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chat roulette from Casey Neistat on Vimeo.

Casey explains Chat Roulette by both words and demonstration. There’s a few bits of language that might make it NSFW or young children. No nudity though.

Found this video via Walyou.

Dr. Haggis, my Steampunk hero, shares another great video. This one chronicles the making of a replica of Jayne Cobb’s Gun.

Please click through to the Jayne Cobb gun video.

Friendly and Fun by Tojosan, on Flickr

Trying to fit in? Not these two ladies. I met them during a visit to Borders, where they were browsing magazines across from me. Sure you see some strange dress there, but usually it’s the goth kids or the grunge crowd.  These ladies were bright, high energy, and happy.

Colorful people are a treasure. Really!  You swear you want your kids to grow up to be successful but often along with that comes ‘normal.’ Ordinary has become the new black as families go. Everyone wants it.

Sure, the ordinary gets us by, but it’s the colorful parts that make our memories. How often do is the colorful dismissed though or pointed a finger at and looked upon with a smirk.

These fine young women will always be a reminder that color isn’t something to fear, it’s to be embraced. It’s an essential part of us, a driving force of our inner desires. Sure you can squelch it, but is living in a grey world really the end goal of life?

My tribute to color? My hats. I’ve shrugged off the notion that grown, adult men should wear ordinary and calm hats. By golly, I’ll wear if it makes me or anyone else smile.

So cheers to color, these ladies, and a life filled with breaking out of the dull and grey.

(This article was inspired by What I learned from Colorful Characters on Middle Zone Musings.)

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Bonus social networking tip: Stand out. Be unique. Wear your own ‘hats.’

Danyelle of The Cubicle Chick hosted another great social networking event. Jilly’s Cupcake Bar & Cafe provided the perfect place for A Sweet Affair.

Beyond further cementing Danyelle’s The Cubicle Chick brand this event gave St. Louis chance to network at a local small business. Jilly’s was a great way to follow through on Danyelle’s promise to support locally owned businesses.

This social networking event succeeded as a tweetup, a foodie gathering, and more. I’ll be frank and say this is my first networking event with so many of our Black St. Louisans and Twitter peeps.

So often at events I’ve attended the mix is very Caucasian heavy. Oh there are a few people of different races mixed in but not near representative of the melting pot that St. Louis is. The metro area is not only home to a good mix of whites and blacks, but has a large mix of Asians, middle-easterners, and more.

St. Louis has one of the largest Bosnian enclaves in the US. The Korean community here has founded many churches and businesses. The list is endless of contributions by all races in our area.

It’s a blessing to see more diversity in local St. Louis events. I grew up here when forced segregation was still going on.  I think this is a sign that things are finally moving along in our culture.

Danyelle is building her brand; if she’s willing, she can be an ambassador of change as well. I’m throwing down the gauntlet for my fellow St. Louisans to step up, bring it big, and get all of our citizens in the game.

The Cubicle Chick’s A Sweet Affair

Jilly’s Cupcake Bar & Cafe

Glamazini #159: The Cubicle Chick’s St. Louis Tweet Up!

It’s less amazing if you know the effort behind it.  This picture started with a simple idea, me and the three penguins playing poker.

Seems simple enough right? It was until the idea of the big penguin showing Aces came to me. The trick then was how to stage it.

First thought on putting up the cards was a paper clip. Would you believe after 20 minutes of looking around the house, not one paper clip was handy. (Of course now I know where some are.) Sharon came to my rescue with a bobby pin.

Bobby pins are about the right size and do a fair job of holding things, sadly not much beyond the cards. Visions of attaching the five cards to the penguin’s hand were out.

Figure out what I should have thought of at first; photography is as much what I plan for you to see as what’s really there. Cards in the picture above appear to be in the penguin’s hand. Actually they are resting on the right foot.

The bobby pin holds the cards together, while the hand is gently attached to the leg by clothespin. Outside penguins I copped out on and just leaned the cards against them. It worked out well from the angle of the photo.

Things I consider missing:

• the kitty
• chips at each player
• the dealer’s deck

Photoshop was not used nor any other photo magic. All I did with this post capture was to crop it and auto-adjust in iPhoto.

How does this post tie into social networking? It was created with the intent of sharing on my social networks. This is not a ‘photo album’ picture. It’s not for immediate family and friends, not for coworkers, it’s for you, my readers, my followers, my connections.

Why? Because you deserve a bit of effort and a laugh. You’re worth the effort.

Recommendations? Comments? Creative suggestions? Feedback on social networking?

Give it up in the comments!

Find Todd Jordan.

DeWitt Clinton wants you to finger your gmail friends.  Webfinger that is.

They’ve published a service, much like the old finger protocol, for you to ping your friends. Webfinger is not yet as much funs as the older finger command.  It used to be you could post a message or bio or whatever in to your .project or .plan file.

Webfinger gives you something different:

WebFinger client screenshot

It’s basically your Google profile information. What I’d like to see is it to strip off and display your bio from the profile. Heck, why not even encourage Google to implement a .plan file setup?

I’d like you to do something, finger yourself -> Webfinger. Feel free to post your results in the comments below. I’d love to hear what you would like to see in this new tool as well.

Cool video created by The Wonderfactory and Time, Inc. Consider it the Sports Illustrated view of tablet PC meets the Times Inc magazine.

There’s even a glimpse of what the Swimsuit Issue would look like on a tablet. Makes me want to run out and buy an Apple iPad.

Listen to the 2 minute audio above. It’s great advice.

Most folks joining Twitter or Facebook today, they’re advised to follow a bunch of folks. Likely these aren’t folks they are not only direct contacts with in the physical world, but not even a friend of a friend.

This sounds like fun until that newbie drowns in the messages, messages with no meaning. Sure, they might make one or two friends out of that mess, but likely they’ll initially just be frustrated.

In the end, the recommendation to follow a bunch of strangers is just bad advice. There’s no relationship building going on. It’s like trying to make instant bake success.

So what works? Organic one relationship at a time growth of contacts. Instead of focusing on stratospheric numbers, focus on one new contact at a time.

How to do this?  Best advice I’ve received is to watch who your friends engage with. Listen in on those conversations. See what those folks who do interact have to say and how they say it.  If you see something you enjoy, friend that person.

New contacts you add, be sure to let them know how you found them. Be sure to mention the shared connection, and considering adding a note about one of the new friends messages. It lets them know you’ve been listening.

In summary, build your network one valued connection at a time. Give them your best. Your network will grow fast enough.

It’s going to be a party. It’s going to be a Tweetup. It’s all about you and us and some food and some networking. It’s the first ever Castle Tojosan Tweetup.

You and you and you are invited. Oh wait, you’re not late though. The date is Friday, February 19th. The time? 6PM Central and beyond.

Warning – it’s mostly BYOB though I have a couple of bottles of wine in the house. I will take your keys if you’re toast.

This is intended to be a family and friend deals. Bring your kids, bring your wanna be tweeps, bring the garbage man if you like him.

I’ve got wifi, sodas, and video games and movies for the kids. As for food, the plan is to order some pizza, put out some chips, and make some finger sammies.  Whatever else turns up, I won’t mind.

We mostly stock Pepsi products but if ask ahead I can grab a few other sodas.  We’ll also have iced tea on hand.

Oh wait, you want to know where right? St. Peters, Mo. Um. Need more?

5 Westwood Estates Drive.

Google map?

Recap: Tweetup at Castle Jordan – it’s on Foursqure!

Bring yourself and your kids if you’d like. BYOB. Wireless. Big TV w/DVD player, Wii, XBox 360. Jigsaw puzzles. Cards. Yahtzee. Origami. Bring your camera/camcorder.

Food as it works out. If you have special food rules please contact me ahead of time.

Please RSVP here, vai Twitter, email, etc, and remember to tweet it up-  http://wp.me/pfLxC-uv

Note: we have a very friendly dog. He’s about 23 lbs. We don’t give him people food.

Recorded using Screen Jelly.

Twitter is already overwhelming for some users. Add lists and groups on top of that and you’ll find even more confusion.  Tweetdeck makes those both easier.

In the video above, I walk through adding a user to a group and a list with just a few mouse clicks and without leaving Tweetdeck.