Social Media Kool-Aid (FIST PUMP 005)

21Dec07

 While I hate pulling blogger speak by throwing “kool-aid” in my title, I couldn’t resist.
Well, today is a festive fist pump friday.
Holiday spirit alone warrants its own fist pump, but there’s a couple other exciting things going on…
My last post was on poor customer service and the insurance industry. I had secretly hoped someone from [...]

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Tags: amazon kindle, cision does not suck, community manager, evangelist, fist pump, friday, i love firefox, social media, social media banter, sony reader

Hey GEICO, I’m not a caveman

19Dec07

I often get tired of reading certain blogs that just gripe and moan…and while this blog isn’t related to cars, insurance, or even customer satisfaction, this blog IS about community and information sharing. And since this situation has been rocking my world lately, I figured I’d share. Without further ado:
I recently totaled my car. Really, [...]

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Tags: beware geico, car accident insurance, caveman, gecko geico, geico, geico caveman, geico claim, geico sucks, total loss

Avalanches in the backyard

17Dec07

We’ve been warned by the DEC to watch the hell out. TourPro has it indepth.
What a weekend!

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Tags: adirondacks, avalanche danger, december snow storm new york, high peaks adiriondacks, snow avalanche, tri lakes

Goodbye Wikipedia? KNOL slides in

17Dec07

In the midst of being royally nor’eastered this weekend, we managed to do all sorts of outdoor things. It was a truly beautiful weekend in the North Country, and the perfect opportunity to unplug…
In the meantime, goodbye wikipedia: hello Knol? It seems this project’s messaging (“official sources welcomed”) is a complete 180 from the way [...]

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Tags: adirondack, goodbye wikipedia, imdb music, knol, knol project, snowmobile, social networks, wiki vs. knol, wikis, winter

the gif guru

09Dec07

Back in the tripod, geocities and angel fire days the GIF was where it was at. How cool were those things?
My personal favorite is the email me icon.
It seems the .gif is part of the li-fi phenomenon right now. I’m all over it.
Cyriak has put together a video marathon of his collected sweet gif [...]

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Tags: , animated GIF, cyriak, GIF, lo tech, LO-FI, moving images, rotating globe

FIST PUMP FRIDAY 004

07Dec07

So surprised this wasn’t constituted sooner!
The mission has landed-we’ll see if takes off. Thanks for the heads, Mack.

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Tags: advocacy, blog council, bloggers unite, community, community online, online community, ROI, social media