Thursday, March 21, 2013

This is why radio stations are the first military target


As my Twitter followers are painfully aware, most Saturday nights I live tweet the 8:00 PM CST movie on Syfy.  This has provided two significant benefits:

1. I have ended up meeting a lot of kindred spirits, most of which are much funnier than I am.

2. I scored the ACTUAL PROP USED AS THE PIRANHACONDA EGG!!!



Last week, a couple of us began a new adventure where we talk about: the previous Syfy movie, The Walking Dead, zombie preferences, and whatever else crosses our minds on Live365 on the Loud N Loaded station.  Loud N Loaded mostly plays hard rock and heavy metal, and our show "The Snarkalecs" pops into the rotation as a sort of headbanger sorbet.  (There is a Snarkalec website if you care to learn more about what that is all about).

So, each Thursday the Parade of Regional Accents... Tony/@TonySolo (East Coast), Melissa/@karmic9  (Texan), and I (Midwest mumbler) are chatting about "stuff".  In a cruel twist of fate, my face made for radio, as well as the more video friendly visages of Tony and Mel actually broadcast live on YouTube.  That feed is then cleaned up and placed on Loud N Loaded.

So, if you want to catch us live, head to YouTube any Thursday at (usually) 7:00 PM CST.  If you do, please tweet us. I would be cool to interact that way as well.  Mel and Tony are funny and smart, and I won a Piranhaconda egg.

Even better, check out the Loud N Loaded station on Live 365 and like it, plus it and/or tweet it.  We are looking to add the show to iTunes as a podcast sometime in the future as well.

Did I mention I scored the ACTUAL PROP USED AS THE PIRANHACONDA EGG!!!




Friday, March 15, 2013

#Hashtags #BonusCut

So, Facebook decided to add hashtags immediately dating part of my post from YESTERDAY.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57574417-93/facebook-to-finally-add-hashtags-says-wsj/

#bastards.

Thanks to @tchapman80 for altering me #notabastard

Thursday, March 14, 2013

#Hashtags

I remain convinced Twitter is the best social networking platform.  The main reasons why are:
  1. It an interest-based, verses relationship-based, framework
  2. It is the most timely and least cluttered channel
  3. Hashtags
As far as I am concerned, next to fire and the wheel, hashtags are the greatest human discovery.  Talk about flexibility... 

Grouping: I hate the Packers #Bears
Exclamation: I hate the Packers #GoBears
Asides: I hate the Packers #justsayin
Summary: I hate the Packers #GoBears #ToothlessFans #MatthewsIsRoidedUp
Statement: #FrickenPackers

Hashtags belong to the people. They can't be owned. You decide how to use them. You can't use them "wrong".  Ok, actually you can.  Here are my rules:
  1. Unless it is part of a hashtag game, put them at the end
  2. Use no more than three 
  3. #Longhashtagsareokbutonlyifthereareworthit
  4. As illustrated in this post, your call on the use of capital letters
  5. OK to use in Twitter, G+, Tumbler, and Instagram
  6. Not OK to use in Facebook or e-mails (I am exempt from this rule)
Finally, I would like to claim credit for two very useful hashtags:

#improvedbyaddingzombies
#depressingpoemstarts (most often utilized with a retweet)
  
And while this concept well predates hashtags, I think we all can agree the world is a better place if the was more widespread use of...

#greatbandname