Happy Blog Day! 8.31.07
Today is Blog Day. I found out this morning, and here it is almost 10 pm EST. Due to the fact that I don’t want to publish the post TOMORROW – I will keep it simple. First off – I just want to say that there are so many wonderful bloggers out there (check out my Blog Roll, yo). I celebrate all those fine individuals who put their positive ideas out into the universe! It takes a lot of energy and enthusiasm. I support that. I hope to see all you great bloggers at BlogWorld Expo in Vegas on November 8 – 9.
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Happy Blog Day all…here are my fab 5 6 7 8 (I couldn’t pick just 5!!). I’m proud to call these bloggers my friends, but more importantly, I thank them for their contributions.
They Big! Well, not really but they are one cool crew of 3-people who think big. Whether it be Ruby development, Facebook projects or Firefox extensions.. these are your geeks. The blog is an exploration of topics, including: social web, the facebook platform, web services, making firefox extensions, social networking tips and tricks, web development, Ruby on Rails, scaling web applications, developing with SEO in mind, and the next generation of instant messenger. PLUS – they do it all ninja style, and most importantly with good karma front and center!
The social observations, adventures and sliced tee shots of Marc Levin. Bloggin’ up a storm on the course and at Yahoo, Marc is all about building the community of Yahoo publishers and beyond. Marc intrinsically understands Influencer Marketing, because he is strategic, authentic and connected. He leverages that knowledge for clients, customers and users. He is passionate about flickr, tools, buttons, badges and widgets that encourage community and interactivity… oh yeah, and golf.
Deb reminds us that “Technology changes, humans don’t.” Incorporating a deep understanding of the user and consumer marketing, Deb evolves social media strategies that work. In addition to bringing great energy everywhere she goes, Deb is the person to speak to about cultivating community evangelists and understanding how these new marketing channels are changing organizations.
Jeremiah Owyang, Web Strategist, doesn’t need an introduction. His passion for the PEOPLE that make up this industry and for driving the vision forward is undeniable. This week’s news of his new job at Forrester is another sign of legitimizing the blogosphere. We all wish you well Jeremiah, and hope you continue to educate and entertain. Also, his Web Strategy Group on Facebook is a “must-join!”
Brian Solis is Principal of FutureWorks, an award-winning PR agency in Silicon Valley. Solis blogs at PR2.0, bub.blicio.us and regularly contributes PR and tech comments and articles to industry sites and publications. In addition to his awesome photography and spot-on Twitts, Brian consistently enhances the community convo. If you are in San Fran next week, don’t forget to check out Office 2.0, a conference Brian help put together. Oh yeah, plus every attendee gets an iPhone.
Aliza Sherman Rants and Raves
I’ve known Aliza for over 10 years. She’s come a long way (baby) from her Cybergrrl days in NYC. Now, an author (many times over), a mom, wife, Alaskan, SecondLife diva, Blogher speaker, and dog lover – Aliza’s rants and raves are insightful, well-written and entertaining! I also need to give props to Aliza for inspiring me to get into the Internet industry back in 1994. An article she published in Ms. Magazine in 1995 was the basis for my Masters Thesis on Women and the Internet. I am very grateful for that connection.
One of the true gurus of social media, but why….because he really cares. Chris challenges us daily with his questions, queries and quizzes. He gets the conversation started and keeps it going with his energy, enthusiasm and smarts. Founder of PodCamp and evangelist at Pulvermedia, Chris should be your friend on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, LinkedIn, etc. Oh wait – he probably already is.
Shop till ya drop baby. Props to my favorite super affiliate – Fabulous Savings and their new blog Fabudaily.com. Of course, you can find coupons for all of your online shopping excursions, but my favorite section is the daily list of silly holidays. (Cmon – have you ever heard of National Trail Mix Day or Global Forgiveness Day?!?) Love it!
Ok – so I went over 5 and did not keep it too simple. Figures… I’m not one to follow directions!
WoW! Thank you internet geek girl. What a great group you’ve put together.
Some side comments on the rest of the group. First, to dogballs for having the, well, balls to call his blog dogballs. I think I had one of those, an 8 (a “huit” in french pronounced like “wheat”) last time I golfed. And to Chris Brogan, who started the cool cat give back community Grasshoppers and then had the, well, balls to hand over the reigns to someone else. I just saw an email from him last night where he has offered to let someone else run the group he founded as a way to demonstrate the power of giving.
The rest of the blogs I’ll be taking a look at later today but they all sound outstanding.
Thank you so much for including me in the list and among such great company. I love your writing and it’s a huge compliment to be called out by you. Maybe one day I’ll even make your blog roll
Cheers and looking forward to seeing you in SF.
This is wonderful, those are fantastic things to say, I’m a glow now, we all think the world of you too Stephanie!
Thanks guys. You all rock, and Brian.. you’ll be in the blog roll later today.
Cheers,
Stephanie
Did someone say blogroll?
Brian I’m enjoying your post on lifestreaming, I had missed Emily Chang’s personal multi-source data mashup. I’m in the ideation phase of some multi-presence broadcasting stuff related to an open source messenger thingy we work on; your post expanded my mind on it.
You rock Stephanie, Blog Day is a great concept. I should emerge from my cave more often and I would have seen this not on the day after.
Action item for September – Update my blog roll and get others to include me in their list.
Best,
Stephanie
[blushing] Thanks for the kind words. Blogging is fun and getting comments and feedback help make it all worth it.
Thanks for the props, Stephanie. I didn’t remember that you did your Masters Thesis on women & the Internet. That article about the Internet for women for MS. magazine was a lifetime ago, it seems. We’ve definitely both come a long way, baby!
Stef- well –aww shucks– to be included in such grand company. Jersey zgeek girls ROCK!