Lucy Malcolm and I made a bet earlier today - she claimed that Wesllesley (all girls school in the woods) was on Facebook before Boston University (Martin Luther King’s and my alma mater). She also stated that she has been a member of the network since December of 2003. I claimed that BU was among the first 8 schools in the network after Harvard and that Wesllesley came into the network after the first 8.
I was on Facebook at least 1 month before Lucy AND it is clearly impossible for her to have been on Facebook in December of 2003, as she has proudly been claiming since we met. She now owes me $100.
The “Avril Band Aids” are deceptively working to drive the video for Girlfriend to YouTube’s most watched top spot - #1 most viewed video of all time.
The number one position currently belongs to that ‘History of Dance’ clip, which we’re sure you’ve all seen many, many times.
Avriltards have sent out emails to fans to get them to watch Avril’s video as many times possible AND set up automated YouTube view-boosting sites.
The pages automatically reloads Avril’s video every 15 seconds, so as to rack up as many hits as possible, and a letter from the site advises fans to keep a browser window open all day with the page in it.
Seriously? Avril and her droid of retards suck. Do everything in your power to stop this. Watch the evolution of dance, email it to your friends, post it on your Facebook posted items and MySpace profiles, blog about it, send it out on Twitter.
I came across the Time’s top 50 sites list yesterday and to my surprise, most sites were new to me. I was expecting the typical technoratis - Facebook, Google, YouTube and them. Then I started thinking about my favorite sites and I drew a blank. How could this be? I go through thousands of sites a month. I realized that the only way to objectively answer this question was to dig through my blog for sites I’ve written about or linked to since the creation of socialmediaguy. This is what I found:
theshortestblogintheworld.blogspot.com - The Tina Fey of copy
I just made your day. Amy Flanagan is a brilliant copy writer from Boston who will have you peeing in your pants with her daily one liners.
Facebook - my home
I was one of the first 50k members on Facebook (yea that’s right) back when I was a freshman at BU and Zucky was across the pond hacking away in his Harvard dorm room.
Vimeo - the upscale YouTube
They have one of the sexiest players out there, HD, a beautiful layout, awesome customization options and apps for their channels, and they cater to a more high end, artistic crowd.
Undercurrent
Every Friday we live stream a dance party at 3:45pm. How can I not add that?
barackobama.com
Do you know how much money this guy is making off this site?
TED
Free videos of the world’s smartest visionaries talking about their work with unbelievable passion (see Majora Carter’s Greening the Ghetto, Isabella Alledes’ Tales of Passion and J.J. Abrams’ Mystery Box). I watch these videos on my ipod when I need a boost of inspiration.
technomarketer & Chris Brogan
I love these guys. Matt Dickman’s (Technomarketer) how-to videos and Chris Brogan’s grasp of technology and community have been an invaluable resource. They’ve been my mentors since my first days as the socialmediaguy.
It’s a shame we haven’t connected yet, given we’re both Facebook addicts, bloggers, NYC new media geeks, and full-time Puerto Ricans (okay, everything but the last one… not sure how many Berkowitzes there are in PR).
I wanted to give you a heads up about something Time.com’s doing if you think it’s worth blogging.
For the launch today of Time’s 50 Best Websites for 2008 (including some personal favorites like Mint, Kiva, and Geni), they set up a Tumblr feed where they’ll link to any blogger who mentions A) their favorite among the 50, or B) any site that they think should be there.
It makes the experience even more interactive, and the link love from Time is a cool bonus (they’ll be posting the Tumblr link on their site shortly). If you do post your thoughts, I’ll make sure your blog’s on the Tumblr feed. Either way, you’ll probably enjoy making sure you’re on top of all 50 picks since you follow the space, and I thought you’d find it interesting how Time is incorporating microblogging into its overall media offerings. Let me know if you need any more info.
Here are the links:
* Time 50 Best Websites: http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1809858_1809957,00.html
* Time’s Tumblr feed: http://time50bestwebsites.tumblr.com/
Best,
<Mr. Berkowitz’s first name has been omitted for his protection but lets just say it rhymes with hey-vid>
Why I love this pitch:
He did his homework - it’s apparent that he read my bio and took the time to personalize the introduction. He sent me something that he honestly thought I would be interested in, which I am and I WILL blog about it.
Pitching with a worthy value proposition for me - Using Tumblr to posts links of the people who post is an AWESOME idea for getting bloggers to actually listen and post (I haven’t even thought about that). Link love goes a long way. If you send me something incredibly interesting, chances are I have already seen it. But, if you send me something interesting and then tell me that you will link my post elsewhere, I am much more likely to listen.
I was going through a blogging slump this month. Thanks for motivating me to post.
Happy “Barack Obama Rocks” day! Have you ever wondered what your face looks like when you’re suddenly inspired and profoundly moved? I knew this speech was going to make me feel those emotions so I recorded myself watching the video and caught the moment.
One of my YouTube idols, PunchRobert, just posted a video about an all too familiar issue - dudes that are not gay but are way too touchy. Coming from an island of overly touchy straight guys (Puerto Rico), I can attest to TADS.
Former Boston Globe columnist Mike Barnacle thinks that you bloggers are nothing but “nitwits at home with computers” who think you’re “part of the news media.” Washington Post editorial writer Jonathan Capehart later agreed with his assessment.
