What is Tinyurl? (Tiny URL)
Many social media sites have restrictions on the number of characters
you can use to post information. Shortening a long URL into a short
URL allows you to include a link with your post. You can visit
www.tinyurl.com (or similar sites) and ?cut and paste? your long URL
for an automatic conversion or custom link (your choice).
FOR EXAMPLE the following URL has a length of 153 characters :
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&suggest¬e_id=95136257658&id=30458487563#/pages/Richmond-VA/Virginia-Commission-for-the-Arts/30458487563?ref=ts
and was converted into the following TinyURL which has a length of 25
characters:
http://tinyurl.com/mlvppz
Both links take you to the same page: The Virginia Commission for the
Arts Facebook Page.
To Tweet or not to Tweet? Here's your answer:
5 Reasons You Need to Start Using Twitter http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2287.html#
~VS~
5 Reasons Your Company Should Not Tweet http://www.whatsnextblog.com/archives/2009/04/top_10_reasons_your_company_should_not_tweet.asp
All Tweets are indexed and searchable by Google (Come up in Google Searches). Here are a few pages that may be of interest:
VMFA: http://twitter.com/vmfa
Virginia Beach: http://twitter.com/VaBeachCVB
Virginia Moms: http://twitter.com/VirginiaMoms
Harrisonburg VA: http://twitter.com/HarrisonburgVA
William and Mary News: http://twitter.com/WMNews
Destination DC: http://twitter.com/destinationdc
VA Museums: http://twitter.com/VAMuseums
Thrive Magazine (Hampton Roads): http://twitter.com/ThriveMag
Roanoke Region: http://twitter.com/Roanoke_Region
~VS~
5 Reasons Your Company Should Not Tweet http://www.whatsnextblog.com/archives/2009/04/top_10_reasons_your_company_should_not_tweet.asp
All Tweets are indexed and searchable by Google (Come up in Google Searches). Here are a few pages that may be of interest:
VMFA: http://twitter.com/vmfa
Virginia Beach: http://twitter.com/VaBeachCVB
Virginia Moms: http://twitter.com/VirginiaMoms
Harrisonburg VA: http://twitter.com/HarrisonburgVA
William and Mary News: http://twitter.com/WMNews
Destination DC: http://twitter.com/destinationdc
VA Museums: http://twitter.com/VAMuseums
Thrive Magazine (Hampton Roads): http://twitter.com/ThriveMag
Roanoke Region: http://twitter.com/Roanoke_Region
40 Free things to do in Virginia
Virginia is sharing a list of 40 free things to do on vacation. From free museums to free bike trails and free history tours and concerts, Virginia is an exciting and affordable travel destination. http://www.virginia.org/site/features.asp?featureid=595
Jump right to the arts: http://www.virginia.org/site/features.asp?FeatureID=591
Including listings for:
University of Virginia Art Museum in Charlottesville.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond.
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
Rex Theater in Galax. Mt. Pony Theater in Culpeper.
The Prizery in South Boston.
P.S. I learned about this by following Virginia Tourism on Twitter. I am just one of their nearly 1,700 "followers" : http://twitter.com/vatourismpr
Jump right to the arts: http://www.virginia.org/site/features.asp?FeatureID=591
Including listings for:
University of Virginia Art Museum in Charlottesville.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond.
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
Rex Theater in Galax. Mt. Pony Theater in Culpeper.
The Prizery in South Boston.
P.S. I learned about this by following Virginia Tourism on Twitter. I am just one of their nearly 1,700 "followers" : http://twitter.com/vatourismpr
New Media Article from The Art Newspaper
"Facebook is more than a fad—and museums need to learn from it" http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article.asp?id=17207
Excerpt: Victor Samra, digital media marketing manager at MoMA, says: “It's not enough just to broadcast information now. Sharing and participating in discussions are becoming normal activities on the web, so I think people are coming to expect it. People want to engage with content they are really passionate about, and museums have a great opportunity to provide this for them. This helps to change the perception of the museum as a building with four closed walls to an organisation with personality and a human face.”
Excerpt: Victor Samra, digital media marketing manager at MoMA, says: “It's not enough just to broadcast information now. Sharing and participating in discussions are becoming normal activities on the web, so I think people are coming to expect it. People want to engage with content they are really passionate about, and museums have a great opportunity to provide this for them. This helps to change the perception of the museum as a building with four closed walls to an organisation with personality and a human face.”
What is Social Media?
Here's a great overview of applications below compiled from Wilipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
COMMUNICATION
> Blogs: Blogger, LiveJournal, Open Diary, TypePad, WordPress, Vox,
> Micro-blogging / Presence applications: Twitter, Plurk, Pownce, Jaiku
> Social networking: Bebo, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Orkut, Skyrock, Hi5
> Social network aggregation: FriendFeed
> Events: Upcoming, Eventful, Meetup.com
COLLABORATION
> Wikis: Wikipedia, PBwiki, wetpaint
> Social bookmarking (or Social tagging) (Golder & Huberman 2006): Delicious, StumbleUpon, Stumpedia, Google Reader, CiteULike
> Social news: Digg, Mixx, Reddit
> Opinion sites: epinions, Yelp, mouthshut.com, City-data.com
MULTIMEDIA
> Photo sharing: Flickr, Zooomr, Photobucket, SmugMug
> Video sharing: YouTube, Vimeo,
> Livecasting: Ustream.tv, Justin.tv, Stickam, bizbuzztour.com
> Audio and Music Sharing: imeem, The Hype Machine, Last.fm, ccMixter
LAST BUT NOT LEAST:
A suggested Social/New Media reading resource:
Wikinomics, How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (2006)
THE BLOG: http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/
THE BOOK: http://www.wikinomics.com/book/
ON AMAZON: http://www.amazon.com/Wikinomics-Mass-Collaboration-Changes-Everything/dp/1591841380
COMMUNICATION
> Blogs: Blogger, LiveJournal, Open Diary, TypePad, WordPress, Vox,
> Micro-blogging / Presence applications: Twitter, Plurk, Pownce, Jaiku
> Social networking: Bebo, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Orkut, Skyrock, Hi5
> Social network aggregation: FriendFeed
> Events: Upcoming, Eventful, Meetup.com
COLLABORATION
> Wikis: Wikipedia, PBwiki, wetpaint
> Social bookmarking (or Social tagging) (Golder & Huberman 2006): Delicious, StumbleUpon, Stumpedia, Google Reader, CiteULike
> Social news: Digg, Mixx, Reddit
> Opinion sites: epinions, Yelp, mouthshut.com, City-data.com
MULTIMEDIA
> Photo sharing: Flickr, Zooomr, Photobucket, SmugMug
> Video sharing: YouTube, Vimeo,
> Livecasting: Ustream.tv, Justin.tv, Stickam, bizbuzztour.com
> Audio and Music Sharing: imeem, The Hype Machine, Last.fm, ccMixter
LAST BUT NOT LEAST:
A suggested Social/New Media reading resource:
Wikinomics, How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (2006)
THE BLOG: http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/
THE BOOK: http://www.wikinomics.com/book/
ON AMAZON: http://www.amazon.com/Wikinomics-Mass-Collaboration-Changes-Everything/dp/1591841380
Slide Shows Online
http://www.slide.com/ allows you to upload images for free online slide shows.
It’s FREE and easy to use. You can showcase several images in a single engaging frame. You can add music, special effects and images. You can pull images directly from your Flickr Account, Facebook Account, Myspace Page and more. If you want to add the slide show to a blog, they give you the “html” code to just cut and paste.
See another example of a Slide.com created slideshow on the Public Art Network Blog: http://www.publicartnetwork.blogspot.com/
It’s FREE and easy to use. You can showcase several images in a single engaging frame. You can add music, special effects and images. You can pull images directly from your Flickr Account, Facebook Account, Myspace Page and more. If you want to add the slide show to a blog, they give you the “html” code to just cut and paste.
See another example of a Slide.com created slideshow on the Public Art Network Blog: http://www.publicartnetwork.blogspot.com/
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