CP+B intern auction

Those of you who are friends with Alex Bogusky on twitter probably know this, but anyway it's awesome... CP+B is auctioning off the services of their interns to their clients on eBay. Only the greats at CP+B could of this and execute.

The bidding is up to $1,525 and money goes towards the intern. Can I intern there?

Follow the action: http://twitter.com/bogusky

Twitter Video

Since I was having problems this week with posting my video (and the link to it) here it is on YouTube. Here's hoping this works *fingers crossed*

I Twatted

So Colbert claimed this morning that he has, in fact "Twatted" after Meredith Viera asked him if he has ever used Twitter. No one was sure if it was okay to laugh at first, but I was rolling. He's brilliant.

And now, if you don't already know what it is, or want to take a good look at Twitter, here's a video explaining it all...

Bogusky leaves Twitter

Alex Bogusky is over Twitter. Gosh, he's so much more advanced than the rest of us. 

Lately I have been explaining Twitter/micro-blogging to at least one person a day. Hasn't quite reached the mainstream here at UF for those who aren't communications majors.

On a creepy note, did you know they have commemorative plates with his face on them on ebay? Good gift idea for JFran?

Delving deeper into Twitter...Hashtags

So I thought Twitter was fairly simple.  And it is.  However, I started looking around and discovered hashtags and twittgroups and livefeeds, oh my!  Will I have to learn an entire new vocabulary like I did for Facebook with Tagging and Pokes?!  

So here's how it works for those of you who are interested.  I'm going to use the Superbowl as my example.  Log onto Twitter and follow Hashtags.  They will automatically follow you back.  Now, whenever you tweet about anything related to Superbowl ads, type #superads09 somewhere in your message.  This is like "tagging" your message.  

Visit  hashtags.org and search for #superads09 to see a live feed of anyone's tweets that have been tagged #superads09. You can add this to your RSS feed as well.  Tons of ad blogs will be posting the entire #superads09 feed tomorrow during the game, and now you can be part of a massive conversation with the ad world in real time on the internet. 

Kind of cool, right?  There are a gajillion other tags for anything and everything you might be interested in discussing/following discussions about. Once I figure out Twittgroups, I'll let you know.  I'm still digesting...

The Media

After a miserable first attempt at being a Twitter-er this past summer, I've resolved to try again.  It's been two days...and I think I'm finally getting the hang of it.  It's fun! I found out that Federer beat Roddick  before my mom (tennis nut) did, which was oddly satisfying. And I love following agencies, blogs, Dave Matthews (I really think it's him!)

Anyway my point is what made me start up again is a Twitter profile I read about called the media is dying, where losses, job cuts, bankruptcies, etc in the media industry are reported in real time.  Then I found the media is thriving, the Barbarian Group's optimistic response.  This I actually have been having sent as text messaged to my phone because it gives me hope for life after graduate.  :) And just a bit ago, the media is hirin was created.  Someone took all this info and decided to put it to good use.  Check em out.