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Yet Another SXSW Post (And, No, I Don't Know If You Should Go Next.

Almost Savvy

I attended the SXSW Interactive (tech) Festival, which overlaps with the SXSW Music and Film Festivals, to some extent. The focus of each event is different, with the music and film events having been around longer than the interactive one. It’s just an event; it’s not the devil and it’s not Mecca.

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Weekly Roundup: The Boxing Day Edition

Waxing UnLyrical

Inspired, I venture to hazard, by the Silent Monks’ Hallelujah chorus , but it clearly took a lot of effort to rehearse, film and edit this. Forget Foursquare and Facebook. The Hallelujah Chorus, from 5th-graders in the rural Alaskan village of Quinhagak, Alaska (thanks to Mary Barber for the tip). Why: It’s so cute.

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22 Twitter revenue streams – monetizing tweets

Laurel Papworth

Or Foursquare style reward badges – most retweeted, most linked. Online Events team up with LiveStream and ask for a few bucks for an online event such as those NASA video/tweet streams. Starbucks could hire a special Twitter room for a competition or an online event and then invite members.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

I know that there are some foursquare haters out there, but for me its about helping my favorite Chinese place out. Not too different than this guy I met at an AZIMA event who was just freely sharing his hard earned knowledge. Not too different than this guy I met at an AZIMA event who was just freely sharing his hard earned knowledge.

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Happy Birthday to Me.

Koka Sexton

Which event I don’t know but if there is one better than all the others, I’m open for suggestions. #8 or Geotracking services are picking up steam and in my post about Foursquare, Gowalla and Yelp I was still sifting Koka Sexton dot Com: [.] 8 Excersice more : Who doesn’t need to do this? Use get_bookmarks() instead.

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Happy Birthday to Me. - Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

Which event I don’t know but if there is one better than all the others, I’m open for suggestions. #8 or Geotracking services are picking up steam and in my post about Foursquare, Gowalla and Yelp I was still sifting Koka Sexton dot Com: [.] 8 Excersice more : Who doesn’t need to do this? Use get_bookmarks() instead.

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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Engagement at the Speed of Social!

Convince & Convert

The unique thing about AMC Theatres is that they don’t create the products they show in their theaters; the films they support and promote are created by studios. The lead time allows them to cover red carpet events and interviews. via Foursquare Time Machine. .” -@jpgardner ( tweet this ). The Freedom to Experiment.