Curated Tweets and resources for the San Bruno Fire

Here is a mashup of some resources I created/curated to assist with providing quality information to those who need it about the San Bruno Natural Gas Line tragedy.

How NOT to respond to a tragedy on Twitter cc: @ed #sanbrunofire re: @onyxcafe #boycott

I was checking @Ed’s Twitter tonight after hearing that he was checking out a DM spam incident that @dannybrown was experiencing today and came across information about the San Bruno Fire. Then I ran across a couple of tweets in response to a company that was doing the most [...] Continue Reading…

5 Reasons why mobile phones will go Virtual

Mobile Virtualization – a natural evolution
Over the past few years virtualization technology has proven itself as a valuable and green technology. What is virtualization technology? Simply stated virtualization software provides a platform that allows multiple instances of other environments/operating systems to operate simultaneously on one physical device (usually servers). [...] Continue Reading…

Helping friends and Building Influence with Paper.li

Recently I noticed I was featured in a paper.li daily by @morgaine. I went and checked it out, thought it was a pretty interesting site. Being the web 2.0/Social Media tinkerer that I am I could not help myself so I created an account and started playing around with [...] Continue Reading…

Donating my 40th Birthday to Charity #40thpledge (Video)

I’ve thought of a lot of things to do for my upcoming 40th Birthday this Saturday, here are a few of the ideas I had:

Houseboat trip with family/friends.
Trip to Vegas trip.
Traditional Birthday party w/ family friends.

Each idea had its perks and this is a pretty major birthday for me, [...] Continue Reading…

Joe’s Idea Farm – Proposing a new Web 2.0 Idea

The Idea in a Nutshell
It is a simple idea, I promise. You propose changes to any website, the intermediary website will allow commentary and a preview of what the proposed changes would look like. That content can then be used by the target of the proposed changes.
An Example
For example, [...] Continue Reading…

A 2 Dollar Communications Solution

Update 9/3/2010 The title of this article has changed, it was crowd sourced on Amplify.com and via comments on the post. The winner is “A 2 Dollar Communications Solution” which was inspired by @mediacollective and finalized by @mistrtim. I want to give a special thank you to the Amplify [...] Continue Reading…

Bay Area Residents – Support the Pleasanton Rotary on 9/11/2010 #sfbay #nonprofit

The Pleasanton North Rotary club is having there annual fundraiser on September 11th, 2010. I promised to blog about it while I was there giving a presentation today. I can say this group is passionate, energetic and effective. I would encourage anyone who can participate to support this great [...] Continue Reading…

Adding the Twitter Tweet Button to WordPress

Update 8/13/2010 – there is now a plug in called Twitter Tweet Button 1.0 that can be installed and enabled via WordPress Plugins. I am still using this original method described below because for me the formatting is off with the button.

I recorded this screencast for people who don’t [...] Continue Reading…

Interview Sean Kennedy Good News in Oakland (Podcast)

Tonight I interviewed Sean Kennedy and Stephanie Geter on Blogtalkradio. It was inspiring to hear about all the positive things that are going on every day in Oakland, CA. Sean is the Executive Producer for Good News in Oakland. He is also highly recognized in the community in [...] Continue Reading…