Twitpay | Pay friends via Twitter… | Bloomington, IN

I was reading Wired online and came across an article titled “The Future of Money: It’s Flexible, Frictionless and (Almost) Free” and they highlighted a new web app for Twitter called Twitpay. Twitpay allows you to send money through Tweets linked to a Paypal account. At first glance, I thought this is could be the least secure way to pay someone but a very innovative way to pay...

Proposable, the web app that will make project managers giddy | Bloomington, IN

Need a proposal completed and sent? I would suggest using Proposable. This app does it all (or most) and isn’t overrun by features. Proposable allows you to create proposals, save pages in a library, archive proposals, email your proposal and get great feedback about the proposal from the client. A ‘comment’ feature is added to the submitted proposal for the client to give near realtime...

5 tools for Twitter | Bloomington, IN

Here is my roundup of 5 tools for Twitter. These tools are what I use to maximize my Twitter experience. #1. HootSuite : In my past post about the web app, you will notice I have a real attraction to the User Interface. Its so easy to manage your Twitter account in the HootSuite interface by scrolling left and right and inputing your message. Also, there is a feature to watch keywords used by users...

Around town fun with Foursquare | Bloomington, IN

Remember in elementary school there was a game called ‘foursquare’. The game had four squares and you stood in a square and bounced a ball… I don’t remember the rules all that well, but most people remember some version of the game. Now, there is an app called Foursquare… but has nothing to do with the game in elementary school. Foursquare is a smart phone app. It uses...

Collabtive | Collaborate and Project Manage | Open Source

I’m a huge supporter of Open Source programs. Especially, if these programs have a great community backing to help troubleshoot and keep enhancing the program. A few open source programs that you might have heard of are Wordpress, Joomla, and Linux. Wordpress and Joomla are CMS platforms that can be installed on just about any Linux based server. Linux is the operating system that can run a personal...

HootSuite | Social Media manager for Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook and more

Social Media managing web apps are popping up all over the net like the feature filled app Gist to a simple app like Brizzly, so what about the middle apps? HootSuite is the answer to your needs. HootSuite makes managing your Social Media easy, much like Brizzly, by offering an interface to manage your feeds from Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. It’s easy to post new statuses and updates via...

Manage your social media on the go (iPhone required)

Creating a brand name in social media take a lot of time and commitment. This commitment applies to your readers, followers, and especially your content. Constant quick updates about fun and relevant things on Twitter and Facebook will go a long way but doing the updates everyday/all day is key. Creating content driven and well-read blog articles is key to blogging. Now the questions is, “How do...