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Twitter conspiracy theories, Vidoops 3rd and final sponsored meet up back at the Green Dragon

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Justin Kistner
on June 27, 2008
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Well folks, this is the 3rd and final wave of Vidoopers coming through town. And, after the lengthy line at Plan B, we’re heading back to the Green Dragon. At this session @kveton is going to facilitate discussion around Twitter conspiracy theories.

I apologize for the late official posting on this, I’m currently traveling and was without Internet for the morning. And, since I will not be there, I expect everyone to have a rad ass time and make me feel bad for missing out on the fun. :)

BIG thanks to Vidoop for sponsoring the last 3 Beer and Blog sessions! It has been a pleasure to meet everyone from this hot new firm and buying beers has certainly made you all more welcome ;)

You can RSVP on Upcoming, but let’s be honest, it’s only 3 hours away.

Work Session Challenge: Can we replace Twitter with our blogs?

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Justin Kistner
on May 29, 2008
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Twitter is crack Does Twitter really offer any special service? Have we been duped into using their clogged tubes for no good reason? This is the question we plan to explore tomorrow as we attempt to replicate Twitter’s functionality with our blogs and some free online services. More than a few people are working on a decentralized Twitter, but I suspect that we are trying to hard to crack microblogging as a service when it may just be a category on our blogs. Come join us on the first ever Beer and Blog work session that has a focus: Can we replace Twitter with our blogs?

Since this is RailsConf, there will be some smart out-of-towners joining us. Help me make a quality representation of PDXers at the Green Dragon tomorrow from 4-6pm. If you’ll be there, an RSVP on Upcoming would be kindly appreciated.

Driving traffic to your site from the social web with Brian Reeder

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Justin Kistner
on April 4, 2008
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Brian Reeder Tonight we’re going to explore how does one get traffic to their site from places like Digg, StumbleUpon, Twitter, and more. To help us understand more about social promotion, Brian Reeder is going to share some of his knowledge that has helped him build traffic from social news sites. If you don’t know him already, here’s some background:

Brian started off working with the db clay guys helping them make their hand-made duct tape wallets. He’s since taken on more content management and webmaster work. That lead to him finding the rabbit hole of social news, and now he’s the #9 Top Stumbler in the world and works in cahoots with the Top Diggers in the world. Check it:

Top Stumblers

Now, this isn’t going to be a session about how to game the algorithm for social news sites. Instead, it will be a discussion about some of the etiquette, tips for social friendly content, and the art of networking. If you maintain a site that could use more traffic, you NEED to come to this session. If you are going to come, head on over and RSVP on Upcoming.