FROM:  Amy Kerr;

Which One Do You Use?

I use tweetcaster on my mobile devices and tweetdeck on my desktop computer. For some reason the official twitter apps hide the great “Retweet with comment” option I find so useful. For sharing stuff from the blog it lets me edit the tweet to include shoutouts to the people mentioned I the post.

My guess is that the unofficial Twitter clients provide so much more functionality that if the official twitter app offered those options it would probably tax the Twitter servers so much that it would bring down the system.

Anyway that’s my skeptical guess.

Great Family Take and A Short Walk To Fire and Ice For Dinner

I can’t believe I’d never been. 

I must be a microcelebrity. Someone I didn’t know yelled out “Hey Paulie Walnuts!” in the middle of Best Buy.

Become a Microcelebrity
by Clint Watson

Dear Subscriber,

A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece encouraging you, as artists, to create your own community. I discussed building your own community of fans and followers without getting sucked into over-hyped social sites such as MySpace or FaceBook. Reflecting on it a bit more, I realize there is another ingredient to success in online social networking….not only must you build a community…but you must become the leader of that community.

Over this past weekend I read an article in Wired magazine (issue 15.12), Almost Famous by Clive Thompson. The article discusses the relatively recent phenomenon of microcelebrities.

Clive puts it this way:

Microcelebrity is the phenomenon of being extremely well known not to millions but to a small group – a thousand people, or maybe only a few dozen. As DIY media reach ever deeper into our lives, it’s happening to more and more of us….[If you engage in online information publishing via web sites, blogs, and newsletters] odds are there are complete strangers who know about you — and maybe even talk about you.

You, dear artist, need to become a microcelebrity (no doubt many of you already are).

CLICK HERE FOR THE REST OF THE ARTICLE.

Hi Joey,

I enjoy your blog and check it every day. I have about 20 barrels I would like to sell. (See attached photos). The barrels are 35 gallons. I am in the wholesale flower business and the preservative for the flowers comes in these barrels. There is nothing toxic. The main ingredients were sugar and water.

Please let me know if you or anyone else might be interested. I live in Gloucester and would be happy to drop one off at your place so you can see them.

My cell # is 978-290-1848.

Thanks for your time.

Gerald Gallant

Bay State Farm Direct Flowers

978-253-6326