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Don't tweet yourself into the unemployment line. Here's an easy tip.
At best, errant tweeting can leave you embarassed. At worst, it can leave you unemployed.
This week, a social media professional accidentally tweeted inappropriately from the Chrysler account he managed, lost his job, and now his agency has lost the account.
But this isn't an isolated incident. Last month, a Red Cross employee accidentally tweeted about a night of drinking; she didn't lose her job after the misfire. And there were plenty of similar cases before that one.
All of these faux pas were honest mistakes, but they show how disasterous inattentive tweeting can be. Realizing that most of these errors occurred while using a phone-based application, we at Luckie decided it was time to put serious thought into a policy to address this issue.
We put our heads together during an all-day, non-billable think tank and came up with an extensive crisis-aversion plan. And now we'll share our ingenious idea with you:
Use separate applications for professional and personal accounts.
Frighteningly simple fix, right? There are dozens and dozens of Twitter applications, and you're probably very fond of your choice application. But simply find a comfortable second option. I'll be using Twitterific and Twitter for iPhone. My colleague David Griner will be using Echofon as his backup to Twitter for iPhone.
Share your favorite applications in the comments, and if you've topped our brilliant resolution to this problem, please share that as well.
Kammie Avant is a social media planner for Luckie & Company. You can contact her by e-mail or follow @KammieAvant on Twitter.
Photo credit: Zac Peckler on Flickr.
VocaLive, iRig Mic, iPhone conspire to create vocal talent where none exists
When you think about it, an iPhone-based rig that lets anyone carry a decent vocal effects rig around in their pocket sounds like a recipe for disaster. Just look at that gentleman in the promotional image above, for example: for all we know, he sounds like one of the week one American Idol rejects — but thanks to the miracles of modern technology and around $80 in spending cash, he fancies himself the next Clay Aiken. Ah, well, no use trying to stop this train. A new $20 app called VocaLive (there’s also a free version available) from IK Multimedia includes 12 real-time effects that can be chained up to three at a time, along with a recorder that can run up to four tracks for an extra fee. You can use the iPhone’s built-in mic or a handsfree if you like — but for “best” results, you can pre-order the company’s $59.99 iRig Mic that was announced back in January, which plugs into the phone’s headset jack and features a second connector for real-time monitoring. Either way, your friends and family are sure to quickly regret it.
VocaLive, iRig Mic, iPhone conspire to create vocal talent where none exists originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Take A Tour Of One Of The Silliest Startup Offices We’ve Seen — Blip.TV
Blip.tv is a video sharing startup that hosts, distributes, and monetizes independent web shows.
Unlike YouTube, users of the site must produce original videos and churn them out at a consistent rate. Blip.tv can and will “zap” accounts that are just uploading one-off viral videos.
Founded around the same time as YouTube, Blip.tv still considers itself a startup, and its offices certainly reflect that tech startup mentality. Most, if not every, Blip.tv employee has a Nerf gun, and they have playful shootouts everyday.
Its kitchen even has a built-in beer tap and is stocked with beer kegs. In 2009, Blip.tv beat out College Humor to win the Media Beer Pong Tournament hosted by Gawker.
This balance of work and play has paid off for Blip.tv though as some of its 50,000 shows are making “hundreds of thousands of dollars,” says co-founder Dina Kaplan. In fact, some of these independent web producers are doing so well that they're making more money than anyone working at Blip.tv – including the founders.
The video sharing startup is in the midst of doubling its staff. If you’re thinking about applying, this is where you’d be working …
First, here’s our interview with Blip.tv co-founder Dina Kaplan:
Blip.tv headquarters are on 407 Broome St. in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan.
Their bright pink front door informs you that “Atelier Management has MOVED.”
9 Terrific HDR Tips by Trey Ratcliff
HDR photographer Trey Ratcliff shares 9 Things for Your HDR Brain to Consider, lessons that go beyond your typical techniques and really get to the heart of HDR.
Read them at My Modern Metropolis.
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