Archive for February, 2010
Posted on February 17, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton
#28DaysofDiversity: People of color impacting the social web. Day 17 Tyme White @Tyme
As we all know, February is Black History Month. It’s a month where we honor those who have made an impact on American culture for equal rights, those who have invented, those who have a helped others and those who have inspired everyone to be the best they can be, not only as a person of color but as a human.
As someone in the technology/web/social space, I often travel and attend various events in the industry and notice a huge lack of diversity, and when it comes to getting attention from mainstream media/tech blogs it’s almost impossible. That’s why I’m starting 28 Days of Diversity on SocialWayne.com. The goal of 28 Days of Diversity is to feature someone new everyday for the month of February for just being awesome in their own right. The list will include some of leaders in the social web space, startups, bloggers, conference organizers, IT professionals and friends not ranked in any particular order. Each post will include a picture, bio, two links from the selected person and this paragraph. So for the next 28 days, come back to visit SocialWayne.com to see who’s on the list. For day 17, I would like to introduce to some and present to others: Tyme White/strong>
Website: http://elixsir.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/tyme
Tyme is a twelve-year veteran writing about technology, business, and web interactions. Tyme founded a large gaming community, encouraging game developers and programmers to interact with their users. Establishing the community prior to the first internet bubble and participating in social interactions as they first began, gave Tyme a powerful advantage in understanding the importance of digital relationships for business and personal use.
As the previous co-owner of one of the first blogging networks, Tyme focused on helping writers with their sites and strengthening the bond community members had with the community. Working with members, potential members and interacting with users, Tyme realized there was often a gap between what the site owner wanted to accomplish and what was being accomplished. Trying to fill that gap, Tyme gave advice on how a site owner can create quality content and form long lasting relationships with users online.
Today, Tyme owns and authors Elixsir.com. Using the experiences mentioned above, along with her master’s degree in Business Management, she educates readers on how to have successful businesses online, discusses technologies that will aid users in accomplishing their goals online, assists writers in having quality content along with a user-friendly site and advice on how to live a successful and enjoyable life.
Come back tomorrow to see who’s next on the list.
Also check out past entires on http://28daysofdiversity.com
Posted on February 16, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton
Shares from the Social Web: RSS feeds for February 16th
Today, while reading RSS feeds in Google Reader, I came across these interesting blog posts and wanted to share them with you. Some of the post topics range from WordPress themes/tips, to marketing advice, to various social media examples. I hope you find some of them interesting. If one of them was useful to you or if you have a comment about one, let me know in the comments. Thanks
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Shared The Twittering Tree.
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Posted on February 16, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton
#28DaysofDiversity: People of color impacting the social web. Day 16 Wesley Faulkner @wesley83
As we all know, February is Black History Month. It’s a month where we honor those who have made an impact on American culture for equal rights, those who have invented, those who have a helped others and those who have inspired everyone to be the best they can be, not only as a person of color but as a human.
As someone in the technology/web/social space, I often travel and attend various events in the industry and notice a huge lack of diversity, and when it comes to getting attention from mainstream media/tech blogs it’s almost impossible. That’s why I’m starting 28 Days of Diversity on SocialWayne.com. The goal of 28 Days of Diversity is to feature someone new everyday for the month of February for just being awesome in their own right. The list will include some of leaders in the social web space, startups, bloggers, conference organizers, IT professionals and friends not ranked in any particular order. Each post will include a picture, bio, two links from the selected person and this paragraph. So for the next 28 days, come back to visit SocialWayne.com to see who’s on the list. For day 16, I would like to introduce to some and present to others: Wesley Faulkner
Website: http://wesley83.posterous.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/wesley83
Wesley’s experience spans multiple facets of the technology industry, from manufacturing to product development. His passion for technology was fostered through over thirteen years of experience in technical and customer service support, field engineering, and digital media entertainment development. Recently, Wesley has become a rising player in the social media scene; he has been a featured guest on several web media outlets such as CNET and ManiaTV. As an AMD Evangelist he assists in the development of their social media strategy and helps discover new business partnerships.
Wesley’s previous employers include: Applied Materials, Integrated Devices, and Dell. Wesley currently works at AMD as a Product Development Engineer and Evangelist.
Come back tomorrow to see who’s next on the list.
Also check out past entires on http://28daysofdiversity.com
Posted on February 15, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton
#28daysofdiversity Week 2 in review. Twitter Hashtags, Sentiment stats and blog coverage update
via : http://tweetreach.com/
via http://twittersentiment.appspot.com
Blog/Media coverage about the 28 Days of Diversity project.
You can see all of the first 14 here on http://28daysofdiversity.com/
Posted on February 15, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton
Upcoming events in the Triangle: tweetups, launch party, camps, clubs, Ignite & more
If you didn’t know, OurHashtag sends out a bi-weekly email newseletter of upcoming technology events in the Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, NC). We call our events newsletter and site Social Carolina, http://socialcarolina.org. You can subscribe to our Social Carolina events newsletter and submit events on the site. Here’s a highlight of some of the upcoming events we featured in last weeks email newsletter.
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The NC Comedy Arts Festival
The NC Comedy Arts Festival is the largest comedy festival in the Southern U.S. featuring improv, standup comedy, sketch comedy and film & video.
Dates: February 11-14, 16-21, 25-27
More info: http://www.nccomedyarts.com
NC Comedy Arts Festival Tweetup
Date: Thursday February 18, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
More info: http://nccomedy.eventbrite.com
TriOut Launch Party – Sponsored by the Research Triangle Park
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM (ET)
Location: The Research Triangle Park
RSVP: http://trioutlaunchparty.eventbrite.com
NC jQuery & JavaScript Camp: Winter 2010
Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010 10:00 AM – 4:00PM
Location: Durham Arts Council
RSVP: http://ncjquerycamp2.eventbrite.com
February Triangle Social Media Club
SXSW Preview
Date: Thursday, February 25, 7:00 PM
Location: Bandwidth – http://bandwidth.com
RSVP: http://smctrianglefeb10.eventbrite.com
Triangle FreezeUp! FreezerBurns Live! @DQ
Date: Monday, March 01, 2010 7:00 PM – 10:00
Location: DQ Grill & Chill
RSVP: http://freezeup.eventbrite.com
Ignite Raleigh 2
Date: March 3, 2010
Location: Lincoln Theatre, Raleigh, NC
Now taking submissions for presentations at: http://voting.igniteraleigh.com
RSVP: http://igniteraleigh2.eventbrite.com
TedxTriangleNC
Date: March 6, 2010.
Location: RTP Headquarters
More information: http://www.tedxtrianglenc.com
Date: March 8, 2010.
Location: Six Plates Wine Bar
More information: http://www.fizzleddurham.com
Be sure to check out the full caleneder of weekly events and more at http://socialcarolina.org.
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