I got a tweet this morning from a Twitter account I didn’t even know existed called TwBirthday.  The service apparently tracks when you signed up for Twitter, and messages you on your Twitter “birthday” – kind of a neat idea.

As you may or may not have heard, a cobra in the Reptile House at the Bronx Zoo escaped from its habitat over the weekend.  The Bronx Zoo has taken precautions to avoid the possibility of visitors encountering the snake, and they believe it’s still in the Reptile House, so it’s not a huge deal. …

I recently learned of a clever plugin for WordPress that embeds tweets in an attractive, fully functional manner into a WordPress post with just tweet URL.  It’s called Blackbird Pie, and it appears to work really well.  All you have to do is install the plugin & it adds a button in the native editor …

In the early days of social networking (read: 2005) when it was starting to come mainstream, I was a skeptic.  A couple of my friends had MySpace accounts & took great pride in customizing them and distributing their MySpace URLs.  I thought it was a waste of time, and was still sitting behind the privacy curtain …

On recommendation/action of @AsianMartin the Twitter hashtag #BMWMonday, which has been used to connect a group of BMW enthusiasts on Twitter, is being renamed/regrouped under the new hashtag #BMWBunch.  His explanation was the following: There are other days than Monday, therefore I am labeling the #BMWMonday crowd the #BMWbunch , if ya’ll don’t mind. Pass …

I’ve created a new Twitter account dedicated to all things BMW relating to me. You can find it at @conoverbmw. I’ll be using this Twitter account in conjunction with this blog, and to post anything I find or do involving BMW, including finding and propagating other BMW-related Twitter accounts. Update: My BMW Twitter account is …

A couple of days ago, I posted part 1 of my interview with Adm. Allen, Commandant of the Coast Guard, regarding social media.  Below is part 2.

I did an interview in April with Adm. Thad Allen, the 23rd Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, regarding social media & the Coast Guard.  The Coast Guard has been spearheading a move into the world of Web 2.0 and interaction with the public through online outlets, and Adm. Allen has been a prominent part …

Peter Mello over at Sea-Fever found a service that translates whatever ye type into scurvy pirate shout. It gunna also message your scurvy pirate message directly to twittArrr, PirateSpace, or send an e-mail. I can see myself usin’ this a lot, fer no reason at all. Avast!

A couple days ago I decided to get a Twitter account. It seemed like a cool idea, especially when I saw how Paul Stamatiou had integrated it into his WordPress blog. Being able to have a real-time status update on my site sounded like a cool, more personal touch to stay connected with readers. I …