CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-05-15 19:07:52 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

My Google+ for Brands presentation -- over night -- became visually obsolete. The range of emotions I'm feeling is, uh, well... a wide range.

PS. Presentation final was due today. 

Couldn't you have waited another week, Google?

2013-05-13 16:11:06 (12 comments, 3 reshares, 10 +1s)

I'm going to go ahead and be willfully ignorant and ignore the conclusion. My childhood will not stand corrected! My poor children will have no cartridges to blow into... I'm just going to have them blow raspberries at whatever machine we're using at that point.

2013-05-09 22:45:17 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

ScoreCleaner - cool app that records your noise and turns it into notes
"Now everyone can write music"

This is pretty cool. I'm going to go ahead and start recording my shrieking/singing in the shower and posting the results for you all to see/hear/read/record/cover.

Is anyone actually ready for this?

2013-05-09 21:52:58 (7 comments, 48 reshares, 79 +1s)

Slow motion videos of children tasting various foods for the first time...
surprisingly heartwarming, unsurprisingly hilarious

Found via +Laughing Squid 

2013-05-09 16:13:30 (9 comments, 2 reshares, 22 +1s)

This is a thing. This is a real thing. I'm sorry for sending you to Wiki. I know I just killed the productivity of so many working people. I'm responsible for the Dow tomorrow, I'm sorry.

2013-05-09 16:10:38 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Learn some of your favorite dances from the movies...

Also, what the heck is this Strasbourg Dancing Epidemic of 1518?? I want to go look it up on Wikipedia, but we all know what happens when you go to Wikipedia:

Once you go Wiki, you never go back.

Hmm... needs some work...

via +Fast Company 

2013-05-09 15:29:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Awesome Interactive Music Video from Muse

And tell me this song doesn't sound like Queen meets Michael Jackson.

2013-05-09 15:17:12 (10 comments, 31 reshares, 56 +1s)

Zach Braff responds to critics re: his Kickstarter Movie
nails it

If you have 17 minutes and care about this at all. Sit and listen to Braff's reasoning/thought process. He's got so many great points regarding his use of Kickstarter to fund part of his movie (which is NOT a sequel to Garden State)

Dig it.

2013-05-08 15:51:56 (9 comments, 18 reshares, 35 +1s)

Gotta love +Mental Floss - I'm fairly certain this video has made the rounds on G+ before, but hey - it's gotta be new to someone.

Bonus at the end: why the sky is blue!

#nerd #grammar #blue  

2013-05-07 20:41:57 (201 comments, 347 reshares, 961 +1s)

Ender's Game Official Trailer

Finally!

2013-05-07 16:21:24 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Can't tell if Wyoming or Utah is the... unique state out of the bunch. Cool way to see which videos are trending where in cities across the US.

2013-05-07 15:54:01 (5 comments, 26 reshares, 47 +1s)

Spock v. Spock! Cool commercial by Audi.

2013-05-07 15:37:16 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Mother's Day is this weekend, and we've put together a special site, g.co/mom, to help you celebrate your mom or another great mom in your life. Visit the site for gift ideas or just to say thank you. We also encourage you to share your favorite photo or video of mom (or a note to mom) and tag your post with #herestothemoms . 

You can also tune in to Mother's Day Google+ Hangouts from +AskMen, featuring editors from +Parenting.com, for more ideas about how to make this year's Mother's Day unforgettable. More info: http://goo.gl/oLIiL

2013-05-07 15:26:31 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Brilliant Baseball Hall of Fame Rebrand
Done by +Pratt Institute Grad, +Rob Bratney

Probably no surprise if you've been following me for any length of time, but I am a huge baseball fan and also an ad man. This redesign campaign is brilliant. It maintains the 'America's Pastime' theme and still manages to elegantly modernize the hallowed organization's image.

If you're a fan of design and/or baseball - check out what Bratney has done with the in-Hall materials. I hope that we can get someone at +MLB or the Baseball Hall of Fame to recognize this work.

#baseball #addesign  

2013-05-07 15:17:40 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 7 +1s)

Hey gang, our Community and our sister Community run by +Andrij Harasewych were featured in a bit of research done by TrueSocialMetrics.

I think you'll notice that our moderation tactics have served the community well. Our engagement numbers are destroying groups of similar size. Even though our post number is low (I remove a TON of posts per day - and that's just me, I'm not even sure what the other mods are catching) we still have top-notch interaction.

Proud of everyone, and I hope we keep this going. We're proving to be a pretty elite Community here.

2013-05-07 06:59:45 (368 comments, 1409 reshares, 2289 +1s)

Use  Your Words?
another curiosity from the Internet

Fortuitously, hot dog  = thoodg. The more you know!

2013-05-06 15:37:26 (6 comments, 13 reshares, 43 +1s)

This Ad Has a Secret Anti-Abuse Message That Only Kids Can See

"In an effort to provide abused children with a safe way to reach out for help, a Spanish organization called the Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk Foundation, or ANAR for short, created an ad that displays a different message for adults and children at the same time.

The secret behind the ad's wizardry is a lenticular top layer, which shows different images at varying angles. So when an adult—or anyone taller than four feet, five inches—looks at it they only see the image of a sad child and the message: "sometimes, child abuse is only visible to the child suffering it." But when a child looks at the ad, they see bruises on the boy's face and a different message: "if somebody hurts you, phone us and we’ll help you" alongside the foundation's phone number.
The... more »

2013-05-03 18:33:42 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 21 +1s)

Kid teaches college guys to be chivalrous

This video was created at my alma mater, +Mizzou, and this kid tries to help 'college guys' be chivalrous. The fundamental message is... be kind, not "just to girls" but to everyone.

This sort of reminds me of:

http://goodmenproject.com/about/

What I'm not into, really, is the idea that you should be a good guy because 63% of women are looking for husbands or that 'women want you to be their knight in shining armor'... you should be kind simply because you should be kind.

2013-05-03 18:13:51 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

More great press for +The LittleBigFund - congratulations +Carter Gibson for putting together such a great blog and telling our story.

2013-05-03 16:52:38 (16 comments, 83 reshares, 168 +1s)

Yes... this is funny.

2013-04-29 20:02:20 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Yes!!! I just saw Jeff Mangum in concert this January - thought it would be another decade til he came around again. Sometimes, it's good being wrong!

#neutralmilkhotel #music  

2013-04-29 19:40:12 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Your greatest hidden talent is story telling
Read our CEO's op-ed in The Advocate here: http://bit.ly/Y92uw6

We're all gifted with experiences. Whether they're good or bad, we all experience life through certain events and defining moments. Instead of keeping those moments to ourselves, we should be sharing them. We all have the potential to be amazing storytellers. We should be using stories all the time, not data, to drive our points home. Stories help us empathize with causes and people alike. Telling them is what we're all about at The LittleBigFund.

To coincide with our first month featuring LGBT nonprofits, our CEO +Carter Gibson took to writing and op-ed for The Advocate on how his experiences helped create The LittleBigFund and why we all need to share to be understood.

2013-04-29 21:55:35 (18 comments, 8 reshares, 30 +1s)

Parents of Google+: What is the creepiest thing your young child has ever said to you?

I got this off of Reddit. I would love to see what we come up with here!

Here is one of my favorite gems from the Reddit version:

" Possibly the creepiest thing he did was one day I scolded him for misbehaving so he hid his head under his blanket. I pretended I couldn't find him by saying "Where is my little Carson?" He slowly lowered the blanket and with a dead evil stare said, "Carson is gone, I am Rick." I'm certain he's possessed. We never knew any Ricks, as far I can remember. Still don't. Never figured out where he picked up the name "

2013-04-26 15:29:56 (0 comments, 7 reshares, 26 +1s)

What if Game of Thrones used the Friends theme song?

Sigh. Poor Ned.

via +BuzzFeed 

2013-04-26 05:04:17 (2 comments, 4 reshares, 16 +1s)

Ahhh, new Vampire Weekend single!

Their new album, Modern Vampires of the City comes out May 14th!

#newmusic #vampireweekend  

2013-04-24 16:01:46 (7 comments, 26 reshares, 127 +1s)

Ladies and Gentlemen, your Sun!

According to the space agency, NASA's (SDO) "captures a shot of the sun every 12 seconds in 10 different wavelengths." The video features images from the past three years, "at a pace of two images per day."

"There are several noteworthy events that appear briefly in this video. They include the two partial eclipses of the sun by the moon, two roll maneuvers [by the observatory, as it changes position], the largest flare of this solar cycle, comet Lovejoy, and the transit of Venus. The specific time for each event is listed below, but a sharp-eyed observer may see some while the video is playing."

— "00:30;24 Partial eclipse by the moon
— "00:31;16 Roll maneuver
— "01:11;02 August 9, 2011 X6.9 Flare, currently the largest of this solar cycle
— "01:28;07 CometLovejoy... more »

2013-04-23 14:39:14 (10 comments, 23 reshares, 44 +1s)

Thou fopping elf-skinned flap-dragon! Celebrate the Bard's birthday with this Shakespeare insult generator 

2013-04-19 06:38:01 (17 comments, 18 reshares, 30 +1s)

Part of the Boston events happening right now... around 1:04 there is a TON of gunfire being exchanged... this is crazy.

2013-04-19 05:53:22 (4 comments, 4 reshares, 6 +1s)

Reports of explosions at Harvard quad
UPDATE: may be fake


possibly connected with MIT shooting - follow story at Reddit. Live updates are insane.

Please, please call your people who live in Boston and make sure everything is alright AGAIN

http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1cnl3y/armed_assailant_on_mit_campus_gunshots_fired/c9i826r

#MIT #harvard #harvardquad #boston  

2013-04-18 22:08:47 (15 comments, 47 reshares, 96 +1s)

Dove parody... guys describing themselves

'I'm like a... white Denzel Washington..."

via +Mashable 

2013-04-18 18:08:12 (11 comments, 1 reshares, 15 +1s)

Wow! I hope this is ... a good thing, yeah?

2013-04-17 05:04:50 (10 comments, 33 reshares, 148 +1s)

Must have.

2013-04-16 19:48:20 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

A beautiful a capella cover of Alt J's "Dissolve Me".

2013-04-16 15:36:04 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

Community Managers - how do you use your data?

My most recent post at TCM! I discuss the importance of understanding how to use data to create a community management strategy. I've found that many turn away from numbers because they say "being human" is more important. I argue that you can be human and still use data to make strategic decisions. I also give an example of a weighted formula to use when analyzing post effectiveness.

#communitymanager #communitymanagement #socialmedia  

2013-04-15 21:09:31 (1 comments, 27 reshares, 28 +1s)

We have launched Person Finder to help people caught in the explosions in Boston. Learn more.

http://google.org/personfinder/2013-boston-explosions

2013-04-15 18:01:43 (12 comments, 71 reshares, 147 +1s)

Game of Thrones on Facebook

We need more of these, stat!

2013-04-15 16:20:24 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Nominate nonprofits to be featured by The LittleBigFund!

The time has finally come to help decide what nonprofits The LittleBigFund will feature! We work with three regionally-focused nonprofit organizations a month, telling their stories, promoting their cause and ultimately delivering assets for them to use in the future. As we tell the stories, you donate small amounts of money to form a big fund. Then you vote on which nonprofit you feel would use the fund the best. We launch in June and we want your input on who to feature! It all starts today.

Nominate a nonprofit here: http://bit.ly/101q8xR
Are you a nonprofit or a nonprofit rep? Apply here: http://bit.ly/XB7k4Y

What organizations are we looking for?
The LittleBigFund is looking for nonprofit organizations in America that was regionally, state, or locally focused. We're not looking for a... more »

2013-04-14 16:02:38 (55 comments, 63 reshares, 135 +1s)

This blew my mind...

Probability of your being born: one in 10^2,685,000 ("your" being born meaning YOU specifically, not any old human)

As a comparison, the approximate number of atoms in the known universe is 10^80.

Via +Kevin Burger "Looking at the comments, I'm not sure I read the same article as everyone else. The article I read was a calculation of the odds of your exact family tree meeting, and reproducing with the exact sperm and egg all the way down to your birth. It had nothing to do with the probability of life in general."

*Also - the definition of "miracle" given by the author did not mention divinity at all. Don't like the religious connotations of "miracle" - find another word for it.

#miracleoflife  

2013-04-13 14:57:22 (84 comments, 127 reshares, 263 +1s)

New PSY song. Know about it before your friends do.

#gangnamstyle #psy  

2013-04-12 16:36:01 (2 comments, 5 reshares, 21 +1s)

You stay classy, San Diego

Haha! Dodgers social media team for the win! (context: last night, a relatively unimportant Padres player charged the mound and broke the collarbone of super expensive/important Dodgers pitcher, Zach Greinke of Royals/Cy Young fame.)

#padres #dodgersbaseball #socialmedia  

2013-04-11 19:59:13 (8 comments, 3 reshares, 14 +1s)

How to increase survival potential if face-to-face with growling lion

I love the stuff you can find on Quora. I hope the userbase grows so we can get more awesome answers like this...

2013-04-11 15:21:01 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 15 +1s)

Sports Balls Replaced w/ Cats
Enjoy.

#cats  

2013-04-11 15:04:12 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 16 +1s)

EA's Response to Being Named the Worst Company in America

Does anyone know if the EA COO actually wrote this?

The actual response: http://www.ea.com/news/we-can-do-better

2013-04-09 15:38:41 (2 comments, 12 reshares, 36 +1s)

I have a small addition.

plus.google.com

Hope you all enjoy the rest!

2013-04-04 19:38:05 (15 comments, 17 reshares, 93 +1s)

2013-04-01 21:32:34 (425 comments, 323 reshares, 844 +1s)

Did... did Richard Dawkins just say... "[Scientific Method] works, bitches"?

2013-03-28 17:56:02 (11 comments, 2 reshares, 8 +1s)

Best Craigslist Listing Ever

St. Louis has a hipster neighborhood (or two). This came out of it.

2013-03-25 18:00:47 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

I'm in New York for SES! Anyone else going?

2013-05-16 11:20:15 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 16 +1s)

I'll just leave these here.

Via http://moonwalk-into-mordor.tumblr.com/post/44735906181
#lesmisérables #bears  

2013-03-22 15:05:46 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

As you see, #WorldWaterDay is trending - I just wanted to throw some info up so people could learn more about WWD, donate to charities that help to relieve some water problems around the world, and watch Ban Ki-moon.

I really wanted to make this post about Waterworld and how if we really wanted to avoid a future where Kevin Costner drinks his own urine (perhaps it is too late) but, you know, sometimes you just have to avoid the obvious joke!

I do hope that some people at least watch the video and maybe even mention this in conversation today around the office/in the classroom/at the bar... or even a Waterworld/Postman double feature.

Help and donations needed!:
http://icdinternational.org/
http://www.waterforlife.org/
http://www.unwater.org/
http://www.wateraidamerica.org/default.aspx
www.mudlove.com
http://www.washadvocates.org/... more »