From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Coming to Tweetup at Webster University

August 28, 2009 News

The local tweeters are all abuzz this morning with the news that Twitter co-founder and Saint Louis native Jack Dorsey is coming to Webster University on September 18th at 10:00 am for a “tweetup”. It appears as if many of the details are still forthcoming, but there is a page to RSVP for the event [...]

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Reminder: Best Damn Happy Hour TONIGHT

August 26, 2009 Events

That’s right…tonight at Jive and Wail in Maplewood. Full links and details are here.

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More Than Coffee Is Hosting a Family Night

August 26, 2009 Events

More Than Coffee is hosting a live music family night in their parking lot. This is actually the second one they have had this summer, the first being a great success. Here is a link to the Facebook page with more details. More Than Coffee, if you are not familiar, is a coffee shop in [...]

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Bring a Tweep To Lunch – Ozzie’s

August 26, 2009 Events

We are getting down to the wire here, with only 2 more official Bring a Tweep to Lunch events this calendar year. Perhaps in celebration of the Cardinals march to the playoffs, Todd Jordan has informed me that this one will be at Ozzie’s in Westport Plaza. See the events calendar for more detailed information [...]

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Get Rid Of Facebook Notifications

August 25, 2009 How-To

Tired of all those notifications every time somebody buys you a drink on Facebook? Tech blog Mashable posted a nice how to article last week that shows you have to turn off that little red button at the bottom of your profile page, or at least limit what it lets you know about. Read the [...]

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New App Lets You Publish to Twitter From Facebook Pages

August 24, 2009 News

Last week Facebook announced that soon administrators of Facebook Pages will be able to push their status updates automatically to their Twitter followers. This feature is being rolled out as you read this, but it is only available on Facebook pages, not individual profiles. This application was designed by a college student interning at Facebook [...]

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Best Damn Happy Hour August Event This Week

August 24, 2009 Events

The Best Damn Happy Hour, a local group dedicated to bringing people together to have fun, has announced a happy hour event this Wednesday at the Jive and Wail piano bar in Maplewood. The bar is opening early just for this event and there appear to be some drink and food deals as well. As [...]

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Don’t Forget The RFT Music Tweetup Tonight

August 23, 2009 Events

Be there tonight at Off Broadway at 6:00 pm. The calendar (to the right) has been updated with a map if you are not familiar. You can learn a little bit more about tonight’s festivities here.

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Social Media Club August Event Recap

August 22, 2009 Events

Bill Streeter, tech blogger over at the Daily RFT Blog has written a review of last Thursday’s Evolution of the Web panel discussion held by the Social Media Club of St. Louis. Rather than have me recap a review of an event I was unfortunately unable to attend, you would be better served by just [...]

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Twitter Unveils a Business Plan

August 22, 2009 News

Sooner or later, Twitter has to start making money. Bloggers have been speculating about how they should do this for months now. Surely Twitter itself has been thinking about it too. There have been hints and insinuations in the past, but on Friday we got a relatively detailed look at one of Twitter’s new plans [...]

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St. Louis Interactive Festival Coming In October

August 21, 2009 Events

The St. Louis Blogger’s Guild has announced the date for their St. Louis Interactive Festival. The event will be held on Saturday October 17th. The event is an all day gathering full day of speakers, panels, networking and interaction with some of the greatest minds in social media. You can read more about it at [...]

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Building a Face-to-Face Social Networking Company in St. Louis

August 21, 2009 News

Supposedly, you don’t find a lot of high technology talent in St. Louis. Supposedly, it’s all on the coasts where the money and the ‘cool’ people are. Turns out . . . that’s not true. With much of the business technology attention focused on social networks and mobile devices, what would a 6-person software company, [...]

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Spoke Marketing Happy Hour This Friday

August 20, 2009 Events

The folks over at Spoke Marketing have a bi-weekly happy hour at their offices every other Friday at 4:00. They let me know that this Friday, August 21, is the next installment. They decribe the event like this: #SpokeFriday is the biweekly happy hour gathering at our office. As a virtual agency, we use SpokeFriday’s [...]

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Don’t Forget the Social Media Club Event Tonight

August 20, 2009 Events

The Social Media Club of St. Louis is holding their August event tonight called “Evolution of The Web”. The event is at the Coronado on Lindell and it starts at 5:30. You can get all the needed details here. You can also click on the event on the calendar to the right. The Social Media [...]

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Bring a Tweep To Lunch – Everest Cafe

August 19, 2009 Events

We are getting down to the wire here, with only 3 more official Bring a Tweep to Lunch events this calendar year. Todd Jordan has informed me that this one will be at Everest Cafe at 4145 Manchester. See the events calendar for more detailed information and a map, if you are not familiar with [...]

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