Ever wish you could find out if the stranger sitting across from you is a total scumbag? Well, Intelius, a leading information company, had a great idea when creating DateCheck, its first free mobile application. Intelius already specializes in services such as background checks, with more than 8 million customers…
This year’s fourth tweetup was a blast at Lucky Strike on South Beach, although once again, it was more like a rockin’ party than a proper tweetup. The cute and bubbly sign-in girls were just the start. It was a great time, even if we were all scattered about and…
Robert Murray, a freelance Flash and iPhone developer, is practically a Miami native considering he’s lived here since 1990. But it was a recent trip to New York City that inspired him to set up the city’s first Social Media for Social Change event.Social Media for Social Change (SM4SC) started…
Daylight savings time is making our afternoons dreary and darker, but there’s nothing depressing about this month’s social media calendar. Here are several events in the 305 that you don’t want to miss.New Times writers, staffers and fans (including yours truly) will be bowling and sipping cocktails at Lucky Strike…
About a month ago, Twitter launched a new feature called Lists to a limited number of testers and is about to make it available to all users, according to Twitter’s blog. Twitter Lists lets you organize those you follow into categories. The title of the list and whom you put…
This month’s Refresh Miami was held at the elegant Mayfair Hotel ballroom in Coconut Grove. It seemed like an unlikely place for geeks, what with the fancy decor and mood lighting. Had we all been wearing tuxes and gowns, it could’ve easily been mistaken for a geek prom.Seriously. On the…
Well, not exactly. But California-based ANSCA stopped by this month’s South Florida iPhone Meetup to introduce local geeks to Corona, an application that’s in the works to help designers and artists create their own iPhone applications without wrangling Objective-C, the complex coding language used to make iPhones do all those…
Social media that makes life easier is a thing of beauty. Miami on the Cheap (@miamicheap) is just such a thing, making it a snap to find the best deals this side of the swamp. Teresa Mears is the publisher, author, and editor of a small South Florida blog empire…
The City Beautiful isn’t just about historic Mediterranean homes and manicured lawns. Today, Coral Gables is launching a new website that will hopefully shake a few stately columns and bring one of Miami’s oldest cities well into the leading edge of citizen journalism in the 21st century. George Merrick, the…
Dori Zinn (@dorizinn), a 23-year-old writer living in Deerfield Beach, is passionate about good eats and social media. Her blog, Fat Kids Club, has grown through Twitter (@fatkidsclub) and Facebook. Fat Kids Club is not about being a chubby child, but about the pure enjoyment of food. Zinn, who has…
Why do some women have their panties all in a twist about Pepsi’s branded iPhone application, Before You Score, which was launched recently as part of a promotional campaign for AMP Energy drink? On the surface, the application seems to objectify women as naive creatures who will easily fall into…
We’ve already talked about how tweetups are out of hand. Some locals have tried to organize this mess. Lori Todd has put together a simple events-at-glance calendar that focuses exclusively on tech and social media tweetups. It’s a work in progress but a good place to start. Follow @loritodd to stay tuned…
This month’s Social Media Club South Florida (SMCSF) was held October 13 at City Year headquarters in downtown Miami, followed by some socializing at Tobacco Road. A panel of advertising, public relations, and marketing specialists led the discussion on “Who Owns Social Media?” Moderated by Angie Moncada (@angiemoncada), the panel…
For those of you who aren’t crazy about having a bazillion apps on your smart phone, here’s one you might consider adding. Buzzd calls itself the “social city guide” and offers real-time reviews from real people hanging out at restaurants, bars, sports, and entertainment venues.Buzzd also provides data such as…
If you’re new to Twitter, you’re probably thinking that a “tweetup” is a group of people who talk on Twitter that get together in real life, right? Yes, grasshopper. But that was kickin’ it old school, circa 2007. Lately, things have gotten out of hand here in South Florida. It’s…
Chris Heuer is the cofounder of Social Media Club, along with his wife, Kristie Wells. Founded in 2006, Social Media Club is for anyone who is passionate about creating and consuming media. The organization’s slogan, “If you get it, share it,” is the driving force behind each club, where people gather to…
The Miami New Times’ Street Team joined KMP Furniture this past Friday evening for a face-to-face tweetup at the store on 6444 Biscayne Blvd. The event was more like a casual cocktail party, because few folks bothered to slap on name tags, much less sport their @usernames.But we did see faces, about 60…
Wednesday was that time of the month again when local tech and social media pros gathered to share ideas, discuss trends and network at Refresh Miami. What makes these meetings “refreshing” is that they’re never stuffy or formal, even though they’re educational and informative. Sometimes improvisation is the name of…
Ah, retweeting. It is both the blessing and bane of Twitter. On one hand, it helps spread important messages to those who might not otherwise see them. But it can get totally out of hand and become redundant — like that kid’s game duck duck goose — walking around in…
Tweetups are great for social networking, but what’s not great is the business card clutter the next morning. At that point, you’re possibly hung over, sifting through card after card, and you don’t know who in hell was who. Then you think: What’s the point if I’m just going to…
It seems like there’s a tweetup every five minutes in South Florida these days. But what could be better than one with beer? A successful September 23 event was organized by some very active tweeters: Cristina Sotolongo (@cristnabls), director of new media at thinkbsg; William Plasencia (@miamime), a journalist currently working…
VOIS.com is one of South Florida’s homegrown startups, founded in 2006 by Craig Agranoff (@lapp) and Herb Tabin (@herbtabin). The Boca Raton-based company began when Tabin approached Agranoff, wondering how to improve the model of existing websites where buyers post jobs and consultants and freelancers sell services. Both VOIS founders…
