The GPhone

At this point almost everyone has heard of the GPhone. Or at least the concept of it. Right now thats all it is but supposedly this thing could hit shelves and leave them just as fast as early as first quarter 2008. Currently the best look you can get at the prototype is in simulated designs on consumer blogs but it is fun to imagine what the possibilities of a gadget like this could have. The fact that Google owns YouTube and this Blogger only makes things more interesting as to what type of content you could be holding in the palm of your hand from anywhere in the world. The linked blog on last100.com certaintly fills my head with dreams of one day owning one and at least holding out for now on the iphone. It is said that Facebook, MySpace, and other social networking sites would be fully functional miniature versions of themselves on your phone. This thing would revolutionize the world!

The GPhone

Mondays with Drew

I am a huge Texas football fan and sometimes I cant get to my television to watch SportsCenter for the latest updates. God forbid, sometimes I cant even get there to watch the games. Fortunately, Mack-Brown-Texas-Football.com has provided me with an answer this season. Mondays with Drew is a weekly broadcast exclusively over the internet on this website that I can go to 24/7 and catch up on whats going on with the Horns. The star of the show is Senior safety Drew Kelson, #4. He goes around campus and interviews various athletic staff, players, and fans. I dont quite know whether or not Kelson will go pro in the draft, but he may have a career in social media somewhere!

Mondays with Drew 11/5/07

Pure Volume

Pure Volume is one of my favorite social media networking sites because of the fact that it is based exclusively on music. I am a huge music fan, especially alternative punk and emo rock which is what they specialize in. You can actually create your account and start adding favorite bands immediately. Once you have built up a pretty good library of bands, you can go and see who else likes the same bands and link up to their favorite list. The home page features a daily rotation of editor's and listener's choice bands for you to sample and at the bottom there is a top played bands list. Many of the bands on this site are unsigned and are willing to give away their music for free download to get their name heard. This is one of the best resources I have ever come across for up and coming bands and I encourage everyone to at least go and browse for a while on it. It has an excellent search browser where you can go and sort through their entire library by genre.

Pure Volume

Social Media Tips & Tactics

I found this video on YouTube that gives some really great tips for successfully entering the social media world. It features Valerie Jennings, CEO of Jennings Public Relations & Advertising. She gives some great advice on how to use RSS to your advantage in getting your content on the web. This is definitely a video for anyone looking for an entry level public relations position.

Yahoo! Widgets

Yahoo! Widgets are a really cool little tool that you can completely personalize to your own style. A widget is simply an interactive interface with which you can view some type of content. It can also be a search engine implemented right onto your desktop or an hourly weather report with the click of your mouse. Yahoo! Widgets are one of the most extraordinary however because of the elaboration of some of these. I currently do not have them on my computer but I have used the program in the past. My only complaint with them was that they were too cluttery but it appears as though they have fixed that issue and are now offering a very clean, compact system that you can download for free instantly. There are clocks, countdowns, miniature control panels, and more for your convenience and pleasure. Check it out and add these new wave inventions to your desktop today!

Yahoo! Widgets

PR Christmas List

I found this really cool list of things that this blogger really hates about Web 2.0, even though he points out that there is much to love about it as well. He includes in his list a code of ethics over the general content of Web 2.0, a crackdown on Facebook's immoral practices, a social media wiki training program, and many other items. This is a blog on socialmediatoday.com which looks like a really awesome blog actually, I think I might sign up on it. It leaves an area for commenting right there on the page as well as a neat little section for all your bookmarks. It looks like though after some snooping around that this isnt a completely public, free forum. Anyways take a look at this list its kind of funny.

PR Christmas List

Las Vegas

I am going to Las Vegas for New Years this year and I am going to be competing in the World Series of Beer Pong III. The reason that this relates to social media is that I completely set up my entire trip on this website that the creators of the tournament set up. It is unique in the fact that I did not just pay a fee and sign up, but actually created a team name and linked up with my room mate who is also my partner. All the teams that are created go into a pool with the ones who have finalized registration and you can actually add an image to your profile and talk trash on the forum. Not too long ago anything like this would not have been possible. Any type of sporting event or vacation package required an over the phone or face to face interaction to book. Even in the modern internet era, you are just starting to see fully interactive sites in ways that were never thought imaginable before. I just thought it was really cool how this trip did not just involve signing up but gave the participants something interesting to actually get from their registration.

BPong.com --Our team is called Blue Chips