FollowFriday
#ff @mmpartee @JoeCascio @CherylBudge @paulbogush @jcnork
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 02/03/2012 - 20:30It is Friday evening. I am exhausted after a long week, and don't especially feel like writing about following anyone. But I didn't do a Follow Friday blog post last week, and I haven't written anything else today, so I figure I should try to power through a post.
This week, I am focusing on Podcamps. Starting the list is @mmpartee, one of the folks behind Podcamp WesternMass. I've been to a few of these Podcamps, and the next one is coming up at the end of February. I'll probably try to make it to that one as well.
Next on the list is @JoeCascio. I'm not sure exactly how I first met Joe, but we run in very similar circles and I've seen him at various podcamps. He was instrumental in helping get the first Connecticut Podcamp going, and when it was over, I hung out with him and @CherylBudge for drinks at a nearby bar. Cheryl is another member of the social media scene in Connecticut whom it seems like I've always known, but I'm just not sure when or where I first met her.
@paulbogush is an educator living in a neighboring town and teaching in a different neighboring town. He's one of the teachers that gets social media and I wish there were more teachers like him.
Rounding out the list is @jcnork. Like the rest of them, Jack and I have known each other for quite a while. He's helping get the next Podcamp in Connecticut off the ground. He also is the force behind the Lodge Music series in Bethany. The next performance is Saturday night. If people are feeling well enough and there is enough energy here, we'll try to make it.
#FF #EavChat @superben @organicguru @tturbo @JackiesBuzz @MetaThis @bgrier @PetLvr
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 20:53This week's Follow Friday is of people that I've recently followed based on interactions on Empire Avenue. Several of those interaction were from the Empire Avenue TweetChat that happened Thursday evening. Starting out the list is @superben. He describes himself as a nerdy flight attendant and added a lot to the discussion.
Next is @organicguru. You can guess her interests from her Twitter handle. She was also a lively participant in the discussion. @tturbo comes next. She speaks of not being a social media person. She's married to a geek, and assists researchers with the funding of their projects.
Next on my list is @JackiesBuzz. We'd run into each other elsewhere. She describes herself as a social media director for a non-profit so it isn't surprising that we'd cross paths.
@MetaThis is next on the list. He recently tweeted about the fragility of life and I've been interacting with him in Empire Avenue for a while. The two last people on the list for this week are @bgrier and @PetLvr, people I've recently been interacting with on Empire Avenue.
So, that's this week's Follow Friday list.
#ff @triberr Part 2 @BarbaraDuke @RAWarrior @Jason__Ramsey @thewebkaiser @CHRISVOSS @rictownsend @elyshemer @joshua_d
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 01/13/2012 - 19:21This week, I'm doing another Triberr based Follow Friday. I did my first one last week. This week, I looked at the Top Traffic Driving Tribemates. At the top of the list is @BarbaraDuke. Her description talks about being a Christian Coach, a breast cancer survivor, and mentions rheumatoid arthritis. It made me wonder if she knew @RAWarrior, another social media friend who is very active in the rheumatoid arthritis community.
Coming in next is @Jason__Ramsey. He describes himself as a husband and father who loves twitter and who sells wigs. Hmm. Possible business connection? Maybe Jason should be talking with Barbara about people battling cancer that need wigs.
Next on the list is @thewebkaiser. He's been posting some really good content from CES this week, so I've been tweeting links to his articles. Right after that is @chrisvoss, who also has been writing some good articles that I've been tweeting about.
Next is @rictownsend. I know him from Empire Avenue. Finishing off the list are @elyshemer @joshua_d. I don't know them as well as the rest, so perhaps you should just head out and read their bios yourself.
That wraps up this week's Follow Friday list. How about yours?
#ff @triberr @ChrisVoss @kevnetik @thetechemom @garthobrien @catalystpart @winestyleliving @TheWebKaiser @SEOPostiveLTD
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 20:03Today's Follow Friday post is a follow up to yesterday's post about Triberr. The people on the list have tweeted links to various blog entries I've posted. Many of them have lots of followers and many are focused on topics like SEO or social marketing. @ChrisVoss gets a special shout out for suggesting triberr and for having lots of interesting posts. @kevnetik and a few others don't have a lot of followers yet, but have some interesting content. I will be watching their content and tweeting the most interesting ones.
My post about the Divided Brain has gotten a lot of traffic as has my post about Triberr. A few of my New Years posts also got some good traffic. I'll look more closely at the google analytics later.
I've also gotten a few more comments than usual and I need to go back read some of them and respond.
This gets me to perhaps my key concern for Triberr and the people I'm connecting with. While it is nice to have some added traffic, I am hoping to get some added interaction. Is there anyone else out there playing with open courseware? Are there interesting topics that I should be looking more closely into?
This will be where we find the real power of Triberr, or the lack thereof.
#ff @MiddnightOnMain @InnatMiddletown @jenfromkidcity @MattJPugliese @Oddfellowsplay @SteveSongs @slambovia @JohnWhelanMusic
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 20:59This week's Follow Friday List is focused on Middnight On Main, a New Year's Eve celebration in Middletown, CT. I've been working a lot with Middnight on Main and want to highlight some of the other folks involved.
The @InnatMiddletown is where many people that are coming a long distance for Middnight on Main will be staying. @JenfromKidCity is one of the people who helped organize Middnight on Main and has been on various radio and television shows talking about the events.
Joining Jen on some of these broadcasts has been @MattJPugliese who heads up @Oddfellowplay Both KidsCity and Oddfellows Playhouse are important venues in Middnight on Main.
One of the performers that will appeal greatly to the younger set is @SteveStongs. Steve performs on PBS as has quite a following. Gandalf Murphy (@slambovia) is another group with a large following. I've often heard them at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.
Rounding out the list is @JohnWhelanMusic who performs Irish music and Catie Talarski (@scuttlebuttt) from WNPR who will be hosting the Radio Adventure Theatre.
A lot of great things to listen to and do at Middnight on Main, and I didn't even mention the food….
