Call for Causes on Social Media

A couple of articles that I wrote last week received strong feedback from social media users. The concept: social media sites, with all of their power, should be able to do more in the way of promoting charities and other causes.

Social Media Charities

Social Media and its Users for Causes

This is a topic that I feel strongly about as there are very few things that take up more of my time than social media and charitable events. If there was a way to combine the two, it would personally save me a lot of time.

Then, of course, there's the matter of it being the right thing to do.

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Stories I Wrote that hit the Front Page of Digg, part 1

Here is a partial list of stories that I authored that made it tot he front page of Digg. There are several others, but most are on websites with which I cannot mention my involvement. Enjoy.

Why Democrats Love the Pickens Plan - 806 Diggs. An article that touches on the Boone Pickens plan for alternative energy sources that would free some of the United States' dependancy on foreign oil.

Fake Hookers + Fake Credit Cards + Fake 13yr olds = Marketing? - 1389 Diggs. When a story goes viral, it's possible for the source to get a ton of traffic and a lot of backlinks. When it's a spoof, but a lot of people believed it to be true, well, it can get ugly.

Recommended Flaw: 31% of Digg Homepage submitted by 10 Users - 3400 Digg.

iPhone was Dugg. Way Dugg. - 1559 Diggs.

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