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This eBook is written as a guide or checklist to get yourself or your small business started with social media. This is your starting point. Also included is a handy chart you can print and use to fill in your various social media profile information to have on file.

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THE HUGHTRAIN: "THE MARKET FOR SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN IS INFINITE." [Last updated: January, 2005] We are here to find meaning. We are here to help other people do the same. Everything else is secondary. We humans want to believe in our own species. And we want people, companies and products in our lives that make it easier to do so. That is human nature. It's not enough for the customer to love your product. They have to love your process as well. The primary job of an advertiser is not to communicate benefit, but to communicate conviction. There's only one thing harder than starting a new business: Re-inventing an old one.

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Dada Mine is an experiment in putting powerful publishing tools in the hands of the people that need them. We intend to create an open source platform, built on the WordPress MU core, that enables anybody to build their own record label. Stay tuned.

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Whereas in the past people tended to move largely because of company transfers or job opportunities, today's world sees people moving based on a whole new set of principles. Florida explains that people are now in pursuit of something more intangible than a salary increase: a place that fits with who they are.

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Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing. It uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging, less frustrating first programming experience. Alice is a teaching tool designed as a revolutionary approach to teaching and learning introductory programming concepts. The Alice team has developed instructional materials to support students and teachers in using this new approach. Resources include textbooks, lessons, sample syllabuses, test banks, and more. Other authors have generously joined our efforts, creating additional textbooks.

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Creating a Community of Innovation since 2006 At the Florida Creatives website we not only host local groups for Orlando, Brevard and Jacksonville, but we also allow anyone to host a discussion and announcement space for their group with a Wiki, Forums, RSS feeds, blogs and user profiles.

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Join us for the very first IZEA Devasaurus. Devasaurus is a gathering of our local developer community at IZEA headquarters in downtown Orlando. It's a chance for you to connect with local nerds while chowing down on free food and drink. Over the past 6 months we have been putting a major emphasis opening up our platforms and data to outside developers. We will be using Devasaurus events to share our innovations with you, give early access to APIs, and let you help shape our future. At this particular Devasaurus we will be unveiling a new social media platform, designed for developers from the ground up. We will also be announcing a developer contest where the designer of the best widget will win $5000. If you can code or you blog you want to be there.

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In the chaos that followed Kenya's disputed presidential election last December, 1,200 people were killed, and several hundred thousand more fled their homes. Skeptical of the accuracy of official reports, a group of Web developers and bloggers with Kenyan ties cobbled together a Web application that could receive citizen incident reports via text message from any mobile phone in Kenya and display them as a Google Maps application. Cofounded by Erik Hersman, an American son of missionary parents who was raised in Kenya (he is author of the blog Whiteafrican.com and now lives in Florida), the group called the creation Ushahidi--the Swahili word for "testimony." They have formed a nonprofit company and are finalizing funding with a large foundation to turn Ushahidi into a platform that can be deployed easily and rapidly in areas of crisis. Already, a version of Ushahidi is being used to track anti-­immigrant violence afflicting South Africa.

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A slow project this one. Ask as many people as I can remember to do when I’ve got my camera with me to answer a “simple” question - “What is the web for?” I tried it out at the Tuttle Club a few weeks ago. This is what came out of the mouths of some of the Smartest People in Social Media (TM) So there are two ways I want to take this forward. I want to do it with a more diverse group of people, and I want to edit a bunch of them together in a watchable way. Your thoughts on how to do this are welcome. I have more. I will release them. Soon.

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From Business and Product Identity to Integrated Marketing in all media, Longbow has the experience to increase your bottom line. We specialize in using Internet and Print to better market and sell your products and services. We prove ourselves with every project and work to be a valued partner and resource. See the Big Picture, deploy Creative Services for all your marketing, sales and presentation needs.

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Alexander Spoerer At the moment, I'm preparing for my next residency at Seton Hill. It's been a long road but I finally see a light at the end of the tunnel and it's not a freight train. I have only 15,000 words left in the manuscript and my mentor says that I can get it done before the start of Residency on June 24th.

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Many of us in Orlando have demanding schedules and even worse, jobs unrelated to our talents. I built this site primarily as a way to access my work via the internet, with hopes of recruiting others to collaborate with. I wanted an area for clients to find answers regarding their projects, and quite possibly provide input about major steps artists would take. I have taken some of my experiences and mistakes and have attempted to engineer new ways to manage my workflow. The following examples are implemented.

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John Vizzusi, Filmmaker for Sights & Sounds Films, will be putting on an Indie Film Distribution Workshop sponsored by the Orlando Hispanic Film Festival Wednesday, June 11, 7pm-9pm Main Library Downtown. Topics covered: -Solicitation of Films to potential Distributors -The Film Festival submission and general selection Process -Marketing your Film -"The Deal" -Doo's and don'ts of the process to get your film sold.

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The term free software was defined by Richard Stallman. We know Stallman as the founder of the GNU Project, the author of the General Public License, and founder of the Free Software Foundation. Stallman defined free software this way: not by the price of the software, but by the freedoms it accords to its users. Specifically, users of free software are free to: * Use the software for any purpose * Study how the program works * Change the software, modifying the source code to meet the user’s needs * Redistribute the software, with or without modifications—to share the software. Free software is also known as open source. Access to the source code of a program is a precondition of the aforementioned freedoms—specifically, the freedoms to study the program and to modify it.

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The inaugural South by Deep South will be held September 26th-28th in Birmingham, Alabama. We’re still working on the number of tracks, but they will include: * Social Media/PR/Marketing * Web development * A full-blown WordCamp

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The buzz has been building about this event, so they are expecting a huge turnout tonight. Here is the presentation order, saving the best for last. Bam! I was hoping to go first. Oh well. * Marshall Adams - MOCA * Greg Beere - Content Design Group * Shaan Batten - Nest Living * Melissa Hirschman - UNF * Kim Heyde - Artist * Ryan Price - Florida Creatives / Likemind * Marc Rapp - Renaissance Creative * Dustin Harewood - Artist * Chris Noel - TTV Architects, AIA * Joey Marchy - Urban Jacksonville

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Café Scientifique, or just Science Cafe, is a world-wide grassroots movement of people who wish to learn more about events in science and technology, in a relaxed setting. Every month, we meet and hear about a new topic, and ask questions of scientists who are learned in that field. It's fun! It's free!

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Rasmus believes there are four kinds of programmers. First, the pragmatic ones who are just after solving their own problems. The second kind finds programming as a means of self-expression, like an artist finds self-expression in his art-work. The third are the real programmers who enjoy programming for its own sake because it creates a hormone called oxytocin in them, and the fourth are the open source zealots who wish to change the world.

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This site is designed to be a place for and about Florida artists. It is here as a tool to allow us to list upcoming events and to post other various notices and advertisements. All listings are subject to our prior approval. It is also meant to be a place where local writers can share some of their creativity. Writers are encouraged to submit their work and we will select a small number to feature on this blog in the Writers’ Corner section of this site on a regular basis. All genres are welcome. We’ll also be working on various reviews of performing art activities throughout the state - whenever we have the time and money - and be writing reviews on these events. No doubt most of our content will focus on South Florida (which is where we’re based), but we’d love to hear from people in every region.

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Minda Logan, director of grants & government affairs for United Arts of Central Florida, announced today that there will be five opportunities in May and June, spread across Lake, Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties, for organizations to learn about grant funding from Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs, City of Orlando Mayor’s Matching Grants, United Arts of Central Florida, and Seminole Cultural Arts Council, and services from Lake County Arts and Cultural Alliance. The workshops will instruct potential applicants on filling out the online application as well as answer any questions regarding eligibility, application process, scoring, fiscal reporting requirements and post-approval processes. United Arts and Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs programs require online application.

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