Archive for the ‘Social Media’ Category

Looking for Community Manager jobs? Ask this important question at your interviews.

In: Online Communities| Social Media

17 Jun 2010

And we’re back!
It’s been an exciting couple of weeks for me. I recently landed a gig as an online community manager for a prominent social gaming company. More on that later, but the short version has me living in San Francisco and kick-starting an exciting new career. Good times!
As a result of this long job [...]

The Important Lesson You Can Learn From Foursquare Day

In: Grassroots Gaming| Social Media

16 Apr 2010

Today, 4-16-10, is Foursquare Day. Rejoice, Foursquare users! (Foursquarers? Foursquares? Foursies?) Finally, you have a day of celebration where you can attend parties filled with Foursquare users. And earn a special badge. Also, you can check in to places. And stuff.
If you’re neither a Foursquare user nor a social media news junkie, you probably have [...]

5 ways to use Twitter to improve your gaming tournament

In: Grassroots Gaming| Social Media

1 Apr 2010

We’ve been experimenting with using Twitter at live game tournaments. Already it’s proved extremely useful for delivering match results which, coupled with Livestreaming, bring real-time updates of your event to those not in attendance. Several corporate tournaments use Twitter to fantastic effect – for instance, Magic: The Gathering’s live event coverage is a thing of [...]

Attention Foursquare: You need to melt faces

In: Social Media

24 Mar 2010

The Chronicle of Higher Education has an article up about Foursquare. Only it’s not about what Foursquare’s creators designed it for.
College students at University of Texas are tagging their campus with jokes, tips and gags. Not “tips” as in “I checked in on Foursquare and then left a tip.” No, students are leaving behind tags [...]


What is a Wavedash?

1) A technique in Super Smash Bros. Melee that lets you move quickly without changing direction.

2) A blog about online communities and the grassroots engines that power them.

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ajleaps: @Scav That is an excellent point. Time Zones just ruin everything. I still miss you though!
2 days ago
scav: @ajleaps I'm still here! :P It's just difficult to do a morningcoffee tweet when 90% of the country is eating lunch.
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ajleaps: @Scav i find it completely unacceptable how off the grid youve become. hope SF is great! miss you!
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scav: Regarding the previous tweet: apparently League of Legends CMs are in the habit of trolling their own forums. http://bit.ly/dl1FGb
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