miguel23 » social networking

Follow Shaquille O’neal on Twitter, it will put a smile on your face :)

solprovider — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:17:53 +0000

Thanks to my homie @mager I had the pleasure of learning that Shaquille O’neal just started using twitter a few days ago, he already has over 5k followers. He goes by @THE_REAL_SHAQ. I am not necessarily a Shaq fan but I will admit he is as big of an icon as any other great basketball player of our time, and I respect him a lot.

Following Shaq on twitter now for less than 24 hours has made me laugh very hard. I realize after reading his tweets that he has always been a genuine person. The guy on TV who is kind of goofy in nature, loves to eat, and balls hard on the court, is just that in real life. This again is another testament to the transparent nature and power of the Twitter communication medium. Here are some of my favorite Shaq tweets so far:

Thank you Shaq.. You made my day.. I look forward to your tweets… Maybe you will follow back.

@miguel23

Radio France journalist Axel Ardes on assignment covering U.S. elections

solprovider — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:05:48 +0000

Axel Ardes is a French journalist for Radio France station Le Mouv and for the Bondi Blog who is currently on an assignment covering the U.S. Presidential Election.

Aside from writing blog entries and articles, he also posts videos, pictures, and does live radio broadcasts from his phone regularly. He is currently hanging out with me in San Francisco after a month reporting from the East Coast and then San Diego.

When asked what its like to meet McCain supporters he replied that he is having a hard time finding them. I thought this was strange but not out of the question due to the places he’s visited so far. My friend Jessamay decided to help Axel in his search for a McCain supporter. We searched for a San Francisco GOP group and found where they will be watching the 10/15 presidential debate from. We decided to attend this event tonight which kicks off at 6pm. We think it will be “an experience” nonetheless to go and share a moment with the political minority of this ultra liberal city. Maybe I will meet my future wife. Liberal ladies, you take me for granted

If you have any leads on any republicans willing to be interviewed for the right winged perspective to the French nation, feel free to contact Axel at: alexardes[at]hotmail[dot]com

Julia Allison Video Signing Her First Wired Magazine Cover At Techcrunch Meet Up 7/25/08

solprovider — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:54:03 +0000

@Techcrunch Meet up 08 – “Internet Famous” Julia Allison signs her first Aug 08 issue of Wired Magazine in which she is the cover girl. Her die hard fan, Andrew Mager, was the first and only one to request an autograph that night. She was happy. The cool part of the story is I decided to go at the last minute. I hit up Andrew Mager who was set on going to meet Julia in person and get his copy of Wired autographed. Upon arriving and waiting outside the entrance for a cue, Michael Arrington himself walks by and waves us to follow him in. Thank you Michael

Julia Allison was the featured cover story on Wired Magazine’s Aug 08 issue – “Internet Famous” they called her. Mager had been Twittering about her earlier and it became more special when Allison revealed it was the first Wired cover shes ever signed. This prompted me to whip out the Canon TX1 and start shooting video. The party was extra exciting for me thanks to Kabbodle’s lovely Community Manager Kristi Herwarth who crowned me with a pink feather boa. Lots of fun specially when meeting Chamillionaire and McHammer and of course Julia Allison

Check out the video:

a photo credit to Andrew Mager for the picture of me and Julia

BackFire – Anti Valentines Day Fernet Event & Pillow Fight – Feb 14th 2008

solprovider — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:49:47 +0000

This is nothing but shameless promotion. I have not been writing for a while. My excuse? bad women and hard work. Nuff said, right?

My least favorite holiday of all time is coming up. Valentines Day! Boo. I am one of those Valentine day haters, along with a few others. I was offered to dj an Anti-Valentines Drink the pain away party at the Argus Lounge, located at 3187 Mission St at Valencia in the lovely city of San Francisco of course. My Dj Buddies:Tau G and Saiman will be sharing the decks with me. $4 Fernet Shots!!!

The music? Hateful love songs a la techno electro booty shake redemption. Yes. I should have started the promotion like three weeks ago, but like I said, bad women and hard work. To those girls out there who have been kicking my heart around like Diego Maradona kicks a soccer ball lately, I dedicate this to you. ha ha ha ha haaaaaa.

I will be back with more quirks, news, and ridiculous opinions soon. My day job has been squeezing every drop of my time. I woke up this morning dreaming about funnel pages, user experience and email subject lines. The first word I said this morning coming out of a deep dream was “conversion.” Yes folks, that is how crazy I am becoming. Marketing to your minds.
I will be attending one of my other favorite Anti Valentines day events in San Francisco earlier in the night however. The massive pillow fight. Here is a video from last years Valentines day pillow fight extraordinaire:

2008 – No Place To Hide.

solprovider — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 03:06:58 +0000

Good bye 2007 and hello new world. Mobile advertising is likely to become part of your consumerist ball and chain in 08. Steve Jobs is already planning ways to help you checkout faster during your next supermarket visit. in 2007, companies like Intellius were freely allowed by law to sell personal cellphone data to marketers. Now these marketers can get their sneaky “Mr. Burns” type fingers into your pockets, only to remind you to buy more crap! Oh yeah, “let me toss you a coupon.” Recent companies like MobiMogul are already devising revenue sharing models with audible cell ad networks: “make money by listening to this ad,”

There is no escaping it, there really is no such thing as privacy. Just checkout sites like Zabasearch and Intellius – type in your name my friend. I recently showed these sites to a journalist friend from a very reputable bureau and she was stunned. Some new sites like Spokeo.com want to display all your online activity to anyone who has you in their address book. Others like Rapleaf.com track your social network behavior. Now you’re ex’s can spy on you from a creepy distance. Let’s not forget all this discussion about a national ID in 08. Some politicians have suggested that American’s rethink their definition of privacy. Damn, what are these people trying to do, look inside my pants or something?

Optimistically speaking however, 2008 will also be a time in which people will become more aware of things like privacy and personal liberties, which we all take for granted in the United States. This by itself will be a great accomplishment for our dummy masses. Good luck and good night. Happy New Year