Tag Archives: Social Media

Need a Short url? Try xm.my short URLs for maps

Posted on October 5, 2009 by glenn

Here’s an interesting way to use those popular short urls for sharing via your social media outlets. Using xm.my users can create a very simple Google map with a POI and then share the map and the short url to … Continue reading →

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Loveland Social Media event presentation from Joel Comm

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Glenn

This week in Loveland, Colorado, a social media meet-up titled NOCO Social Media was organized by the Loveland Chamber of Commerce’s Web2.0 Committee (imagine, a chamber of commerce so devoted to Web2.0 technology… kudos!!) A brief intro presentation was provided … Continue reading →

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2009 ESRI UC Social Media Bookmarks, Tips for First Timers and much more

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Glenn

This year will be ESRI UC trip #11 for yours truly… a tradition of mine is to share tips, tricks, and down-right useful stuff with other GISusers that will be taking in North America’s largest GIS conference. And so, read … Continue reading →

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Turn your Twitter Follower notices into something useful with TwiMailer

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Glenn

Like a good Red Sox fan would say… This is wicked Awesome!!! Check out TwiMailer, a fantastic new Twitter add-on that turns your Twitter follower notifications into something that is actually useful rather than annoying! Nice stuff! See http://twimailer.com/ Twimailer … Continue reading →

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Some Twitter Geo Followers and Twitter Buttons!

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Glenn

There’s lots of cool things about Twitter… sure you can follow @esri, @erdas, @terrago, @gotgeoint, @gisuser, @lbszone, @loopt, @navteq, @bentleysystems, @mappsgeo and many other GIS companies and Geo professionals (including me @gletham)… but also cool about Twitter is the VAST … Continue reading →

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New GISuser Page on facebook

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Glenn

To take advantage of the relatively new facebook “Pages” app, we’ve jumped on things and created a GISuser Page – Now you can stay informed with a feed from the blog, some photos, videos, and other cool Geo things. Feel … Continue reading →

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Event – OMMA Social Media conference

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Glenn

Apparently there’s a TON of cash floating around being invested in social media, social networking, and even geo-social web applications. If you’re interested in creating a business in this space then there’s an event taking place later in January (Jan … Continue reading →

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Suggested Reading – 10 Principles of Social Media

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Glenn

Jim Benson, CEO of Modus Cooperandi has tipped me off about some of the work he’s been involved with lately. Part of Jim’s Passion is dealing with social media, particularly from a management consultant’s perspective. Last month Jim posted a … Continue reading →

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Is Your GIS/Geo Technology Company Really Taking Advantage of Twitter and the Latest in Social Media

Posted on December 16, 2008 by Glenn

Just because your company is on Twitter doesn’t mean that you’re company Twitters! Interesting discussions lately coming out of a number of camps – example, see Mashable piece on Twitter and brands. Twitter is a funny thing and it’s a … Continue reading →

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Social Media Shmocial Media?

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Glenn

I guess someone had to say it! Once again the topic of to microblog or not has come up and perhaps rightfully so – depending on which camp you come from. Where’s the money in social media and what does … Continue reading →

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