Archive for 'Facebook'
Video: First Congressional Facebook Hackathon
Posted on 08. Dec, 2011 by nolongerfamous.
Yesterday Matt Lira, along with Steve Dwyer, pulled off the first ever Congressional Hackathon sponsored by Facebook. Below is the video recapping the successful event. Note: FamousDC makes an appearance at the :39 second mark. h/t katieharbath
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Edelman Releases Capital Staffers Index
Posted on 08. Dec, 2011 by nolongerfamous.
Edelman recently released the findings of our 2011 Capital Staffers Index which is our annual study that analyzes trends in communications and public affairs. [View full size] A new study by Edelman, the 2011 Capital Staffers Index, shows the meteoric rise in Twitter use and social media channels is shaping and influencing policy worldwide. Policymakers have [...]
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Pete Snyder Rings NYSE Opening Bell
Posted on 03. Nov, 2011 by nolongerfamous.
A typical Thursday morning for New Media Strategies Founder Pete Snyder. [ring my bell] NMS will host a discussion on social media marketing success tomorrow at the New York Stock Exchange.
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Don Seymour Graces the New York Times Homepage
Posted on 24. Oct, 2011 by nolongerfamous.
The pride of Nordonia High School and one of the nicest staffers on Capitol Hill is currently on the homepage of the New York Times. After Being Burned in ’08, Republicans Embrace Twitter Hard for ’12 At a daily meeting in Mr. Boehner’s office, the communications staff decides what they should be Twittering and blogging about, [...]
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Capitol Hill Bingo
Posted on 29. Sep, 2011 by nolongerfamous.
Capitol Hill is full of funny, bizarre and otherwise interesting moments that don’t happen anywhere else in this country – moments happen at least once, if not multiple times a day. Most of us ignore them, because they’ve become so common, while others of us can’t believe they continue to happen. Well, over-worked and under-paid [...]
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Republicans Go Head-to-Head in ‘New Media Challenge’
Posted on 27. May, 2011 by nolongerfamous.
House Republicans are already two rounds into their second annual New Media Challenge, styled as a “March Madness” bracket tourney reports @Alexis_Levinson at the DailyCaller.com: The goal of the contest, which was started last year by House Republican Conference Vice Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, is to get members to use social media tools like Facebook, [...]
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Famously Quoteworthy: Obama On Zuckerberg
Posted on 21. Apr, 2011 by nolongerfamous.
Obama, opening a town hall at Facebook HQ, in Palo Alto, Calif.: “My name is Barack Obama, and I’m the guy who got Mark [Zuckerberg] to wear a jacket and tie. (Applause.) … h/t Mike Allen
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Famously Facebook
Posted on 12. Apr, 2011 by fdc.
Facebook DC’s Katie Harbath displays her new FamousDC mug from her desk. Katie received her mug this morning after joining a panel discussion with Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s Social Media Director, Matt Lira. They were both discussing how Facebook will change constituent communications. This panel was sponsored by the Public Affairs Council‘s Political Involvement Network.
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Use Facebook? Want to Make $115,00 a Year? You Might Be In Luck
Posted on 23. Mar, 2011 by nolongerfamous.
We finally found a job that might be better than being Charlie Sheen’s intern. If you’re one of the millions of Americans still looking for a job, the federal government is hiring, and (especially for the unemployed) the pay is excellent. While private sector job growth creeps along at a snail’s pace, the roster of [...]
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Almacy Releases Top 20 Social Media News Stories of 2010
Posted on 02. Feb, 2011 by nolongerfamous.
Last year David Almacy compiled a list of the Top 2009 news stories that either began on the Internet or gained additional steam online due to the impact of social media. The list became so popular, Almacy decided to do it again for 2010. Maybe 2010 Wasn’t So Bad After All 1. NBC’s Late Night [...]
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Top 10 Rules For Facebook Photo Tagging
Posted on 21. Jan, 2011 by The Editors.
We have quite a few friends on Facebook, and like most of you, we haven’t met about 70% of them. [and let's be honest, we're fine with that] However, for the ones we do know, [and have met] we have a bone to pick; it involves the overuse of the Facebook photo tag. First of [...]
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Famously Facebooked: Open Hearts, Open Wallets
Posted on 21. Dec, 2010 by nolongerfamous.
Facebook Status Awesomeness: You know it’s Christmastime when Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, is selling jewelry every fourth commercial. Off-centered dog tags now on sale for $39. h/t CP Learn about the Facebook Accountability Venture.
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The Reason Why You Were More Productive for 2.5 Hours Yesterday
Posted on 24. Sep, 2010 by nolongerfamous.
Some people panicked and some people just spent more time on the “new Twitter.” Facebook calls Thursday’s downtime the “worst outage we’ve had in over four years.” In post on the site, Facebook says it was unreachable for 2.5 hours because of “an unfortunate handling of an error condition.” Rich Miller at Datacenterknowledge.com breaks it [...]
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Famously Quoteworthy: Question of the Day
Posted on 20. Aug, 2010 by nolongerfamous.
Smart questions deserve front page real estate: Jason Cabel Roe: If Roger Clemens can get indicted for misleading congress, why can’t congress be indicted for misleading everyone? h/t Swank
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Famously Facebooked: Night Owl
Posted on 05. Aug, 2010 by nolongerfamous.
Facebook Status Abuse: Chris: Just pulled another all-nighter. It’s what you do when you’re making things happen. Dear Captain Red Bull, We’re not impressed. We weren’t impressed the first seven times you did it and we won’t be impressed next week when you post the same thing and again make some sort of ridiculous comment [...]
