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#apowerfulnoise Uses Twitter for Charity

Monday, March 2, 2009

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#apowerfulnoise Uses Twitter for Charity

If you are like me, you have been wondering “what can twitter do besides connect me to a copious amounts of social media experts”. You may even be contemplating the value of the service vs. the time spent and wondering if it is worth your time or if it will ever produce anything amazingly [...]

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Big Box Black History

Thursday, February 19, 2009

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Big Box Black History

This year marked a historical year in black history. As celebrations happen in communities throughout the world, there are also things going on online. The three best known Big Box stores (Walmart, Target and Kmart) have found their way online to celebrate black history month. They all took very different approaches and [...]

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10 Tips to get the Most from Virtual Conferences

Thursday, February 12, 2009

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10 Tips to get the Most from Virtual Conferences

A few weeks ago, I was a virtual attendee (due to a family full of sick people) at my first tweet-up.  I was quite excited, there was streaming video and chat, which meant a dedicated computer at the event for the purpose of streaming online. However, within 5 minutes, I knew this virtual [...]

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DayInBlackHistory.com

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

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DayInBlackHistory.com

When I think of Black History and try to pull together a comprehensive archive of what it means, the first place that comes to mind is the DuSable Museum in Chicago, but that is probably because I am from Chicago. The Museum is small, and focuses on the Midwest, but it is full of [...]

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Sister 2 Sister Magazine Relaunch

Monday, January 26, 2009

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Sister 2 Sister Magazine Relaunch

Sister 2 Sister magazine, a black entertainment and celebrity lifestyle magazine that targets black women, recently relaunched its website using the drupal platform. Drupal is a great out of the box open-source solution for building communities and blog networks, that’s if you have a developer that knows how to customize it. I was excited [...]

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Inauguration 2009

Friday, January 16, 2009

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Inauguration 2009

The world is abuzz with anticipation as Washington D.C. gears up for the inauguration of the 44th president elect, Barack Obama. This election is historic for everyone, especially the global black community. With the inauguration 5 days away, I decided to see what was happening in the online world so that we can [...]

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Boondocks’ Bootleg

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

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Boondocks’ Bootleg

I am sure everyone saw all the news reports about the rise in online video viewership noting that 77% of all internet users are consumers of online video content. That is a 34% jump over last year according to comscore. The internet is a great tool for artistic expression through video without the [...]

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Going Mobile in 2009

Friday, January 2, 2009

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Going Mobile in 2009

Most sites can’t exist as just plain text. Sites are meant to be dynamic and visually appealing. This doesn’t always work when crossing over to a mobile platform. With mobile browsing increasing, more and more people are asking, “what can I do to optimize my site for mobile browsing?” Luckily, smart [...]

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Track Santa 2008

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

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Track Santa 2008

It’s that time of year again. I heard that in Australia they already started getting their presents dropped off, and honestly, I am a little bit jealous. But I can wait until tomorrow morning. In the mean time, I will continue to watch Santa’s Progress on NORAD’s Santa tracking website. This [...]

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Dos and Don’ts for the New Year

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

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Over the past few weeks I’ve seen a lot of talk about Black sites/browsers/people trying to self segregate on the internet because they were openly targeting a black audience.  As a result, I decided to put together a list of Dos and Don’ts for the New Year so some won’t make the same mistakes twice. The [...]

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