Moleskine and Evernote: Organization System

It is rude to write notes on your phone during a meeting. People think you’re twittering. It is more acceptable to write with pen and paper. But how does this transfer into digital? Evernote can help.

Use Google Reader to keep up with blogs and share links

I use Google Reader to keep up with my favorite blogs and to share links to the individual posts that I like through Twitter. In this video, I will show you how to add an RSS or Atom subscription to your Google Reader. I also show you how easy it is to post links to Twitter.

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Social Media Club RGV October 2009 Meeting

Social Media Club RGV met October 21, 2009 at The Monitor to discuss how to distinguish between the hobbyist blogger and a blogger who can be considered press. The distinction is blurred in the age of citizen journalism.

brands on the show with zefrank

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zefrank does a great job explaining brands. he even touches on the decline in mass communication platforms.

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Stripes Fighting Hidden Fees

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Dr. Evil: Hang on Mini-Me! If anything should happen to you I don’t know what I would do. [pauses] I’d probably move on, get another replica but there would be a 10 minute period there where I would just be inconsolable.

David Armano: Brand U.0

The protesters

Tea Party protestors turned out in force.

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More health care reform discord

A battle of political wills took place at Archer Park in McAllen, Texas today.  No, not really. Moveon.org sponsored a health care reform vigil. Naturally, the local Tea Party movement heard about it and turned out to protest. I was hoping to see fur fly. Instead, it was a battle of symbolism and signs.

I'm going home to spend time with my family. I think most people have done the same given the low turnouts on both sides.The health care debate has jumped the shark for me. yawn

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San Carlos School Supply Drive

Maricela De Leon has made progress in her mission to provide school supplies to the children at the elementary school in San Carlos. I admire Mari's just-do-it attitude. I like how she can turn a crazy idea into reality.

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Giving Pocket Bags to San Carlos School Supply Drive

Pocket Communications provided Social Media Club RGV with some cool bags and hats to give away at our meetings as door prizes. My friend, Maricela De Leon, pictured here, is organizing a school supply drive for the children at the elementary school in San Carlos. I decided to regift the bags to the drive so that they can pack the school supplies in them.

Maricela was very excited with the donation. I wish I could take credit; but, Pocket Communications deserves the credit for their donation to SMCRGV. We are simply re-routing to where the bags will do the most good in the community. So, thanks to Pocket for their generosity.

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The Third Rail of Health Reform: Cost

Today, there is a live webcast of a health reform conference in Nashville, TN. The public is welcome to submit questions to be asked of the speakers. You can go to http://thirdrailcost.com to participate. With the heated debate on both sides of the political spectrum, this is a great opportunity to view just the facts. 

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National HELP Luncheon with County Judge JD Salinas III

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Breakfast

I always see posts of beautiful food from people I follow online. Here's my breakfast. Low-budget. Satisfying.

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Rep. Gonzales is such a rock star

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Morning at TDP campaign boot camp

Mike Carrera and State Rep. Veronica Gonzales share their knowledge of campaigns with South Texas Democrats.

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New Media for Campaigns

Great presentation by Net Victories http://www.netvictories.com

Celinda Provost and Shanna Weisfeld

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Texas Democratic Party McAllen Boot Camp

Here are a few photos of the Campaign Boot Camp the Texas Democratic Party is putting on here in McAllen. It is a two day event aimed at helping candidates, staffers, and volunteers raise their campaigns to the next level.

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Mom’s Tacos

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Use Google Talk to update Twitter

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Twitter used to offer the ability to use Google Talk to interact with your Twitter stream. If you are a recent convert to Twitterianism, you may not know that this was an option once upon a time. It offered the convenience of having your Twitter stream on any computer without installing an application. You could simply log into your Gmail account and start twittering via GTalk. There is a way that you can still post via GTalk; but, it’s not a perfect solution.

GTalk as a Twitter client had its limitations. For example, you could not retweet with the push of a button. You could not look up profiles, you could not reply to a tweet directly, and many other things that Twitter clients do. It was not perfect; but it was lightweight and almost instant.

You have two options for updating Twitter via GTalk. The first is identi.ca; the other is FriendFeed.

Identi.ca is very similar to Twitter. You can use Identi.ca to update your Twitter stream by GTalk. The disadvantage to Identi.ca is that you will not receive the Twitter feed. This serves well as a one-way tool. You can check your Twitter account on the web for replies when it is convenient.

FriendFeed gives you more of a two-way conversation. You will receive a stream of content from your FriendFeed friends, which includes Twitter and any other accounts they have plugged in. If your friends are not on FriendFeed, you can add them as imaginary friends to receive their Twitter stream. The disadvantage to FriendFeed is that not everybody uses it.

The added advantage of FriendFeed as a conduit for Twittering via GTalk is that you can reply to specific items. If you are following a ton of people, FriendFeed also has the advantage of grouping them so that you only get a stream from some people through GTalk rather than all of them. Adding imaginary friends isn’t scalable if you follow a lot of people on Twitter. You just don’t have the time to keep track of it.

I use an Android phone, which has a native Google Talk client. As a result, it works instantly and only updates when there is something to update. This minimizes the amount of time you have to wait to send/receive. Whereas Twitter clients batch updates, an Instant Messaging client updates each message individually, saving battery life and time. In other words, it uses fewer resources.