Blog - Austin Social Media

Austin Cupcake Smackdown 1.0

by: Lani Rosales on 03 August 2009 - 2 Comments

Cupcake Smackdown 1.0 Once upon a time, there was a cupcake fanatic (and amazing cupcake baker, by the way) named Jennie Chen who saw the need for storefronts and untrained cupcake bakers and fellow cupcake fans to come together and to bring cupcakey goodness to the people of Austin. That's exactly what happened this last weekend as hundreds more people than it was dreamed would show up filled the entire One2One bar; the crowds poured out onto the street. Children, dogs, chefs, moms, dads, cousins and cupcakes merged in the heat as Cupcake Smackdown 1.0 judges reviewd hundreds of cupcakes for flavor, ...

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Austin Bleet Up

by: Lani Rosales on 30 July 2009 - 1 Comment

Bloggers and wine Last night, Austin Eavesdropper's vision of a blogger meetup (Bleet Up) came to fruition at the downstairs wine bar (TRIO) at the Four Seasons in downtown Austin. There were familiar faces and new faces and it was a very nice location with free parking and amazing deserts. It was fun when food came out watching all the foodies whip out cameras before devouring the gourmet treats. The lawn was gorgeous and sits right on top of Lake Austin, we even watched the bats come out! A good time was had by all and we ...

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This Week’s Austin Social Calendar is FULL

by: Lani Rosales on 27 July 2009 - 0 Comment

As full as a clown car For some reason, this week in Austin has an event every night that relates to social media, technology and/or networking, so we'll probably be late to work every day this week. Let us know in comments which events YOU will be attending: Wednesday: Austin Bleet Up (blogger meetup, RSVP right now) Thursday: Austin Tweetup (discussion on homelessness) Thursday: Austin Tech Happy Hour Friday: Social Club Free Concert (at Bob Bullock Museum) Saturday: Geeks Who Drink (trivia night) Sunday: Beer and Blog Meetup

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How Would T.S. Eliot View Social Media?

by: Lani Rosales on 16 July 2009 - 2 Comments

T.S. Eliot and Formalism In the 1910s through the 1960s, British and American writers responded to the literary romanticism by launching the “New Criticism” movement (also known as “Formalism”). Previously, the focus of writing had been on the experience of the piece, the prestige of the author and a variety of philosophical perspectives taken toward writing. With the Formalism movement, authors focused on the culture of the reader and became less concerned with the intention or background of the writer. Formalists became entranced with readers' perceptions of written word in various ways depending on what they bring to the table. T.S. Eliot unknowingly inspired (and with his earlier ...

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Statistics: Who is Online and What Are They Doing?

by: Lani Rosales on 14 July 2009 - 4 Comments

click image to enlarge The Internet is for Teeny Boppers False. Take a few minutes to look at the data above and let me tell you why it's interesting: 5% of people over age 62 create web content (blogs, podcasts, etc). That means that in a room of 20 people aged 62 or over, at least ONE posts content to the internet. Take that, you lil buggers! In a room of 17 senior citizens, at least one has joined a social network. Yeah, Grammy's on Facebook too, y'all! So one of every nine seniors you know ...

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