So much to say, so much to share, but in the meantime, check out this video of Sheep!
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Making The World Suck A Little Less With #HoHoTO
Have I told you about the little thing I do called HoHoTO? Some people call it “the party twitter built”. Some people call it “a kick-ass party” Some people call it “Me and 600+ of my closest friends” Some people call it “a remarkable examples of a hyper-connected social media movement using the power of self-organizing online groups to make a real world difference.” Techvibes called it “social networking for a cause” Queen Rania of Jordan cited it as an example of online activism making an offline difference Daily Bread calls it their 3rd highest “3rd Party Fundraising event” I…
The Mark & Marcuses of Content Marketing #mm11
The Mark & Marcus' of Content Marketing #mm11 — Originally uploaded by LexnGer I'm spending the day at Mesh Marketing and am delighted by the focus on content marketing. Getting really passionate info from Marcus Wilson of Idea Paint and Marcus Sheridan of the Sales Lion, moderated by Mark Evans. Loving the direct tie between content marketing and sales! No pussy footing around site hits, talking sales!
Be A Taster in #TorontoTaste’s #ImATaster Contest
Can you fearlessly balance a glass of chardonnay, a porcini tart and a mini strawberry dacquoise in one hand while entering rapt reviews of less than 140 characters with the other? Do you have adventurous tastebuds, Twitter acumen, fast thumbs and a yearning to report live from Toronto’s most coveted culinary event of the year, Toronto Taste on Sunday, June 12, 2011 in support of Second Harvest? If you answered "@2ndHarvest yes, yes I can because #ImATaster and an #UberTweeter!" then you might be the tweeter we’re looking for in the #ImATaster Contest to win a prized spot as a…
Longos Goodies Give Away Winner
[Testing out a new tool called Storify which lets you construct stories from a variety of sources and then embedded them into your blog. I’d love to hear what you think and/or if it worked for you.]
Cream Soda Smile
Cream Soda Smile — Originally uploaded by LexnGer The other day Saul Colt invited a bunch of folks over to the ZooCasa offices. Before Saul's presentataion on how How Building Communities Is Like Dating A Pretty Girl The presentation was amusing and Saul had some excellent points about community building and the metaphor fit, though even at the end of the presentation I was at a lost as to why Social Media is like dating a "pretty" girl as opposed to a homely one. Or even why a "girl" versus a "woman". Or, for that matter, even why it was…
Copyright? What is This Thing Called Copyright?
So the copyright discussion seems to continue with this new chapter from my friend Al, (aka @brundle_fly) who tweeted a link to this email, which I am reproducing with his explicit permission. He showed a lot more restraint in his subtle “UMMM No.” intro to this than I would ever be able to muster. Correction this was found by Al, not an issue he had. But still! “Please put them back right away” You’ve got to be kidding me! [2013-02-08 - Sorry the original image in the original location has been replaced with something that I'm not comfortable having on…
Commercial or Journalistic? You Tell Me
In the final episode of the Toronto Life Creative Commons drama, we have identified the issue to be a difference of opinion about what constitutes “Commercial Use”. After I sent in my letter to Toronto Life, I got a quick, respectful and reasoned response from Matthew Fox, Editor of TorontoLife.com. We have resolved the usage issue by TorontoLife.com including a link to CheapEatsToronto.com where they use any of my images (and they have already implemented this.) Matthew’s reply to my letter stated that TorontoLife.com believes the use of the images was journalistic and not directly commercial, and thus did not cause…
Non Means Non
Today I got the following Google alert telling me one of my photos had been used and accredited to me. Google Web Alert for: lexnger The new patios of summer ’09: Fresh grazing grounds for outdoorsy … May 11, 2009 … The new leisure class: Queen Street will benefit from some of the city’s new patios (Photo by LexnGer). With spring heating up into summer, … Normally this is very exciting news and I’m delighted to see my photos used. This time however I was a little surprised and more than a little annoyed. My photo is used in a…
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June is Nuts Round Up Part #1
This is the second year in a row where our June, especially early June, is jam-packed full of personal, professional, and fun events. And this year, after a cool spring, our overloaded schedule is perfectly timed with the Extreme Weather Warnings too. The excitement started just after I picked up the rental car. Before we hit the road I had some pick ups & deliveries to do. Which included picking up not 1 but 2 Dove Pleasure Kits from Matchstick! The second kit was a mistake and has already headed back to Pleasure Kit Central… but it was pretty exciting…
That’s Quite Enough!
I’m finally done testing this twitter->blog post tool. Thanks again for your patience and for putting up with a mass of tweets instead of real posts… which our recent couch surfers gave me a lot of grief about. If you have a second, I’d love to hear your thoughts on Twitter and these twitter-posts. Wow, Lex, I love to hear where you had coffee and lunch every day, and those great one sided conversations! Keep’em coming. [interesting] Come on Lex, you’re boring my socks off, and my socks are pretty tolerant. [stupid] Yawn… did you say something? [bored indifference] WHAT?!? …
Today’s Most Popular
- May is national burger month. Right on! (found in the Whig Standard, by @sbats1 + Tara Curran) http://t.co/LezUpC3Ctq
- Quick visit to @farmgirlfood at the new (okay 1 year old) memorial centre farmers market in #Kingston… http://t.co/eXrEWXWh07
- RT @TheDanLevy: Don't ask ppl to RSVP to your event if by RSVP you mean BUY A TICKET. Those aren't the same & not saying what you mean just…
Lex In The Media
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Alexa is this week's Featured Member blog on Food Bloggers of Canada
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Alexa was featured as View The Vibe Friday Foodie, which started with "I caught up with this social media maven a few months ago at the Oikos’ Christmas in August dinner party and she stunned the heck out of me! This Jill of all trades is a publisher, writer, food blogger, photographer and lover of all things edible. She has her own publication of restaurant guides called Cheap Eats,...
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My Kensington Market tour, as part of the Ultimate Foodie Excusion, made Merry's #1 Blissdom Moment this year.
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