Thanks to Kami for pointing me to her post about the how the Red Cross is using social media to communicate with victims, donors, etc. about the California wildfires. I just added their Twitter account to my list of people to follow and I added their news widget to the righthand sidebar of my page (see it over there?).

Kami's post details how you can donate via text from your phone, one of my favorite features of technology. Smile, dial and donate.

I'm trying to think back in time to pinpoint exactly when journalism became mean. Because the-magazine-who-will-not-be-named-on-my-blog is promoting a mean-spirited survey about Philly.

I guess I'm ugly. Oh well.

I just love this post by Todd Defren about the Social Media Release. Go go and read that and remember, social media isn't just about having all these neat tools in our toolbox (although 1-click publishing is nice!. For marketers and for PR people especially, it's an opportunity for us to get back to what our professions started out doing - relating directly to the public where they live and breathe. All those places online and off. Sure, it's a lot of work, but here's the thing some of you might not know - it's fun too;)

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This one is for the Phillies. Why do I think we are on the cusp of a regional explosion of babies named Chase, Cole, Shane, Aaron, Ryan/Howard and Brett?