Mashable - Howard W Buffett on MashableTV. 039;s Twitter Guide Book Now Available for Download. We recently launched The Twitter Guide Book, a one-stop shop for getting up to speed with everything Twitter, from managing your Twitter stream to promoting a business.
Now, we've packaged up all of our best Twitter resources in a downloadable presentation so you can flip through all of the content in one place, and print and share it with your friends and colleagues. Presented by Adobe Acrobat 9, sponsor of this year’s SlideShare “World’s Best Presentation Contest”, the Twitter Guide Book includes a special audio introduction from Mashable Founder and CEO Pete Cashmore, as well as five chapters: 1. Twitter 101: The Basics2. Building Your Twitter Community3. Please note that Acrobat 9 or Adobe Reader 9 is required for viewing. 26 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed. It's been a busy week here at Mashable HQ with the launch of Facebook Places.
This round-up of resources from the past week or so comes jam-packed with tips and analysis, including a field guide to using (or disabling) Facebook's new tool. As always, there are some interesting entries across all of our coverage areas. In Social Media, check out five of the biggest emerging trends, some geeky web comics, and seven services for reserving your favorite username across the web. Tech and Mobile offers 10 essential e-books for designers, some keyboard shortcuts for your iPhone, and an infographic on the rise of text messaging.
7 Unique Sites for Discovering New Music. Jessica Miller has written for Jewcy.com, The Jew and the Carrot, and is an avid digital music explorer.
She holds a B.A. in religion from Barnard College, and blogs regularly on her own site, The Boomerang Blog. Most music enthusiasts will agree that there is a big difference between hearing a band on a CD and seeing them perform live. While it might have been the recording that got you to the show, it’s often the live concert experience that transforms an artist you like into your favorite band. But since many of us don't always have the time or ticket funds to see as many concerts as we'd like, here are seven sites that will bring all the intimacy of a live show to your desktop. Their combination of rare live recordings, unusual video locations, and behind-the-scenes snapshots are sure to please any music fan. 5 Great Ways to Find Music That Suits Your Mood. Jessica Miller has written for Jewcy.com, The Jew and the Carrot, and is an avid digital music explorer.
She holds a B.A. in religion from Barnard College, and blogs regularly on her own site, The Boomerang Blog. You don’t have to be Oliver Sacks to know that music can have a profound effect on the human psyche. Music is undeniably important in shaping moods, and, likewise, certain frames of mind require certain kinds of songs. Luckily for us, there are now several websites out there that feature mood searches.
Instead of generating artists and songs by genre or title (as Pandora does), they are able to filter songs by emotions and activities. So whether you’re feeling down and need a pick-me-up; you’re down and you’d like to stay that way for a bit — whether you’re in an "Empire State of Mind," or it’s just another "Manic Monday" — we’ve hand picked our five most satisfying sites for finding the perfect songs to suit your mood. 5 Ways Social Media is Changing Our Daily Lives. Soren Gordhamer writes and consults on ways we can more creatively and effectively use the technologies of our age, including social media.
He is the author of "Wisdom 2.0" (HarperOne, 2009). You can follow him on Twitter at @SorenG. It is hard to know sometimes how our life has changed until we stop for a moment and look at how different it is from ten or even five years ago. In recent years social media, likely more than anything else, has significantly impacted most of our daily lives. Envisioning the global conversation that has developed over the past few years because of tools like Facebook and Twitter might have been unimaginable for most people at the beginning of this decade.
The Journalist's Guide to User Generated Video. Leah Betancourt is the digital community manager at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, Minn.
She is @l3ahb3tan on Twitter. User-generated content (UGC) isn’t new, but technology such as video cell phones, home video editing software and video-sharing web sites are making it easier and cheaper than ever to capture, edit and distribute moving images with or without mainstream broadcast media. 15 Fascinating Ways to Track Twitter Trends. One of the great things about TwitterTwitter reviews is that it is a great place to track emerging trends.
When major events or big stories occur, people tweet about it and it inevitably ends up at the top of Twitter Search as a top trend. But this only scratches the surface of tracking Twitter trends. There are a wide variety of web applications, Twitter accounts, and even iPhone apps that can help people do everything from track popular hashtags to graph out recent Twitter trends. As Twitter grows, this information will only become more useful for understanding what is popular at any given moment, or even what was popular in the past. Web-based Applications.