Category Archives: Media

Blogging the City — DC, that is. 7

So in case you don’t remember, last month’s Social Media Breakfast DC was awesome. This month’s was just as good.
The theme this time around was “Blogging the City,” with the city obviously being DC (which I love, love, love–I honestly cannot tell you how much I love living in this city). Hosted at the awesome [...]

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March 1, 2010 – 11:41 pm
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By Alex Priest

Twitter on the Wire? 0

Crossposted from shamable.com, here.
In case you didn’t hear, Twitter has signed a deal with Yahoo for a somewhat more advanced integration than it has with Google or Microsoft. A conversation I had just yesterday with a friend at Agence France-Press (AFP) got me to thinking, and now this announcement has started to confirm my theory:
Twitter [...]

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Published:
February 25, 2010 – 9:30 am
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By Alex Priest

A liberal blogger, a conservative blogger, and a journalist all walk into Microsoft… 3

Sounds like the beginning of a bad geek joke, doesn’t it?
Well actually, it was the setting of tonight’s Social Media Club DC event, titled “Leveraging Online Relationships,” and hosted at Microsoft’s Friendship Heights office here in Washington, D.C. Organized and hosted by the awesome Sarah Wurrey, the event blew our geeky little minds, as usual. [...]

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Published:
February 24, 2010 – 11:24 pm
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By Alex Priest

Creating a Culture of “Need to Share” in Government 5

This past Thursday I had the privilege of attending Gibraltar Associates first annual “Social Media Resolutions” event, held here in Washington, D.C. Although I could only stay for the first half of the event, what I witnessed was probably one of the best panels I’ve seen. Not only did I learn far more than I [...]

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Published:
February 8, 2010 – 4:26 pm
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By Alex Priest

From the Pages of the “Old Media” 0

AKA The Washington Post. This morning a number of articles caught my eye. Instead of posting them all through successive Twitter posts, I figured I’d list them here for you to check out if you’re interested. Even now, the newspaper provides value for me. It doesn’t come anywhere near the essential role that the Internet [...]

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Published:
January 25, 2010 – 5:56 pm
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By Alex Priest