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- Grace Sharington takes you on a video tour of http://texascoworking.com on http://videoretreat.com … Grace will be doing SXSW… #
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- Informative #videocampatx today see http://spring.net interview w @msvanzam and what she learned #
- The http://texascoworking.com is hosting #crisiscamp at #sxsw and is available for events/parties and will be doing video streaming and… #
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- VIDEO: AustinLifestyles SXSW 2009 interview - Michael Cummings http://tmogul.com/tweet/6uBq8 #
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- VIDEO: SXSW 2009 Interview - Appfrica Labs - Jon Gosier http://tmogul.com/tweet/6bp2K #
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- New post: SXSW interview - Felicia Day http://tinyurl.com/navupm #
- VIDEO: AustinLifestyles SXSW 2008 interview - Felicia Day http://tmogul.com/tweet/66vXk #
- VIDEO: SXSW 2009 Interview - Gerald Morrison http://tmogul.com/tweet/6bpsW #
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Aaron Post interview at SXSW
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- RT @gadgetboy: ‘Incoming’ iPhone App Allows You To Use Skype Over 3G and Edge [Apps] http://ff.im/-43eU7 #
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During the week of May 24 through May 31st AustinLifestyles.com, The Spring, BHI, and RegistrationAssistant are hosting a visitor from the Netherlands, Paul Geurts of MyNameisE.com. He is bringing the first prototypes of a social networking and business card connector to Austin, Texas.
My Name is E
The E device can be used at conventions, trade shows, and meetings, in metropolitian areas like Austin and on college campuses like the University of Texas. There are over 1.2 million conventions, trade shows and events in the US every year.
What is the E device? In its current incarnation, E is small white, sleek looking device much like an ipod nano or USB storage device. With E, you can share your contact information and social networks in one simple gesture.
Connector allows you to safely transfer an online business card and your set of social networks in a simple gesture like a fist pump or a high five. Tap two Connectors together and you’re connected. Synchonize Connector by using the built-in USB plug with your PC or Mac. It is ideal for networking at large events and conferences.
During the week that Paul Geurts is visiting Austin, we will be meeting with venture investors, potential partners, customers and forming a team to distribute and promote E throught the US and North America.
There is no setup with connector, it can be used immediately out of the box. It’s equipped with a lithium polymer battery which allows you to use it for 72 hours on a 2 hour charge. It holds two of your E Business Cards (one for personal and one for professional) and connects to RFID tags as well as other Connectors and iphones. It gives you intuitive feedback through LED lighting. The RFID tag feature opens it up the world of “choice based advertising” and integrates these connections in to your social network activity stream. It connects you to objects and to the environment as well as to people.
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- New post: Drupal Users Group Meetup http://tinyurl.com/cxjlpw #
- New post: Twitter Vote Report - presentation at Silona’s SXSW Session http://tinyurl.com/ch2fyu #
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VoteReport went from concept to implementation of a large-scale, open-source web-based and mobile platform within 10-days of the 2009 November elections in the United States.
It started with a concept after monitoring the use of Twitter to mobilize information and activists during the Republican National Convention and how new technologies could be leveraged to engage citizens and raise awareness around issues that may occur during the election.
In such a short time-frame, and building a system to predict what would happen during a single day, there were many lessons learned that made the project a success.
Additionally, the platform and lessons learned can apply to a broader range of field reporting, crisis response, and citizen engagement.Andrew Turner on Vote Report at Silona\’s SXSW session
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- At Texas social media awards with 23 other nominees. The winner is ………………. #
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AUSTIN, Texas (Feb 11, 2009) — OrgSync, Inc (OrgSync.com) is excited to announce its successful campaign to raise $1500 for Charity: Water using social media. On Tuesday, February 3, 2009, OrgSync’s team launched a social media campaign to raise awareness for the importance of clean, safe drinking water around the world. The team of 25 employees used Twitter, Facebook Newsfeeds and their company blog to rally the public behind the cause. OrgSync’s goal was to raise $1500 to donate to Charity: Water during the Austin Twestival event on February 12. Michelle Greer, well known Austin media figure and coordinator for Austin Twestival, says “Big problems like the lack of clean drinking water won’t get solved over night by the few. They will get solved by the many donating in bits and pieces towards a common goal. OrgSync pooled their resources and ended up being one of our top sponsors and I hope more companies follow this approach towards charitable giving.”
Over 175 cities around the world will be uniting on Thursday, February 12, 2009 to increase awareness and raise money for those in need of clean, safe drinking water. “This is a great cause and an opportunity to unite our Austin community with cities across the world to create social good. As a leader I am passionate about leveraging my understanding of social media to help create awareness and provide people the opportunity to give back,” said Fortenberry.
The OrgSync team was successful at meeting its goal of raising $1566 in 24 hours and is excited to contribute 100% of it to Charity: Water. Andrew Katz, Director of Community Relations feels, “It’s very important for our team to give back and get involved in the Austin Community. We feel that by being visibly active in the community, we can be positive role models for our students and clients to do the same!” OrgSync’s successful campaign proves how important online communication and networking is for increasing awareness and uniting individuals for a greater good.
About OrgSync
OrgSync is a co-curricular management tool that helps colleges and universities communicate more effectively across their entire campus. OrgSync offers a hosted service that provides the tools needed by campuses to easily organize, assess, track, and manage students and student organizations. OrgSync is currently helping over 100 campuses manage their student co-curricular management, leadership development and communication needs. OrgSync is headquartered in Austin, TX with satellite offices in Dallas, TX, Miami, FL, and Tucson, AZ. For more information about OrgSync, visit OrgSync.com. To schedule an interview with CEO Eric Fortenberry, contact Nicole Andreas at (512) 238-8534 or nicole@orgsync.com.- Resources
- OrgSync, Inc
- Charity: Water
- Austin Twestival
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Live Drill From Ethiopia - September Campaign http://www.borninseptember.org from charity: water on Vimeo.
Come to the twestival in Austin and all over the world on Feb 12.
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Incredible! Canadian music legend @DavidUsher donated the song ‘And So We Run’ to http://www.twestival.fm/ Please donate and download.
- We want you to be the judge of the pre roll competition. Tweet your favourite clip to @peterlamotte. Ends in 24hrs http://tinyurl.com/cwkaph
- @TwestivalSEA Nice work on the video!
- Twitter Groups http://tgr.me adding pages for all Twestival cities! Plz tell @1datarecovery what #tag u r using in addition to #twestival
- RT @jangles: FIR 420 published. This episode includes a great interview with @amanda about @twestival. http://tinyurl.com/d8ynkj [12:00]
- You *must* watch this. It is beyond awesome. http://vimeo.com/3095175 Great work team @amstwestival
- In exactly one week from this moment, the doors of the London Twestival will open. Happy to be announcing a second venue tomorrow.
- Cities… do you have a tweet that shows when you first decided to organise a Twestival? We want to include for Live Earth. Thanks!
- Amazing presentation put together to explain Twestival : http://tinyurl.com/djcz9d Nice work @sandeepvizedu
- Tokyo has one of the largest Twitter communities in the world! Now they have a Twestival. Spread the word : http://tokyo.twestival.com/
- Twestival.fm is on NME.com http://tinyurl.com/asm8a6 [thanks @DavidMoynihan!] http://twestival.fm Accepting tracks by artists now.
- Twestival tickets now available for Vienna, Reading, Amsterdam, Birmingham, Barcelona, Copenhagen and more… http://twestival.com/
- Very cool @PKGulati is donating $1 for every new Twitter follower he gets over the next week (up to 300) to charity: water.
- Dear Twestival organizers, you are amazing. Thinking of starting a Craigslist or something so you can post what you still need contributed.
- RT @kanter: Case Foundation blog writes about Twestival http://tinyurl.com/ajbzax
- RT: @WarrenAndrew will donate .25¢ for every NEW follower I get on twitter till the end of February to http://www.charitywater.org/
- RT @Pistachio: To the MANY kind souls offering donated items for Twestival. Contact your nearest city organizer http://www.twestival.com
- RT @davemorin Bill Gates: “If we improve health, peak population growth will stabilize 1 billion people below current projections.” #TED
- @billlublin if you are looking to sponsor, you should get in touch with @melitami who would love to hear from you - thanks!
- Whoa, global ticket sales are going nuts right now. Organizers, if you don’t have your Amiando account set up - please email @amanda asap.
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By rallying together globally, under short timescales, for a single aim on the same day, the Twestival hopes to bring awareness to the global water crisis. Live Earth is the global video partner for Twestival events occuring next Thursday, February 12 in more than 185 cities worldwide to benefit charity: water. Scott Harrison of charity: water discusses Twestival below:
Click here for more on charity: water. For an entertaining, in-depth explanation of Twestival, watch the slideshow below:
View Twestival videos and submit your own at video.liveearth.org. Find a Twestival near you at twestival.com. Follow Live Earth on Twitter.
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My cool app for today has to be “flickriver”; it’s well named as it delivers a river of pictures that just keep on going from flickr. I used their embed badge to create a river of Austin images. It’s fairly awesome.
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Paul Terry Walhus and Kimberlie Dykeman interview folks at the Lynn Bender GeekAustin party on Sept 30, 2008 at the Union Park bar and restaurant on West 6th Street in Austin, Texas. Julie Gomoll of LaunchPad, Silona of the Transparent Federal Budget and Austin Aaron are a few of the people interviewed. Stay tuned for the entire series of interviews and some commentary on this night and on Lynn Bender’s terrific idea to start a “BarCollege”. Yes, you heard it right, BarCollege. It’s an awesome hyper extension of the BarCamp concept that Lynn hopes people will steal. They should. It’s an idea whose time has come and one that should spread like the co-working movement.
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Here’s the schedule of events for Twestival 2009 at Ace’s in Austin, TX on Feb 12
8:00 Meet and mingle
8:50 A word from sponsors
9:00 Twestival Sumo Smackdown (see video below)
10:00 Presentation by Glimmer of Hope, a non-profit that drills wells in Africa
10:45 Performance by T-Bird and the Breaks, one of Austin’s most highly regarded up-and-coming bands. This 11 piece band won accolades from both ACL’s “Sound and the Jury” Awards as well as the Austin Music Awards. They’ve sold out their past two shows and just released a new album. See video below.A donation of just $10 can provide someone in Africa clean drinking water for 12 years. Collectively, we can initiate substantial change for developing nations. Here are are a variety of ways you can make this happen:
- Get Tickets: http://www.amiando.com/twestivalaustin.html
- Donate: http://www.charitywater.org/twestival (Select Austin)
- Update your Facebook and Twitter statuses: Include a link to http://www.austintwestival.com
- Sponsor the event: Companies can learn about opportunities here - http://tinyurl.com/aom2hp
- Donate an item for the silent auction: Email snaxxx@gmail.comJoin over 100 cities across the globe and take part in this unprecedented event.
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Twestival is going to be held around the world on Thursday, March 12. It is the biggest twitter festival ever and has been set up to support the billion plus people in the world without clean drinking water. It’s a fundamental cause that needs your support. The Austin event will be at Ace’s on 6th Street at 8 pm on March 12.
Twestival resources are downloadable below, for the media and websites to spread the word about the event and charity: water, where all proceeds are being donated.
Please use the tag #twestival in blogs and other social media, so we can find your posts more easily, which will be tracked on Delicious - head here to see the latest coverage and what global sources are saying
Contact twestival@googlemail.com or @jazcummins for interviews, further quotes, etc.
Twestival is 100% volunteer organised, but we will try and get back to you as soon as we can.
Downloads
- About Twestival [42k pdf]
- charity: water media pack [110.2M zip] - charity: water videos, logos and pictures.
- Twestival badges [265k zip] - Badges in png format for websites to link to the Twestival site.
- Twestival global press release [67k pdf]
- Twestival media pack [3.2M zip] - Twestival logos in eps format and in a pdf document.
Resources
- charity: water event kit.
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- Sign up for the http://austinlifestyles.com beta . . . #
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- Great lunch at Casa de Luz great veggies rice and tea #
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- putting together slideshow of Austin images at http://austinlifestyles.com/slideshow/ #
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- @shortyawards I nominate @springnet for a Shorty Award in #tech because he posts such great del.icio.us links consistently #
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- playing around with thwirl, neat app. Watched Obama on Maddow. #
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