Cool Twitter Conference: October 20, 2009 – Brooklyn, New York

Yesterday afternoon I had the opportunity to speak with fellow geeks and nerds about using social media to promote ideas, businesses, and brands at the Cool Twitter Conference in Brooklyn, New York. (The geeks shall rule the world!)

I was invited to speak by the conference organizers Bob Fine (@bobfine) and author/activist, Kevin Powell (@kevin_powell).  One notable presenter was Jamilah Lemieux (@sistertoldja) creator of the provocative and culturally relevant blog Me, Myself, An Eye. If you don’t know already about this sister, follow her on Twitter and subscribe to her blog now.  Do whatever you have do to be enlightenment by the insightful words of this powerfully-minded young woman of color.

I had presented before at major conferences about the importance of social/new media:

Media Justice and Feminist Futures (SUNY – Albany 2007)

Facing Race (Applied Research Center) - Oakland 2008)

Yesterday’s Cool Twitter Conference was certainly another opportunity for me to learn from others and share my ideas of how best to use virtual platforms for personal & professional development.  I also had the opportunity to publicly coin a new phrase. (Go me!) I’ve written about ‘snew’ media before (just look at my ‘About Tara’ bio) and hopefully folks will see this term show up in print next month.  I’ll keep you posted!

What’s Love Got To Do With It? Everything.

This blog is in response to Jay Smooth’s brilliant video blog, Dance You Into The Sunlight.

Recently, I had to confront something.  Ever since that confrontation I’ve done some reflecting, asked myself a few questions, and toiled a bit with honing in on a perspective; all in efforts to learn a little more about two kindred concepts: creativity and love.

In watching Jay’s video, I had to (re)member (as in recall and reorganize) my feelings about MJ’s passing, my response to it, and how it all coincides with the ideas of virtual communication and consumption.