Archive for 'Technology'

Famously Tweeted: Neckbeard

Posted on 15. Dec, 2011 by .

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Love the neckbeards. Funniest tweet ever? RT @brandonwardell: Justin Bieber is to teen girls what Ron Paul is to neckbeards on the internet — rob delaney (@robdelaney) December 15, 2011  

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Pete Snyder Says Goodbye, Hello To New Adventures

Posted on 15. Dec, 2011 by .

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New Media Strategies CEO and Founder Pete Synder just made a big announcement. [NMS] It’s always an exciting time of year here at New Media Strategies with the holidays, year-end wrap up and a ton of NMS Yuletide traditions.  This time of year always seems to be the best time for celebration and for reflection to take [...]

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Obama’s Advantage: Data

Posted on 14. Dec, 2011 by .

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When you have over a dozen in house developers, including software engineers, you’re doing something right. [And smart] Will St. Clair, wearing semi-rimless glasses, a plaid buttoned-down shirt, jeans and Adidas sneakers, can usually be found sitting on an exercise ball in the back of President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters, his eyes trained on his [...]

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Video: First Congressional Facebook Hackathon

Posted on 08. Dec, 2011 by .

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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 .

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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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Famously Tweeted

Posted on 08. Dec, 2011 by .

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No regrets. @pwgavin: I hope some of you stiff DC types woke up this morning really regretting your ghetto-fabulous Snoop tweets last night. #930.

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An American Cinemagraph

Posted on 22. Nov, 2011 by .

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Amazing cinemagraph work by Mike Lurie.

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Pete Snyder Rings NYSE Opening Bell

Posted on 03. Nov, 2011 by .

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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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Texas Website Loves Romney So Much, They Stole His Website

Posted on 31. Oct, 2011 by .

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The new Saddle Up Texas Straw Poll website is looking really simliar to a certain presidential candidate’s website. [Good artists copy, great artists steal] We love the fact that they didn’t even bother to change the icons.

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Don Seymour Graces the New York Times Homepage

Posted on 24. Oct, 2011 by .

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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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@HiltonHHonors Giving Away Free Hotel Rooms

Posted on 17. Oct, 2011 by .

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If you live in the DC area and use Twitter, this is a great way to snag a free hotel room from @HiltonHHonors. 1. Follow @HiltonHHonors on Twitter. 2. Take a photo of yourself in front of your favorite DC monument/landmark and tweet it to @HiltonHHonors using the hashtag #HHfreenight 3. Come to the Hilton [...]

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Capitol Hill Bingo

Posted on 29. Sep, 2011 by .

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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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Innovation Lifecycle Launches

Posted on 23. Sep, 2011 by .

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Congratulations to Andrew Kovalcin and the Chamber’s Global IP Center on the launch of The Innovation Lifecycle, a multimedia project aimed at educating members of Congress, the Administration and the public on intellectual property (aka IP).

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2012 Tweets: Unfiltered Campaign Conversation

Posted on 11. Aug, 2011 by .

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2012Tweets, which just launched, is a one-stop shop for the latest news and developments from the campaign trail. 2012Tweets is brought to you by the team of Golnik Strategies and P2B Strategies. h/t @BlainR

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Is the White House Tweeting Too Hard?

Posted on 29. Jul, 2011 by .

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A good lesson in speeting. [speed tweeting]. h/t RTHowell

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