So I was on Twitter sometime ago and I think I witnessed the first ever interview on Twitter between Rob Dyrdek (@robdyrdek) and 5ones (@5ones). It’s cool to see these things happen out in public instead of on the phone or email. It really grasps the whole social media aspect.

They were talking about Rob’s new movie Street Dreams, which is out now on limited release so that means I won’t be able to see it anytime soon. Also about the new season of Fantasy Factory, which you need to check out if you haven’t because it is bad ass!

Click on the images below to see the full interview between them.

I have been using Twitter for a while now and run across all kinds of sites out there for Twitter using the API or giving stuff to help improve your Twitter profile. Here is a list of the one that I remeber running across. If you have more sites that you think I should add email me.
me[at]kellykarnetsky[dot]com

Improve Your Profile Visually

TwitterPatterns – Free background patterns for Twitter
MyTweetSpace – Twitter profile themes
TwitterBacks – Free Twitter backgrounds
TwitBacks – Make your own Twitter background
Bubble Tweet – Create a little bubble shaped video on your Twitter profile page

Following & Un-Followers

Twellow – Directory of users to connect with
Tweeple Twak – Keep an eye on followers, trends and un-followers
Just Tweet It – Twitter user directory
Mr. Tweet – Helps you build relationships on Twitter (not a dating site)
Twollow – Auto follow people who follow you
Qwitter – Find out why people stop following you

URL Shortening

TwitPwr – Short URL service just for Twitter

Marketplace

Tweba – Twitter marketplace, like eBay

Charts, Clouds & Trends

TwitterCounter – Charts out how many followers you get per day and stuff
TwitterSheep – Tag cloud made from followers’ bio’s
Twitemperature – Lets you know if you talk about the hot topics on Twitter
Re.Twit’d – Shows re-tweets and how many times they were re-tweeted
Twitturly – Track what URLs people are talking about as they talk about them
Twitscoop – What’s hot on Twitter right now
StockTwits – Talk about stocks, stuff like that
TwitterFriends – See who you reply to the most and the most that reply to you
Twitbits – Get information on users

Your Worth & Fun Stuff

TweetValue – Find out how much you are worth, not as much as Obama though
Twitter Grader – Grade Twitter users
Twit or Fit – I guess like Hot or Not, the site asks you what you want it to be?
Twitterank – Like Google’s Page Rank for Twitter

Real Time Feeds

TwitterVision – Showing tweets around the world in real time
CurseBird – Real time feed of cursing on Twitter

Make Money Using Twitter

Magpie – Earn money from advertisers
Twittad – Sell your background and get paid

Tracking & Replies

Twittertise – Advertise and track your success
Twply – Get Twitter replies in your inbox
Twilert – Like Google alert’s but for Twitter
Tweetburner – Track links you share on Twitter

Tweeting

TweetWrappr – It wraps your tweets in a present
Twitwall – A easy blog for Twitter users
Splitweet – Post to multiple Twitter accounts
Snipt – Share snippets of code on Twitter
Tweet Later – Schedule tweets, basically automated tweeting

Miscellaneous

TweetScan – Download all of your tweets

If you want to know who the users are on different social networks I got it for you.

In more plain English terms this what people would say, I stole if from a friend and I am pretty sure he won’t mind me using it:

MySpace User: Hey man, check out these sweet shoes I just bought!
Facebook User: I just bought some shoes from the mall.
Twitter User: I’m at the mall buying shoes.
LinkedIn User: I own a shoe store, you should come work for me.

I talk to a lot of people about social media. The biggest concerns I hear are about privacy and how to act online. Most people are not like me or the CEO of Zappos.com, Tony Hsieh, where we talk about whatever we are doing and don’t care who sees it.

Personally I have accounts on: Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and many others. All of my accounts are public so anyone in the world can see who I “really” am and even how to contact me.
But if you think that is too much I will disagree. Nowadays if you are in sales people will search for you on online to see if they can find who you are. This helps the customer to build trust if they know what your life is like and they may even find something in common and that can help close the sale.

Make sure when you are talking to customers and they mention golfing for example and you HATE golfing that you don’t tell your customer that you love golfing and you need to set up a tee time for next week then they go jump online to one of your social profiles and you are the founding member of the why I hate golf club.

One other thing is don’t alter your pictures to make you look different than you actually are. As soon as you meet the customer in person or they see your online profile and you look completely different you just lost their trust in you because you are misleading and deceiving.

Hopefully that gives you some insight on how to marry your real life with your online profiles.

On January 20th, millions of eyes were on Washington for the swearing in of our 44th president Barack Obama. Not only watching TV but streaming online from CNN, Fox News, Hulu, and others.

I was more focused on CNN because they were utilizing Facebook Connect allowing you to watch and comment on Facebook and read others comments. It took about 10 minutes for me to get connect because of the high use. Below is the screen shot from the stream.

And at 12:00PM exactly the White House’s website got a facelift. I am super happy with the new look, being a website designer I am all into the whole “web 2.0″ look and feel. I really hope that this is the first of many of the government’s sites to get updated. Here is a before and shot of what whitehouse.gov looked like after the jump: Read more »