Inspiration + Humor = Christiaan Van Vuuren

Earlier today I stumbled upon Chris Hardwick’s Twitter profile, which then lead me to his blog site, The Nerdest. While scrolling through Chris’s posts I came across “The Quarantine Song”, about an Australian bloke named Christiaan Van Vuuren who has dubbed himself the Fully Sick Rapper. After reading his story and finding out more about Christiaan, I had to post about his situation; not only because of his creative videos on YouTube, but because this guy is using social networking to reach out to the world he is currently unable to be a part of.

Check out his first video below, then find him on all the social networks in the links above…

What an impressive and creative way to cope with a situation like this! I’m subscribed to and following all of Christiaan’s social networks now and am looking forward to keeping up with his progress… And I can’t wait to see more videos by him!

*March 24 is World TB Day! For more information about TB, check out http://www.worldtbday.org

Profile of a twitter user

Profile of a twitter user, originally uploaded by GDS Digital.

Very funny… Which user are you?

Managing your Social Networks

I’ve been using both Ping.fm and HootSuite to manage my professional social networks (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn). I started off with Ping, but have mostly been using HootSuite since last week.

I see pros and cons for both and actually presented my own comparisons to a few co-workers this morning during our Social Media meeting. Our company is beginning to manage social networks for our clients, so I am researching the ever-changing social media world all day.

I appreciate all of the social networks that Ping supports, however, HootSuite has been more user-friendly for me, and seems to be faster with updating overall.

Do you manage your social networks? What platform do you like best? Are there better social networking management systems out there than Ping.fm or HootSuite?

Blogging my way into the social media world

Recently I have been diving into the social media world even more so than I am already. It is amazing how quickly social networking has taken off and it is continuing to grow every day. I remember setting up my first MySpace account and thinking how great it was to connect with friends. Nowadays my MySpace page has been deleted, but I’m on Facebook and Twitter everyday, and have just started using new social network applications this week like foursqaure and Get Glue.

I have also been reading a number of articles lately regarding social media and social networking from sites such as Mashable and AllTop. Both have sections on their sites dedicated solely to Social Media containing hundreds of articles on the topic.

With all of this social buzz going on around me I decided to start this blog to share my own thoughts on the topic, as well as post articles and applications that I find most useful.