for Memphis growth and development, since the Launch Memphis Reunion is tonight, too! If you can make it downtown to EmergeMemphis/Mercury Launchpad at 6:30, there will be drinks, free food, and lots of opportunity to connect with Memphis entrepreneurs and start-ups. Check out the event on Facebook!
Dave’s getting ready for PII 2010 and heading straight from there to Gnomedex. PII is all about privacy, so if you’ve got any burning questions or ideas you’d like Dave to bring up at that conference, leave us a comment, and we’ll get an answer to you when he gets back in August!
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