Technology is both a blessing and a curse. It helps connect people, but also keeps them from having real lives. The first true Internet addiction residential treatment center opened its doors earlier this year, according to USA Today: The center, called ReSTART, is somewhat ironically located near Redmond, Washington, headquarters…
This month’s Social Media Club South Florida, which usually takes place on second Tuesdays, was postponed to Wednesday. There was no particular agenda, but even without the usual, informative lectures and panel discussions, informal tech talk abounded. Two-for-one cocktails at Off the Hookah in Fort Lauderdale made for a cozy…
Mobile Monday is for geeks who love everything about mobile phones and the wireless industry. With more than 55 chapters around the world, the global community fosters networking, idea sharing, and interaction. Miami’s chapter, which began meeting in 2008, is focused on not only connecting South Florida and Latin American…
If tweetups were a burrito, the South Florida social media scene would be bursting at the tortilla. This past week was crazy busy and the rest of the month isn’t going to calm down. Miami Herald Tweetup On Thursday, the Miami Herald held its second tweetup at Crazy Pianos in…
Chris Brogan, considered a social media rock star by many, will visit Southwest Florida to speak at a Twestival event in Sanibel this Saturday at 10 a.m. Twestivals are Twitter-based grassroots fundraising events that take place all over the world on assigned dates. A social media veteran for more than ten…
You know social media is working when realtors look to geeks. BarCamp has become a meet-up model for the sales set. The first one took place four years ago in Palo Alto, California. It was named for the computer programming term foobar (not to be confused with FUBAR). These geeks gathered for a…
The South Florida Twitter community is as varied here as types of palm trees. They might all look the same, but they’re not. Twitter, the social networking and conversation tool that has changed the way people communicate all over the world, is particularly buzzing here in the tri-county area with…
Geeks don’t hide behind their Twitter accounts. And they do often come out from behind their computer screens. In the last three years the tech and social media communities have grown fast. There are all kinds of get-togethers for brainstorming, networking and yes — just plain socializing. Two of these meetups take…
Editor’s Note: Maria de Los Angeles will be writing about social media for Riptide. The title of her scribbling, Silicon Beach, refers to….well you know, you geek! There’s a different kind of silicon in Miami and no, it’s not inside boob implants. This gooey stuff is virtual and social. It’s…
