tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37088842011-12-21T00:14:17.355-08:00manny hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13858113972000180533noreply@blogger.comBlogger18751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3708884.post-14538406614604306892010-02-16T16:10:00.000-08:002010-02-16T16:11:46.419-08:00

After nearly 8 years of living in its Blogger home, my blog has now moved to its new home on Wordpress. The content is all there, but under the hood, I am happy to have a better engine powering it. To get to it, point your browser to: http://askmanny.com (the next few hours, while the change of name servers propagates, you may or may not be taken to the right place... but give it enough time

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Know those semi-cryptic wavy characters that you need to type back in when trying to link to a web site on Facebook or sign up for some web services? They are known as captchas and, in case you are wondering, they are there to try to keep spammers at bay (though spammers are never shy of exploiting good people around the world and pay them to sit at terminals typing these in for pennies an hour..

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Last week I learned about NutShellMail. They dub themselves as the "DVR for your social networks" and the more I think of it, the more I agree with the name... and the more I am liking the service. So much, that we rolled out NutShellMail on TuDiabetes this week. What do I like about it? I am constantly on top of 3-4 sites that I monitor for content and conversations, among them TuDiabetes and

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This weekend, I was reading the interview of Techcrunch with Gina Bianchini (CEO of Ning) in Davos. In it, Gina argues that that she doesn't see Nign as a competitor of Facebook or Twitter. I agree with Gina's statement to a certain extent. Quote: "Facebook... is actually going more in the direction of connecting you with the people you have strong relationships with your real identity, with

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Impeccable words from Ed Schultz after his visit to a Free Clinic in Connecticut.  So embarrassing that the country that rightly prides itself to make so many things possible for so many people lets so many live in these conditions! Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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Last Friday, I had the great opportunity to deliver a morning and an afternoon session of a workshop titled Social Media for Nonprofits to approximately 20 projects under the fiscal sponsorship of Community Initiatives. These are the slides from the presentation (with a few enhancements I made to them thanks to the feedback I got from participants). Feel free to contact me, if you have any

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This week has brought several pieces of political news that have left me wondering about the future of life in the US. One of them has to do with the election of the GOP candidate in Massachusetts, which resulted in the disappearance of the filibuster-proof majority the Democrats had in the Senate. While having a balance in power is good, one big concern I now have is what will this do to health

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Uno de los "highlights" del viaje a Venezuela que hicimos en diciembre fue descubrir (gracias a Felix, de la banda CharliePapa) a Los Paranoias. De su canal de YouTube: "Formados en Caracas a finales de 2001 por los hermanos Luis Irán (voz-guitarra) y Carlos Da Palma (bajo y coros), actualmente cuentan con Yunior Lobo en la batería e Iván Gozon en la guitarra. Han compartido tarima con artistas

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While preparing for an upcoming presentation on Social Media for Nonprofits, I ran into this magnificent presentation put together by Amy Sample Ward (who will be joining me next April at NTC 2010 for a panel about Community Management for Nonprofits). I will let Amy's slides speak for themselves: Twitter.Org: Twitter for Nonprofit Organizations View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Remember a few years ago when Oil Companies started reinventing themselves as Energy Companies? We started seeing a shift in their focus away from solely oil exploration, extraction, refining and distribution to finding ways to continue to be relevant in a world that eventually will run out of oil. Recently I was dreaming of a similar scenario for pharmaceutical companies. Let's be clear: the

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Hoy hace cinco años que se fue y su memoria sigue intacta. Esta foto de el, por alguna razon, siempre me lo recordará como era al final...¡Te queremos, viejo!

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Make sure to check out this great slidedeck put together by Kyle Lacy (@kyleplacy on Twitter), author of Twitter Marketing for Dummies, a book in which I had the chance of collaborating last year. 140 Twitter TipsView more presentations from Kyle Lacy.

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Ning just announced a new logo and a new look and functionality on Ning blog. The new logo is very slick... a big change from the Serif-font logo they had since they started: The new home page provides a new Discover feature that lets you find new networks by category: a departure from the Search-based approach they had before. For example, when I clicked on the "Causes" category,

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Durante el viaje que hicimos a Venezuela recientemente le compre a mi hijo un "kit" que traia adentro una perinola, un trompo (sin pabilo), un yo-yo y un gurrufio. El estaba fascinado con todos los juegos pero YO no he dejado de practicar mis "skills" perinoleros desde que compramos el kit. Aqui me ven con la perinola de Santiago:Los invito a que vean este video de un experto en perinola:(aunque

Manny Hernandeznoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3708884.post-42303987395330017142010-01-13T20:48:00.000-08:002010-01-13T21:02:17.947-08:00

Me pareció sumamente interesante leer esta noche la noticia de la destitucion del ministro de Energía Eléctrica, Ángel Rodríguez. Adicionalmente ordenó la suspensión del racionamiento en la Gran Caracas que se dio hoy por primera vez (en el interior del pais ya tiene tiempo sucediendo).Por una parte, me parece bien que haya sucedido. No se puede dejar que el sistema eléctrico venezolano llegue

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Reading this great article about Google Wave by Chris Brogan made me think it would be a good idea to share my own views about the latest piece of the Google Puzzle to become unveiled (well, there have been others but this one seems like the most relevant new tool to come out of Mountain View, CA in a while!)Like most people you can talk to, Google Wave has been a tremendous help in collaborating

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Since it took me a bit to figure out (it's more straightforward to do in WordPress, not surprisingly), here are the steps you need to follow to add a TweetMeme button to Blogger: 1) Insert the Tweetmeme code as explained here. Before you start banging your head against the wall, note the subtle checkbox (thank you Blogger!) you need to check to uncover the Widget Templates: 2) Then, you want

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It's an understatement to say Beth Kanter is a legendary person: Beth has touched so many lives on- and offline. She is committed to empowering nonprofits to use Social Media to power Social Networks for change. I had the honor of meeting her during the Day of Service at NTC 2009. The first things she did was ask that I sign her copy of Ning For Dummies... I was floored! This is a woman

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I just installed the Wibiya toolbar on TuDiabetes. You can see it in the footer of the site on this screenshot: Seems like a great way to integrate the other social media components into your network on Ning. We've only added so far the following applications: Twitter: pointing to @tudiabetes Facebook Fan Page: pointing to http://www.facebook.com/DiabetesHF YouTube videos: pointing to http://

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Back in November, Facebook launched a VERY useful feature, letting admins of Fan Pages publish based on location and language. Since fans of Diabetes Hands Foundation page are a mix of both, English (2/3) and Spanish (1/3) native speakers, in spite of our best efforts to talk to them in their own language, whenever there were automated wall updates (such as the ones that result from blog feeds or

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Great starting point to make sense of viral business growth Adam Penenberg first entered my radar in 2008, when an interview he wrote about Gina Bianchini (co-founder of Ning, a platform that lets you create your own social network) was published in Fast Company. In it, he also interviewed Marc Andreessen and introduced the rest of us to viral loops, showing how Ning was growing virally by

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Today, as I learned about Google Insights tool, I typed in "diabetes" as a search term. I was sadly surprised to learn that over the course of the past 5 years LESS people have been searching for "diabetes" (starting with searches about "symptoms of diabetes" (arguably one of the starting points to find out whether you have diabetes or not). Not a reason to celebrate, but there it is...

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So proud! My sister-in-law works creating the textures of many of the shots you see here.

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Me llena de orgullo presentarles el trabajo fruto del esfuerzo colectivo de mi cuñado Ciro Eleazar (estudiante del último año de diseño industrial), quien presenta y vende sus diseños junto a varios otros diseñadores en Mérida hasta el 24 de Diciembre. Visita d-store: http://d-store.com.ve Música: Maseratti 2Lts http://www.2litros.com Editado por: Manuel Hernández http://twitter.com/askmanny

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My friend Steve captured this gorgeous HD video of Glen, from The Swell Season, telling a great story about meeting "Lois from New York City" and then suddenly going unplugged to sing "Say It To Me Now" unplugged. It really was the highlight of the concert and also one of the most amazing live musical moments I've been fortunate to witness! Hope you enjoy it as much as we did:

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Google is doing interesting things about tweets, displaying them as "bubbles" at the top of the search results. Is this the start (to my knowledge) of Google getting creative about Tweets to not miss out on a huge chunk of information that it could make sense of? I think so. I learned about this by performing a simple search for "chezpanisse twitter": I was trying to find the Twitter account

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I just finished reading Dan Zarrella's book and I am very impressed. If you are new to the world of social media or wondering how to make it fit your marketing strategy, this book is a perfect starting point. Dan lays out all the dimensions of social media in an easy-to-understand way, outlining the do's and don't's for each of them. It doesn't pretend to be a Bible of the topic: for in-depth

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Today, a guest post I wrote about Ning for nonprofits: How to create, manage and grow your own social network went live on the Case Foundation blog. I am infinitely grateful for the opportunity to share some of what I have learned about the use of Ning with other nonprofits. Hope you find it useful as you are trying to navigate the waters of Ning as a nonprofit. If you have additional questions,

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Un album increible de Miguel Bose!

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Justin Smith / Inside Social Games - Social Gaming Summit Talk SlidesView more presentations from justinsmith.

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Last night, one great friend invited us to see The Swell Season at Oakland's Paramount Theater. Not only was the venue amazing but the concert blew us away! They played with The Frames (Glen's original band). Here's a Frames track that Swell Season also played in their debut album, so you may get a feel for what we experienced. Minds Made Up - The Frames

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manny hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13858113972000180533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3708884.post-65622797464455037702009-11-15T13:28:00.000-08:002009-11-15T13:28:35.914-08:00

These are photos from last night's World Diabetes Day event at the Ferry Building here in San Francisco. After an amazing Big Blue Test in the course of the day, the event lighting up the building in blue with a great attendance by about 50-some people touched by diabetes really made yesterday the best World Diabetes Day ever! Find more photos like this on TuDiabetes - A Community for People

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Hope you like it. Remember: November is Diabetes Awareness Month and Saturday, Nov. 14 is World Diabetes Day.

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When we first launched TuDiabetes, back in early 2007, there were no Facebook pages so to speak: only groups. Since Facebook was a growing space, we decided to create a Facebook Group for TuDiabetes, to help drive traffic to the main site where we wanted our community to "live". Eventually, in mid-2007 we launched EsTuDiabetes in Spanish (as a direct result of the need for a dedicated

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Last week, I had the honor to participate in a Webinar facilitated by Techsoup to share with a group of nonprofit/library representatives who wanted to learn more about how to use Ning to connect their community. You can browse through the Powerpoint presentation below and, if you want more, you can listen to the entire webinar here. Using Ning to Connect with your CommunityView more

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Un primo que me lleva unos añitos me paso esta lista... Disfruten: Hercules Combate Batman Rin Tin Tin Thunderbirds El Capitán Marte y el XL5 Roy Rogers Cisko kid Zorro El Investigador Submarino Flipper Lassie Mr. Ed La Isla de Gilligan Furia Caravana El Llanero Solitario Superman Viaje al Fondo del Mar Kojak Hawaii 5-0 Bonanza Astro Boy Ultra Man Tierra de Gigantes Perdidos en el Espacio El

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Please support the Diabetes Hands Foundation by making a tax-deductible donation. Por favor, apoya la Diabetes Hands Foundation realizando una donacion.

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Inspired by Kerri, who stole from George, who lifted it from LeeAnn.After what others have written, I feel a bit clown-ish writing what I've come to realize, but I needed a mental break over lunch...1. I’ve come to realize that my chest-size... is not really all that impressive!2. I’ve come to realize that my job... is not really a job. I am blessed to be able to do what I do every day.3. I’ve

manny hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13858113972000180533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3708884.post-55860473892333902392009-09-15T00:17:00.002-07:002009-09-15T00:19:56.808-07:00

July 14, 2009 more than 1,000 people with diabetes answered our call and tested their blood sugar at the same time. Our goal was to reach 14,000 people, however the people who participated in this online event felt more connected to others with diabetes than they had felt in a long time. So we will make this our goal again for World Diabetes Day, November 14.Programs like this one require a lot

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Constantly wondering whether we will see a new album from Peter any time soon (or ever, again), here is my favorite Peter Gabriel song, from his 2003 Growing Up tour:

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Today, after a conference call I was left scratching my head wondering how could someone else's video (not one of your own uploaded videos) be featured on your YouTube channel. What to do? I turned to Twitter's collective knowledge and within a couple of hours someone sent me a screenshot with the explanation.Here is the list of steps, indicated on the following screenshot (click on it for a

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Disclaimer: I am not an attorney. The following post cannot and should not be taken as legal advice (it isn’t). It’s just meant to give you references to consider your legal options as you are deciding what is the best course of action for you to pursue in order to get your not-for-profit idea off the ground and to make it sustainable.When you want to create social change there are several ways

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This week our fundraising campaign will be focused on our diabetes awareness programs. Please donate to the Diabetes Hands Foundation: any donation helps!Your donations are tax-deductible.

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Casi lloro hoy escuchando esta hermosa version del clasico del maestro Billo, interpretado por Ilan Chester y Jose Luis Rodriguez.Epa Isidoro - Ilan Chester

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Yesterday, I was interviewed by Steve Hargadon on the topic of Ning and niche social networking. Thanks for the opportunity to share, Steve!You can download the following:* Full Elluminate* Portable Audio (MP3 file)* Portable Video* Chat LogIf you haven't gotten it, this session goes very well with a copy of "Ning For Dummies".

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DONATE TO DHFIn March 2007, we launched TuDiabetes.com a social network for people touched by diabetes in English. In August 2007, it was followed by EsTuDiabetes.com in Spanish. Today, the two communities offer a supportive environment where nearly 16,000 people touched by diabetes can connect with each other, hold informed discussions and share their experiences.Watch this video with Dino, one

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Cafe TriesteTopping the list is the Cafe Trieste on San Pablo. The baristas there get it perfect every single time. I have tried the drinks at another Cafe Trieste (at the Civic Center, in San Francisco), but it's not the same... The photo above is from the best place for cappuccino in Berkeley.Guerrilla CafeThis is my new favorite place for coffee and hanging out for a while. The music and the

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Se me pararon los pelos y derrame unas lagrimas viendo el personal de RCTV interpretando el Himno Nacional de Venezuela:

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Las Calles - Ruben BladesQue genial que este album de Ruben este disponible primero en LaLa que en Amazon y en iTunes! Increible trabajo... como siempre. Para muestra, una cancion. Escuchen "Las Calles" dandole al boton de PLAY en este post:"La vida y la muerte bailan con la cerveza en la mano!"

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Am I the only one who felt this way? No, not like an atomic bomb had gone off... but rather that the web attack targeted at a pro-Georgian blogger that took down Twitter and partly affected Facebook, LiveJournal and Google, was simply unbelievable! And it made me wonder: "What if Twitter and Facebook vanished?"Until now (to my limited network security knowledge) the DDoS attacks were sort of like

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Riceboy Sleeps is the side-project of Sigur Ros frontman, Jónsi and his life partner Alex. I honestly can't do it any more justice than the description they offer on their web site: "... a gorgeous and intoxicating 68-minute instrumental album."For those who are familiar with Sigur Ros, think Sigur Ros w/o the vocals (it's an instrumental album). Here is a music player, so you can listen to the

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Hoy habria cumplido 81 años. El cancer de higado del coño se lo llevo mas rapido de lo que pudimos siquiera prepararnos.Cada dia lo extraño... lo echo mucho de menos y quisiera que estuviera aqui. Se que es un pensamiento egoista, pero asi lo siento.Era un gran hombre y alguien a quien debo muchisimo de lo que soy hoy en dia (con mis cosas buenas y mis cosas por mejorar, como con todo).Siempre

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Nearly 20,000 outraged (or inspired) people that feel deprived from their freedom of expression will do it! The chart from WhatTheHashTag? says it all: The Twitter hashtag #FreeMediaVE made it to the list of Twitter Trending Topics today (shortly followed by the hashtag #Venezuela) as a result of the decision by the Chavez administration to silence 34 Venezuelan radio stations. On this other

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Jenny,For a while, yours has been one of the blogs I have read and respected the most in the diabetes blogosphere. Not because it is an easy read (it's not) but because you typically unearth valuable information that I like to be informed about.... until today.I have found myself in disbelief as I read your post titled "It's Official: I'm Not An Influential Blogger." In it you have insulted so

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El próximo martes 14 de Julio a las 4:00 pm hora del Este de Estados Unidos, 14.000 personas en el mundo analizarán sus niveles de glucosa en sangre al mismo tiempo y compartirán el resultado a través EsTuDiabetes.com, una red social para personas que viven con diabetes que inició sus actividades el año 2007 así como en su comunidad hermana en Inglés TuDiabetes.com. Participar en esta iniciativa

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After I saw the video of Michael Jackson's daughter crying at his memorial today, I saw this:What is wrong with this picture? At least a couple things!1) From a human standpoint, I find it pretty insulting how commercialized things have become around MJ after his death. There are not 2 but 3 ads appearing in the end frame for this video of his daughter crying her dad's death...2) You can't get

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Last week I did a presentation alongside Kerri Morrone in a conference aimed at people from the pharmaceutical industry. We tried to get three main points in the presentation:1) We're people first: not far from the concept of "Call Me Patient, Not Consumer" I wrote about a few months ago.2) Trust is key in this space (arguably in all spaces) and it works both ways. An important step to build

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Hoy vi una serie de episodios de Mazinger Z junto a mi hijo. La verdad es que era una serie bien basica comparada con los manga de hoy en dia, pero me encantaba. Aqui tienen un videito para rendirle tributo al gran Mazinger y Koji Kabuto:

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I recently asked the tweeple following @ningfordummies about creative uses they have for Ning in Education.Here's what some of them replied:From @imaginedpmUsing the ning to develop and share new curriculum across different educational institutions & other stakeholders.From @RIFWEBHere's how RIF uses Ning to educate: http://www.airspace.ning.comFrom @bethanyvsmithI did my thesis on using ning in

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The Global Hunger Epidemic from Oxfam America on Vimeo.

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I don't consider myself a fan of Seth Godin, but I have enjoyed many of his books. When I saw a video of him talking at TED Talks recently, I decided to order Tribes. The truth is that the book was more than adequately summarized by the speech he gave @ TED.Beyond that, I cannot help but agree with the reviewers that point out the lack of substance in this work by Godin... By the end of the book,

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One lucky person was be selected every day as the winner of a free copy of Ning For Dummies, between May 26th 2009, and June 1st, 2009.The daily winners were be posted on this blog entry and @ningfordummies.Congrats to every one of the winners and thanks for such a fun giveaway!

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UPDATED: June 1, 2009 @ 9:00 pm PTIn this post, I have included the daily winners for the Ning For Dummies daily Twitter giveaway:Tuesday: May 26, 2009 - Hiram Cuevas (@cuevash).Wednesday: May 27, 2009 - Susannah Greenberg (@SueGreenbergPR)Thursday: May 28, 2009 - Tingus Lugan (@TingusLugan) Kathleen Weaver (@kathweaver) -- the first winner never replied.Friday: May 29, 2009 - Dustin Snider (@

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Watson tries to distribute the future evenlyTom Watson closes his title "CauseWired" with a quote from novelist William Gibson: "The future is already here; it's just not evenly distributed." It seems, once you are done with the book, that Watson is determined to more evenly distribute the future by trying to dissect it for the benefit of the readers.The advent of Facebook Causes, Kiva,

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Very funny!

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Reading "Here Comes Everybody" by Clay Shirky is a reaffirmation of the brilliant thoughts he shares during his keynotes all over the place. This book is not about specific technologies, though you will find many enabling platforms mentioned and exemplified. Neither does it offer a framework for businesses and individuals to follow, to embrace Web 2.0 and the new social internet, though his

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Amazing!

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El nuevo album ("Commercial") de Los Amigos Invisibles sigue mas o menos la misma linea del trabajo anterior de la banda. Combinando un sonido sabroso que sirve de puente entre musica latina y acid jazz, el grupo sigue creando material para bailar y disfrutar.El album ofrece alternativas a la voz de Julio, el cantante de siempre tales como el chileno Jorge Gonzalez, de Los Prisioneros y la

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Hope this puts the eternal Star Trek vs. Star Wars debate to rest:

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In late December 2005, I wrote about Last.FM on this blog. Ever since, I have been using it, building up my listening profile (you can see a screenshot of the top 20 most listened to artists in the past four years above) and discovering new music as a result.Today, I learned that CBS, Last.FM's parent company, handed over user listening data to the RIAA. I felt insulted by this move. I pay for

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Great introduction and intermediate-level resource for TwitterI ran into this title by coincidence while browsing at a local bookstore. I was glad to find a book about Twitter, a phenomenon well on its way to become the next Facebook in a matter of time.The author takes the time to walk the reader through the basics of properly setting up a Twitter account, finding and following others, tweeting,

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Anoche lei sobre la muerte de Mario Benedetti y me quede un poco triste. Me encanta su obra.Recuerdo muy en particular este poema:Táctica y estrategiaMi táctica esmirarteaprender como sosquererte como sos.Mi táctica eshablartey escucharteconstruir con palabrasun puente indestructible.Mi táctica esquedarme en tu recuerdono sé cómo ni sécon qué pretextopero quedarme en vos.Mi táctica esser francoy

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Just finished watching Milk. What an incredible story! Leaves you kinda sad but inspired: make sure to watch it!Until you do and, even if you have seen it, here is the 1984 documentary that preceded it, The Times of Harvey Milk:

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Day of Service NTC09Originally uploaded by cambodia4kidsorgBeth is the "nonprofitologist" of Social Media, i.e. one of the sharpest cookies around in terms of social media and nonprofits. I had a chance to finally meet her and autograph her copy of "Ning For Dummies" while @ NTC last week. She recently held a giveaway of four copies of the book.

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Get your copy of Clay's book Here Comes Everybody.

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This was the Ignite presentation I did last week @ NTC 2009 about "Ning For Nonprofits":You can go through the presentation materials here.

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Today, I had the first chance to take a complete look at the entire book since it came out. Sunday, I was able to hold it in my hands for the first time, but today I flipped through it all.It was a very special moment... just wanted to share it with you.You can get your copy of Ning For Dummies @ your local bookstore or online.

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Beth Kanter, author of the blog "How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media" is doing a Ning For Dummies book giveaway (4 copies) through her blog.Check it out.

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Have you ever wanted (or needed) to close your Hotmail account? I forecast long hours of banging your head against the keyboard, trying to figure out WHY you can't do it.Me? I am trying to figure a way to do it... When I click on Options > More Options > # View and edit your personal information > Close Account, I get prompted for my password to verify my identity. I enter it and I am prompted

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Here is Chapter 9 of Ning For Dummies, Tweaking Your Network’s Main Page. You can also read the Table of Contents.You can now order the book through Amazon.com.Ning For Dummies Sample ChapterView more documents from Manny Hernandez.

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My friend Danielle sent me this video FOREVER ago and only tonight I was able to watch it. Here's Gary Vaynerchuk from Wine Library with some pretty good and down-to-earth thoughts on Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape.

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Timely and highly relevant! A must-read for all nonprofits in times of crisis"Relevant" and "timely" fall short as terms to describe Mal Warwick's latest book. After going through a brief analysis of what history has taught us in terms of philanthropy in times of crisis and putting forward three scenarios for economic recovery, Mr. Warwick presents three possible fundraising strategies to take us

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Thanks to my friend Sean Evanko for sharing this with me...Minority Report is happening, people. Of course, it had to be born at MIT's Media Lab. Watch this video:

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This is the Ignite presentation I am doing @ NTC 2009, later this month. Right around the same time Ning For Dummies is hitting the shelves.Watch a video of Ning For Nonprofits.If you are interested in this topic, you may also want to read the transcript of the chat about Ning For Nonprofits that we held a few days ago.

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I was catching up on my Techcrunch reading tonight and as I scrolled down the list of posts. As expected, all of them were posted today and many of them were fairly relevant and high-impact.I started thinking: "How fast are we going?" I mean... so much innovation, happening so fast... Well, here we are today. Buckle up, because tomorrow few people can guess where we will be!

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DEMASIADO cierto!!

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I just finished setting up our communities to use OpenX, as a step in the direction of getting rid of Google Ads. As they describe on their home page:"OpenX is a free, open source ad server that manages the selling and delivery of your online advertising inventory. You can get OpenX as a hosted service or as downloaded software."I am VERY impressed with the backend to help you set up advertisers,

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Today, I learned about Riceboy Sleeps, a spinoff project of Jonsi from Sigur Ros with his partner, Alex Somers. I was listening to Dark Was The Night, a double-album to raise funds for HIV/AIDS and was instantly drawn into the track titled "Happiness" by Riceboy Sleeps started to play.They play a very ethereal form of ambient music. Here is the video for the song "Daníell In the Sea."

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I know I am... There's this "wrinkle removal" web site that keeps appearing once and again in our Google Ads, in spite of us having removed about 7 different domains that it was connected to. Have you seen it?Sounds like an opportunity for some Google Ads intelligence to be put in place, where destination pages get parsed for content and if a domain has been blocked for a particular site, any

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GET UP AND KEEP TRYING!!

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UN CLASICO!! Tengo pegada la cancion de "Viva La Juventud" desde hace rato:"Viva, viva,Viva, viva,Viva nuestraJuventud.EstudiandoTriunfaremos..."Como diria mi pana Gilberto: Se me cayo la cedula! :)

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1HappyDiabetic cracked me up this morning with this amazing and fun video:Thanks so much, man!!

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I just sent out the last revisions to Nicole, the Project Editor! I am tired but very excited. My first book is done!!!Thanks to everyone for your encouragement throughout the writing process!!!AND, if you have an interest in social networking and run a social network on Ning (or are planning to run one), please order a copy of the book.I guess I will be blogging some more again. :)

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