Sunday, June 05, 2011

Meeting Kevin Slavin: Tumblr's Brilliance


I have been following Slavin on Tumblr for months now. I have known him as one of the most prolific of all the 100 plus people I follow on Tumblr. Him, Mike Hudack, Anthony De Rosa (soupsoup - why do you have to say it two times?), vruz, these dudes are prolific. And these are hard core politicians pretending to be in tech.

I started following Slavin because he was on David Noel's list of entrepreneurs and VCs to follow. I am not on that list. That explains why I have only 70 followers on Tumblr. I do better on Quora where I have 1,000 followers. And I am not much active on Quora. But I am on Tumblr every day.

One Location, Camping Out


These decisions have a tendency to change. I was planning on doing one, then two, then most three events during Social Media Week in February, I ended up doing seven. But for now my decision for Internet Week is to camp out in one location and do as many events as possible in that one location, and to spend more time in the hallways wildly shaking hands than sitting obediently in halls as panelists pontificate.

Monday is my oh so important immigration court date, and that takes priority, and since my hearing is scheduled for 1 PM, and I am meeting my lawyer at 11 to prepare, and court hearings have a tendency to start late and drag on, I have no Internet Week plans until 3 PM Monday, and I am at peace with not even showing up until 4 PM, maybe 5 PM: no soup for you. But once I am done with the court stuff, which might be in the late afternoon, I hope to drop by and inaugurate my Internet Week. I am seeking refugee status, kind of like Einstein.

My Plan For Internet Week
The Internet Week: The Thing To Do
The Internet Week Is Mumbojumbo

Monday, June 06, 2011

Rallying to Restore Sanity in the Digital Age
03:00 PM — 03:45 PM AOL Stage

Yahoo! Presents – The Thread
03:00 PM — 03:30 PM Internet Week HQ

Will Tweet for Food: Writing Your Own Ticket in the Digital Age
03:00 PM — 03:50 PM HQ Classroom

The Onion’s Team of Three
04:00 PM — 04:45 PM AOL Stage

Yahoo! Finance Presents: Cross-fire: The Daily Ticker and Breakout!
04:00 PM — 05:00 PM Internet Week HQ

How to Survive Internet Week: Using Social Media to Make Offline Connections
04:00 PM — 04:45 PM HQ Classroom