http://daviddaniels.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:30:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://daviddaniels.com/2011/10/first-lady-michelle-obama-tweets-is-she-a-twit/ http://daviddaniels.com/2011/10/first-lady-michelle-obama-tweets-is-she-a-twit/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:30:26 +0000 David Daniels http://daviddaniels.com/?p=9343 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } First Lady Michelle Obama has officially sent her very first tweet while attending Game 1 of the World Series. Mrs. Obama’s first tweet went out over the @joiningforces account, not an account of her own. According to the description on the account, it’s an official White House twitter account of??? Actually… yeah…. What’s going on here? There’s [...]]]> http://daviddaniels.com/2011/10/first-lady-michelle-obama-tweets-is-she-a-twit/feed/ 0 http://daviddaniels.com/2011/07/obama-tweets-40000-questions-were-asked-18-were-answered-what-about-the-other-39982/ http://daviddaniels.com/2011/07/obama-tweets-40000-questions-were-asked-18-were-answered-what-about-the-other-39982/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:00:34 +0000 David Daniels http://daviddaniels.com/?p=8639 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Obama’s First Tweet! I’m always amazed at how far the Obama Administration has come in terms of accepting social media as a platform to engage the public but surprised at how shockingly long it has taken. Our government truly does move at a snail’s pace compared to the private enterprise. Twitter has been around since [...]]]> http://daviddaniels.com/2011/07/obama-tweets-40000-questions-were-asked-18-were-answered-what-about-the-other-39982/feed/ 2 http://daviddaniels.com/2011/07/have-a-little-fun-with-twitter-the-funniest-twitter-accounts-i-know-of/ http://daviddaniels.com/2011/07/have-a-little-fun-with-twitter-the-funniest-twitter-accounts-i-know-of/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:00:57 +0000 David Daniels http://daviddaniels.com/?p=8581 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } So it’s time to have a little fun with my favorite Social Media Platform Quite a few people tell me they don’t understand twitter and have no use for a twitter account. I find so may uses for it everyday but always seem to forget to share one of my favorite uses… The fake twitter [...]]]> http://daviddaniels.com/2011/07/have-a-little-fun-with-twitter-the-funniest-twitter-accounts-i-know-of/feed/ 2 http://daviddaniels.com/2011/06/new-twitter-older-tweeters-are-fighting-the-move-to-the-new-platform/ http://daviddaniels.com/2011/06/new-twitter-older-tweeters-are-fighting-the-move-to-the-new-platform/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:00:04 +0000 David Daniels http://daviddaniels.com/?p=8453 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Here is the current big issue on twitter: Twitter introduced “New Twitter” back in September of 2010, adding a new layout that makes finding information a lot easier. Since then twitter has been slowly moving everyone over to the new platform. At the same time twitter also gave its users the option to continue to [...]]]> http://daviddaniels.com/2011/06/new-twitter-older-tweeters-are-fighting-the-move-to-the-new-platform/feed/ 0 http://daviddaniels.com/2011/06/apple-twitter-team-up-in-september-just-in-time-for-back-to-school-what-will-your-kids-be-tweeting/ http://daviddaniels.com/2011/06/apple-twitter-team-up-in-september-just-in-time-for-back-to-school-what-will-your-kids-be-tweeting/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:30:33 +0000 David Daniels http://daviddaniels.com/?p=8309 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } This past week I have been following the WWDC which is Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference. The conference is currently taking place, between June 6th – June 10th, and Apple uses the conference to introduce all of their upcoming products. Apple seems to have plans to take over the computing world and will be partnering with twitter to [...]]]> http://daviddaniels.com/2011/06/apple-twitter-team-up-in-september-just-in-time-for-back-to-school-what-will-your-kids-be-tweeting/feed/ 0 http://daviddaniels.com/2011/06/what-social-media-network-should-kids-use-first-facebook-or-twitter/ http://daviddaniels.com/2011/06/what-social-media-network-should-kids-use-first-facebook-or-twitter/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:30:06 +0000 David Daniels http://daviddaniels.com/?p=8289 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } It’s your kids 13th birthday and they now are technically old enough to setup a facebook account but should they? This is the debate that has been going on in my little social circle. Parents who have practically no social media experience are now being asked to police kids social media activities. Parents hear stories [...]]]> http://daviddaniels.com/2011/06/what-social-media-network-should-kids-use-first-facebook-or-twitter/feed/ 0 http://daviddaniels.com/2011/05/twitter-theory-for-every-28-twitter-followers-you-make-a-new-connection-maybe/ http://daviddaniels.com/2011/05/twitter-theory-for-every-28-twitter-followers-you-make-a-new-connection-maybe/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 21:30:12 +0000 David Daniels http://daviddaniels.com/?p=8040 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } As I approach a small personal milestone on twitter, 1000 followers, I am left to ponder what is the meaning of this accomplishment?   What does it mean to have 1000 followers? Who is actually listening to you? Because you know it’s not all 1000 people.   Here is my special formula for figuring your [...]]]> http://daviddaniels.com/2011/05/twitter-theory-for-every-28-twitter-followers-you-make-a-new-connection-maybe/feed/ 0 http://daviddaniels.com/2011/02/15000-for-promoted-tweets/ http://daviddaniels.com/2011/02/15000-for-promoted-tweets/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:00:57 +0000 David Daniels http://daviddaniels.com/?p=6801 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Yup! You read that correctly. In response to my inquiry about twitters promoted products I learned that one of the minimum requirements for a twitter advertising campaign is a starting budget of $15,000 a month, a 3 month commitment, previous experience running SEO ad campaigns and an established presence on twitter. So if you are a blogger or [...]]]> http://daviddaniels.com/2011/02/15000-for-promoted-tweets/feed/ 0 http://daviddaniels.com/2010/11/twitter-adds-instant-notifications-via-text/ http://daviddaniels.com/2010/11/twitter-adds-instant-notifications-via-text/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:11:21 +0000 David Daniels http://daviddaniels.com/?p=5784 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Twitter adds instant notification via text. And this was the way twitter was originally intended to be used, As a text messaging service. You now have the capability to have all your mentions sent directly to your phone. These mentions can be just from people you follow or anyone on the twitter service. So I [...]]]> http://daviddaniels.com/2010/11/twitter-adds-instant-notifications-via-text/feed/ 0 http://daviddaniels.com/2010/10/new-twitter-very-nice/ http://daviddaniels.com/2010/10/new-twitter-very-nice/#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2010 10:00:54 +0000 David Daniels http://daviddaniels.com/?p=5253 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } I’ve been using new twitter now for about a week and absolutely love it. Here is a video from twitter lead developer, Kevin Cheng, who walks through some of the newest features of new twitter… For more video’s from twitter you can check out their youtube channel. Surprisingly they’ve only been on youtube a few [...]]]> http://daviddaniels.com/2010/10/new-twitter-very-nice/feed/ 0