Justin Blackmon interviews Ryan Broyles
I’m amazed how much athletes use Twitter. I don’t follow any OU or OSU athletes, but in pulling screen grabs for this video I noticed an almost non-stop stream of virtual conversation from Kenny Stills and the athletes he was tweeting with.
I also pulled an April video the NewsOK TV crew show of Justin Blackmon interviewing Ryan Broyles. It’s way more compelling that listening to me read tweets because you learn a little more about the personalities of those two very talented receivers. It’s at the end of the above video.
Too fast
Saw this link from JJ Kim, a.k.a. @jj_orange on Twitter. It’s a short film by Wong Fu Productions. I agree with JJ, it’s well produced.
Digital Domain – World’s Largest Social Network – The Open Web – NYTimes.com
I use Twitter a lot. I don’t post many updates on Facebook, but I use Facebook every day. The article below from the NYT says, regardless of what social media you use, it’s all accessible on the open web. Except the Facebook stuff that Google can’t crawl, of course.
Digital Domain – World’s Largest Social Network – The Open Web – NYTimes.com.
It’s time for Startup Weekend
Local financial pro Adam Dani has been on Twitter (@adamdani) the past few weeks promoting OKC’s Startup Weekend. Now, it’s time for our local biz peeps to see what they can come up with.
Twitter is great for learning of events like this. And meeting new people. I haven’t had a chance to personally meet Dani yet, but this event is a very cool idea. He passed along his contact info via Twitter and Angi Bruss knocked out the interview.
Watch the above video to learn more from Dani about Startup Weekend.
Says Dani, “I think we will all be shocked at what is possible when you get 50-60 wickedly talented people together and have them crank out companies in 54 hours.”
I appreciate Dani taking the time to visit OPUBCO Studios and share more about the event. Here’s the schedule:
Friday, March 5th: (Pitch ideas, Form Teams)
5:30pm: Doors open, meet and greet, discuss what would be interesting to build.
7:00 Pm: Pitches start!
Anyone can get up and pitch an idea. This is a self-selection process. People form teams around ideas that they think are interesting and would like to work on for the weekend. Ideally, you’d like a group between 5 and 10 people — but groups of 2 or as large as 10 are acceptable. Teams are not limited to working on web only applications. Generally, these make the most sense given the nature of the weekend and those who register. But if you really feel like working on that new cupcake business, go for it!
9:00pm: Vote on top ideas and form teams around those ideas based on interest and skill sets required to build the ideas. Teams solidify their concept and create an elevator pitch.
Midnight: Leave for home after brainstorming with team.Saturday, March 6th: (Build Build Build!)
9:00am: Start development.
12:00pm: Lunch break.
9:00pm: Gut check on the product; basic prototype building; group get-together for drinks and to talk about the products everyone is working on.Sunday, March 7th: (Build, Demo, Wrap Up)
9:00am: Get back to work on projects.
10:00am: By now, you should have a live splash page up with an email capture and a simple blog.
12:00pm: Projects are being developed, lunch
6:00pm: Sink or swim time for those looking for a weekend launch.
7:00pm: Presentations from each company. Talk about what worked, what didn’t, what could go better.
10:00pm: Wrap up and move out.
Learn more at the official site here.
Twitter, Pandora built-in Ford cars?
This seems like a good idea, and one that will likely develop into a mainstream feature for vehicles: more personal tech.
From the USA Today:
•OpenBeak. Bringing in Twitter, which lets users send short messages to the masses, seemed a natural. OpenBeak, formerly called TwitterBerry, is an app that makes it easy to use Twitter’s most popular functions from mobile devices.
•Pandora. This Internet radio service boasts 40 million users worldwide. It lets users custom-tailor music in song lists that can be paused or skipped through.
•Stitcher. A personalized, on-demand radio system. Users can pick radio programs they want to hear, and listen on their own schedules.
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