Mike Mueller, Social Media.ist

Definition:  To show a stream of twitter feeds

When I was at BlogWorld and REBlogWorld the attendees used hashtags to stay on the same page.  A hashtag is simply an identifying string of text.  You can then search Twitter for that hashtag and have a streaming conversation.

For REBlogWorld the hashtag was " #rebw "

For BlogWorld the hashtag was " #bwe08 "

And then for a particular session we used just the simple " #pr2 ".

This was nice because the speakers had the search on the projector and we had a live conversation.  It was also valuable in that the conversation was "recorded".  I can now go back and see what someone was talking about and the links they provided.

Right now there is another convention going on called VAR. 

They are using the hashtag of " #var08 "

I can easily place a widget on the sidebar showing the tagged tweets.  As a matter of fact the BlogWorld widget is doing that right now.

I've been looking for something to put the results into a post.  That's harder.  I haven't found anything yet.

I'm going to insert an iframe below and see if I can't show the Stweam (yeah, I just made that up).

Let's pick something like...

Now that it's up - why not search for any term you like. 

Try "Mike Mueller", or "MikeMueller" or try your own name.

Go see what the Twitterverse is saying...

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SocialVibe

Have you checked out SocialVibe yet?

Very simply…

You pick a charity, pick a corporate sponsor and then promote that through a badge, or a link, or even a post on your blog.

I, of course, chose Stand Up 2 Cancer and being an active Motorcyclist, Fox Racing.

Please join me by starting here: 

http://www.socialvibe.com/su2c?r=316288

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Why would a local real estate agent spend his hard earned money to go to a convention, learn some great cutting edge ideas, and then go back to his local community and willing share what he learned with his closest competitors?

Because that's what successful people do!

It's not just Nick, it's Candace Robinson, Jay Thompson, Steve Belt, Bill Austin, Robert A. Gibbs, Christoph Schweiger, Teri Ellis & David Lopez

Check out the AZ Real Estate Blogging Network  and you'll be very impressed in what they are doing for their local RE community.

REBlogWorld, Blogworld and the New Media Expo was indeed a fantastic event. We had some great fun, made some great connections and shared some great ideas. 

Next year the event will be in October.  This was only the second year for BlogWorld and the first for REBlogWorld.  My guess is that next year we'll have more than doubled on the RE participation.  Love to see everyone here in ActiveRain make it next year.

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Guy Kawasaki

My daughter was peeking at all the stuff I had brought home from BlogWorld.

Being 14, she was particularly interested in one of the stickers from Alltop, “Confirmation that I kick ass”

Then came the question I knew was coming,

“So… what is Alltop?”

You see, as a Dad I know that if Alltop was a hair growing tonic it just wouldn’t be cool to have the sticker on your school locker.  It had to be for something "Cool".

So I showed her Alltop.  It's Guy Kawasaki's project and a smashing success.

I asked her to pick a topic.  She said Music (go figure).  Then I started to scroll down, and down, and down.

That’s all it took to make another Alltop Groupie.

This morning I quietly noticed she grabbed her Alltop sticker as she headed out the door.

Want a better explaination?  Watch the Alltop Tutorial.

Alltop Tutorial

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Hey Midori Miller

This one's just for you!

Darren was gracious enough to step aside and talk to us for a couple of minutes.

This was John Novak's idea. 

Darren says he get's to the states twice a year.

Who is Darren Rowse?  ProBlogger

Yes, you should subscribe!

All the hero's of the Social Media landscape are here at BlogWorld.

Who would you like to talk to?

As a US Taxpayer, the argument can be made that the Federal Government is me.

What they do, they do for me.  They are me.

Yesterday they bailed out AIG, a very large insurance company, for me.

I loaned AIG $85 Billion for 2 years and now own 79.99% of the company.

AIG is a worldwide conglomerate made up of hundreds of businesses all over the world.  It’s trading just above $2 a share right now, but six months ago it was closer to $50.  If the stock goes back up to that level do you realize how much money I’m going to make?

Hey, I also own 100% of Fannie and Freddie, and guess what?  They’re under fifty cents right now!

Next I hope I bail out Taco Bell.   Not for the stock appreciation, I just want in on the employee perks!

I hear the company bowling party is HOT…

Just saying…

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With the Merrill issue, the AIG Bailout.  and other problems seemingly popping up daily, you would think the government would have it's hands full. 

I guess not. 

Yesterday they found the time to call a few people... 

From the NY Post:

The fate of Washington Mutual remained in question yesterday as federal regulators recently called a number of banks asking if they would consider buying the nation's largest savings and loan should it eventually falter, sources told The Post.

How cool is that?

It sounds like they didn't find anyone yet.  Don't hold your breath, they might not.  WaMu has some issues. 

Standard & Poor's cut WaMu's credit rating to junk status late Monday citing "increasing market turmoil," but at the same time acknowledged that WaMu's deposit base appears to be stable and the company has enough liquidity to meet all fixed obligations through 2010.

You'll note they said "fixed obligations".  I believe that refers to the capital on hand that the Feds require  as reserves for items deposited.  That would be assets like Checking, Savings, CD and Money Market Accounts.  Those are all performing assets. 

What about the NON Performing Assets?  Wamu is carrying a huge amount of Neg Am and Jumbo ARMs on their books.  Many of these are NON Performing. 

A potential buyer would know this.  What they wouldn't know is the actual amount of NPA's they have due to the financial accounting shell game.  (that's for a different post)

Then there's the investors in the company.  Back in April, TPG (a private equity group) helped to pump 7 Billion dollars into Wamu in an effort to keep them afloat.  They paid an average of $8 a share at that time.  The stock was trading somewhere around $11 at the time, today it's closer to $2.

The Post reports that these investors at TPG are unlikely to take a loss and any buyer would also have to buy them out at their $8 a share price.

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