On the official Facebook blog, the social networking giant has announced two subtle changes, but ones that will make it easier to interact with your friends, colleagues, and clients, as well as making it easier for old friends to find you again. Changes to Facebook’s Publisher Facebook is changing the way their ‘publisher’ works – [...] [...more]
A word of gracious appreciation goes out to Arts Memphis for hosting at their wonderful offices next to Folk’s Folly. Being a gathering without an agenda, June’s Twilight Camp provided a great opportunity to learn of more regularly-scheduled agenda-free gatherings. A couple that were mentioned include the weekly Mercury Tech Coffee meeting, which happens Mondays [...] [...more]
This month’s Twilight Camp will be switched up a little from the usual pattern. Rather than holding the event at an area restaurant, we’ll be gathering at ArtsMemphis. The same habits remain, however – we get together for food, networking, and informal conversations about how we use social media in our day-to-day lives. (ArtsMemphis itself [...] [...more]
June's Social Media Expedition Breakfast takes place Wednesday, June 3, at the U of M Holiday Inn. Seating is limited to the first 30 attendees. [...more]
We here at the Social Media Expedition have been talking about Web 2.0 for a long time. As great as the new technologies are that have made a participatory Web possible, they’re hardly news anymore. You may be wondering when Web 3.0 will come around. You’re not alone. We’ve been wondering, too. Which is why [...] [...more]
May Twilight Camp by LunaWeb on Flickr. View the full May Twilight Camp photoset. Social Media Expedition’s latest Twilight Camp descended upon Davis-Kidd bookstore’s Bronte Bistro on Thursday. The food was delicious, the company was dear. It was great fun to chat about new ways to distribute information in a place where printed media still [...] [...more]
The topic of the most recent Social Media Expedition Breakfast was the mainstreaming of social media. So what can we expect as social media continues to grow and change, while making its way into the mainstream? End users’ consumption and behavior are changing, and it’s that which is really driving the constant mutation in the [...] [...more]
We created Twilight Camp as an evening counterpart to our Social Media Expedition Breakfasts. It’s been interesting to watch as it becomes something on its own – being that it’s much less formal, and happens after work, when people are more relaxed, it’s beginning to become apparent that the social media community in Memphis is [...] [...more]
This weekend, geeks, newbies, techies, programmers, entrepreneurs, and social media practitioners all descended on the Memphis College of Art to take part in Memphis’ very first SocialCamp. Social Media Expedition sponsored this event, aimed at providing a common environment where people from all levels of expertise can interact and learn about Social Media in the same [...] [...more]
The University of Memphis Holiday Inn was buzzing extra early this morning, with another record breaking crowd joining us for this month’s Social Media Expedition breakfast. Over 50 people braved cold weather and early morning to be a part of the growing community of Memphis social media users. Thanks to Matt Ceniceros, a member [...] [...more]