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Tourist fun in Washington, DC

by Joe Spake on May 14, 2010

Part of the fun of attending conventions is tourism.  Here’s a little video from our Nation’s Capitol – The Mall:

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Picture of the Day – REBarCamp Nashville

by Joe Spake on April 30, 2010

Brian Copeland lays out the ground rules for Tennessee’s first REBar Camp, Nashville – 4/28/2010
More photos from the event at http://www.flickr.com/photos/joespake/sets/72157623838064525/

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WordCamp is for WordPress lovers

by Joe Spake on April 30, 2010

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I find myself thanking my friend Brian Copeland in back-to-back posts for being the brains behind not one, but 2 stellar events in Nashville this week. I just posted about Tennessee’s first REBar Camp on Wednesday, 4/28. That was followed on Thursday by a WordCamp – a day devoted to the [...]

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BarCamps are user-generated conferences, with the sessions an presenters/facilitators determined on the day of the conference.  Bar camps are participatory and geared to the needs and skills of those who attend.  The essence of the Bar Camp movement was captured in this week’s REBar Camp Nashville.  REBar Camps are real estate oriented, and while I [...]

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I was drenched by the time I got inside, but I had a great day at Memphis’ first Tribe Camp.  Inspired by Seth Godin’s book, Tribes, and sponsored by Social Media Expedition, Launch Memphis, and Lunaweb, the day was filled with a wide variety of presentations running the gamut from photography, to ghost blogging, to [...]

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From Fans to Likers

by Joe Spake on April 22, 2010

The one thing  you can depend on with Facebook is CHANGE.  If you are a Facebook user, and who isn’t these days, you have probably already noticed that FB has dropped the “Fan” terminology on FB pages, in favor of the less fervent “Like“.  I posted about the FB changes on April 9.  So when [...]

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Just as I was getting my business friends and clients to come around to developing a Facebook presence for their businesses on a Facebook “Fan” Page, Facebook is about to drop the Become a Fan Button on pages in favor of a Like button.  According to the release by FB (see slides at the end [...]

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Back when when I first started hearing about GPS, I began to fear the implications of global positioning.  Being a closeted Luddite 2.0,  I foresaw the implications of a machine that, with the help of a group of satellites, could pinpoint my position on this big planet down to one meter.  Considering the evolution of [...]

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Last week I attended RETSO (#RETSO)  – Real Estate Tech South in Duluth (Atlanta burbs), Georgia.  The conference was extended to 2 days this year and was jam-packed with the best real estate thinkers and speakers in the country.  This was not a RE BarCamp, but a well organized and tightly scheduled conference.  Organized for [...]

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The Memphis News features Twitter users

by Joe Spake on March 28, 2010

The Memphis News used me as one of the subjects  for this week’s  feature article, Social Media Icons, along with city councilman Shea Flinn, Margot McNeely of Project Green Fork, Chris Vernon, sports radio host, and Richard Thompson of  MLGW.  It’ always interesting to see the perspective reporters and editors take on social media.    The [...]

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