Dana Lancaster In Brief
digital marketer in the games industry. media geek. sports fanatic. chicago cubs masochist. brooklyn-phile. lifelong vegetarian. cat owner. animal rights advocate. local craft beer evangelist. writer about soccer and other stuff at aerys sports. More
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Twitter Makes “All The Tostitos” a Championship Meme
Yesterday I ranted a bit about how Tostitos was missing out on a big opportunity by not engaging with fans on Twitter in advance of and during the Fiesta Bowl and the BCS National Championship game, which they sponsor. But silly … Continue reading
Ghost Tweeting Needs to Die
This just in from Mike Bianchi at the Orlando Sentinel: Urban Meyer, Head Coach of the Florida Gators, has a “Twitter Coordinator” run his @CoachUrbanMeyer account: When I quizzed Meyer about his philosophy on Twitter the other day, he smiled and … Continue reading
We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Badges! Or Do We?
During the NBA Finals this year I did something I never thought I’d do. I intentionally checked in on Foursquare when I wasn’t planning to go somewhere, just to get a badge. For the finals between the Lakers and Celtics, the NBA partnered with Foursquare to offer team badges. “Go Lakers!” comments with any check-in earned the user a Lakers badge; “Go Celtics!” comments earned the Celtics badge. Continue reading
Posted in Foursquare, Social Media, South by Southwest, Sports, Technology, World Cup
Tagged badges, celtics, CNN Super Fan Badge, Facebook, Foursquare, lakers, mayor, NBA finals, South by Southwest, Twitter, world cup, World Cup Badge
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Yesterday Happened Here: Merging the Old with the New at SXSW
The tagline for the annual South by Southwest conference and festival is “Tomorrow Happens Here.” It is known to be the place where new music, film, media and technology break ground. For the Interactive portion of the event, SXSWi, new … Continue reading
Posted in Foursquare, Social Media, South by Southwest, Twitter
Tagged Austin, foodspotting, Foursquare, Gowalla, South by Southwest, stickybits, SXSW, SXSWi, Texas, Twitter
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Google Buzz Thoughts: The End of Digital Diarrhea or Too Simple?
It’s Day Two of Google Buzz, but Day One for me, as Google just rolled it out to my account. Naturally, the emerging media geek that I am, I jumped right in. Here are my initial thoughts: What is Google … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Google Buzz, Social Media, Twitter
Tagged Buzz, emerging media, Facebook, google, techcrunch, Twitter
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Social Media Week NYC Prediction: Geolocation services are going to be “HUGE”
February 1-5 was Social Media Week in New York City, with panel discussions, events and parties happening all over the city. The buzz before the week was about “geolocation services” and I heard many a prediction that it would be … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Foursquare, Social Media, Social Media Week New York, Twitter
Tagged #smwgotham, Brooklyn, Carrot Creative, Foursquare, Geolocation services, Gotham Media Ventures, Gowalla, Katy Kelley, manhattan bridge, nyc subway, Social Media, Social Media Week New York, Twitter, Yelp
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Tweet of the Day: January 25, 2010
In the last few days I’ve been giving credit to some of my favorite tweets on Twitter by re-tweeting them with the preface “Tweet of the Day”. This is mainly to highlight my admiration for the content of the tweet … Continue reading
Posted in Tweet of the Day, Twitter
Tagged adrian peterson, Brett Favre, Brian McCarthy, Drew Brees, fumble bowl, Minnesota, New Orleans, nfl, reggie bush, Saints, Seinfeld, Tweet of the Day, Twitter, Vikings
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Get Your Face on my Twitter Background!
My new Twitter background, thanks to http://www.twilk.com. Do you see yourself here? Thanks to all these wonderful folks for turning me into the proud Twitter-addict that I am! Want your face here? Follow me on Twitter!
Posted in Social Media, Twitter
Tagged twilk, twilk.com, Twitter, twitter backgrounds
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Two things that annoy me on Twitter
Want to know what annoys me on Twitter? Well, a lot of things. But with particular regard to brands that are jumping on the Twitter bandwagon because they feel they have to keep up, these two items come to mind: … Continue reading
