verdino bytes

random bits of micro-content goodness from greg verdino: marketer, futurist, speaker and author of microMARKETING (mcgraw-hill / 2010) 
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chatroulette finds its sweet spot

Fully clothed (to a fault - what's with the hood?) and pretty brilliant: Chat Roulette Piano Man Improv...

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Filed under  //   chat   chatroulette   music   socialmedia   technology  

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everything you need to know about chatroulette

... without any of the masturbating men you don't want to know about.

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Filed under  //   chatroulette   culture   social media   technology   video  

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buzz at eleven

My take on Buzz so far? *yawn*

But we'll see. In the meantime, if Google hasn't turned you on yet, you missed the announcement or haven't yet grown tired of the knee-jerky blog posts alternately slamming it as lame or presenting it as a social media game changer, this here is Google's official demo clip that shows how the thang works.

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Filed under  //   geek culture   google   social media   technology  

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six years in the book of face

All y'all probably know Facebook turned six last week. This handy dandy infographic from Mashable captures all the fun and funky stats about the site. It's pretty much illegible as an embed but you can click to Mashable and get to the full size image for the deets.

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Filed under  //   culture   facebook   geek culture   infographics   social media  

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the mythical united states of facebook

Click through to the PSFK post for details, but in a nutshell a former Apple engineer digs through the friend networks associated with 210 million Facebook profiles and discovers some trends by region. Interesting stuff.

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arrr ohhhh eye

Nice Socialnomics promo video highlighting (mostly well known but interesting nonetheless) social media success stories and ROI cases.

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sweethearts + twitter = tweethearts

Sweethearts might be the original micro-messager, doling out lovey-dovey phrases short enough to fit on one of their pastel-colored, chalky-tasting candy hearts. This year, the company adds "Tweet Me" to their repertoire of little love notes.

It's nice to see that even a company that has been around for a century and a half can find inspiration in, erm, @gremanda.

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Filed under  //   culture   food   social media   twitter  

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blogging barbie

This struck me as vaguely ridiculous...

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Filed under  //   funny   internet   off the clock   socialmedia   toys  

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2009 twitter trends

Interesting stuff - the top trending topics by category for all of 2009.

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decisions @decisions #decisions

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