Tweet you very much.

logs are a bit narcissistic, I mean by publishing a post you are assuming someone cares about what you have to say.Getting attention may not be the obvious goal of your blog, but it is part of its MO. So here is a post (and statement) that is go a bit narcissistic… I follow the best people on Twitter. My IRL friends and Twitter friends are simply funnier than yours.

So here are some of my favorite tweets pulled from my feed over the past month or so…

My question exactly.

Tyler Hilton, you just won yourself a new fan.

Inappropriate, yes. Funny, hell yes.

Tweets and quakes.

Some people have called this “bad taste” but I think they are being a bit sensitive. Twitter is faster than an earthquake…

Twitter was how I learned about the occurrence of the earthquake, how I got both news and “eyewitness” reports from the quake zone and how I checked-in with my friends on the East coast to make sure they were okay. If I ever doubted twitter was my go-to source for breaking news, I will doubt no more.

I shower with my iPad too.

It’s (kind of) an old video – but it’s still funny. When the New Yorker sets out to make a promotions video, it goes big. Try watching this with a straight face. My only complaint? I want to know where to get that waterproof iPad!

To all you font snobs.

I’m Comic Sans, Asshole from joehollier on Vimeo

A monologue from the perspective of Comic Sans – maybe it’s not so bad of a font (maybe). Either way this video is pretty hilarious.

I like my marketing… in bed.

Tell me this isn’t one of the best marketing mobile applications out there? Mattress company, Sealy, takes an overused Chinese fortune cookie joke and turns it into a edgy, viral campaign. Make the writing on the wall of your local coffee shop (aka Jo’s Coffee on South Congress Ave in Austin, TX – duh) into something, uh well… slightly dirty. And then send it to your friends, of course!

Mobile journalism in Greektown.

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Tonight (or last night since it is now 1am?) I got my first true taste of being a mobile journalist. As soon as my “regularly scheduled programming” was interrupted by the announcement of Osama Bin Laden’s death, my quiet evening watching Brothers and Sisters was brought to a sudden halt.

I live in a house in the middle of the University of Missouri’s Greektown. “Noise” is a nightly routine. But tonight’s noise was unmistakable – it was the sound of celebration (and as I type it is still going on thanks to caffeine and a great sound system). An estimated 2,000-plus students took to Greektown’s streets to celebrate and show their patriotism. Between loud/out-of-tune renditions of the National Anthem, repetitive “U-S-A” chants, and contraband fireworks, the scene was pretty show-stopping. 

Isn’t that how it works?

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Facebook ‘likes’ journalists.

Facebook is after world domination. That might be a bit of a severe overstatement, but the social networking website is extending its reach to a new crowd. The crowd is not web-addicted college kids or first-time social media sharing grandmas – it is journalists, a crowd who helps shape the activity and use of social media. In an effort to encourage the use of Facebook in the newsroom, the site has unveiled a new Facebook Page and meetup program specifically for journalists. An article in Mashable explains:

The new Page, Journalists on Facebook, is intended to be a resource for journalists who want to incorporate social media into their reporting, networking and storytelling. “The Page will provide journalists with best practices for integrating the latest Facebook products with their work and connecting with the Facebook audience of more than 500 million people,” Facebook Director of Media Partnerships Justin Osofsky wrote in a blog post.

I need to make a virus video.

Yes Jen Aniston, in the digital world of advertising and marketing you are insignificant. Kennan Cahill wins.

And this is exactly what I learned after a “professional” week in New York City visiting advertising agencies – talk about good timing finding this video today.

From March 2 to March 6 I hiked around Manhattan with a gaggle of journalism students. We literally looked like a gaggle, with two “mamma” seniors (Morgan and myself) out front who actually knew how to use the subways and about twenty baby geese non-New Yorkers following behind. Over two days we visited eight advertising agencies including VML, MediaVest, Ketchum, and appssavvy. And while each was very different, labeling themselves as PR experts, traditionally focused, or even media buyers, they all had one thing in common – digital campaigns were how they were getting attention for their clients.

The ultimate blogging graphic.

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