http://www.jboitnott.com Social Media Strategy Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:48:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I never thought I would actually have the chance to meet the great digger Tal Siach. He's Israeli, and since he's on the other side of the Earth, that means I'm never going to get to meet him right? Not so. He visited the States over the last week for ... http://www.jboitnott.com/2010/01/pics-from-bay-area-digg-meet-up-1-15-10/ I have learned so much about my FICO score from Larry Chiang. But more than that, he is one of the nicest people I have met in the Bay Area tech community so far. When I went the latest Crunchup in San Francisco, a mutual friend kinda "handed me off" ... http://www.jboitnott.com/2010/01/larry-chiang-crunchup-boitnott-appearance/ In the spirit of self-promotion that I sometimes engage in, let's take a trip down memory lane with some of my on-air TV reporting work that I use to do for KEYT Channel 3 in Santa Barbara. For years I worked as a part-time reporter at the small-market TV station ... http://www.jboitnott.com/2009/12/john-boitnott-keyt-resume-tape-from-2005/ It's rare these days that you come upon a new meme in its infancy -- or to be honest just another bizarre oddity that makes you laugh a little while consuming alcoholic beverages at the local watering hole. I was carousing at Murio's on Haight Street in San Francisco a little ... http://www.jboitnott.com/2009/12/new-meme-the-dick-chicken/ There is something about the crisp fall evenings in San Francisco that can just hit you the right way. The design director for SF Weekly was leaving so we all headed to the Hotel Utah on 4th and Bryant Streets for a goodbye party. Right as I was about to ... http://www.jboitnott.com/2009/10/san-francisco-pic-of-the-day/ I have spoken recently about using pictures in your tweets to engage people and build followers. Including pics with your tweets keeps people up to date on your life, and actually adds value. It's fine to say that - but why is it true? Over a long period of time, ... http://www.jboitnott.com/2009/10/how-to-use-pictures-with-tweets-to-report-on-news/ I'm starting here what I would like to think would be an ongoing case study in how to build fans and followers on Twitter, through the use of pictures in one's tweets. It's good enough to tweet compelling articles and other content  from third-party sites through your tweetstream. It's good to ... http://www.jboitnott.com/2009/10/using-pics-with-tweets-to-engage-people-and-attract-followers/ There has been a lot of talk all over the internet about the wonderful development at SF Weekly, the San Francisco alternative weekly newspaper, where Alexia Tsotsis is arriving Monday after her sojourn at LA Weekly to become a web editor in the City by the Bay. I am super ... http://www.jboitnott.com/2009/10/top-3-reasons-why-janine-kahn-kicks-butt/ As I was reading about the life of Nixon speech writer William Safire yesterday, I came across this little piece written by Ted Pease with "Today's Word" that I knew I had to show here. In my time as a journalist there are things I learned that I MUST pay attention ... http://www.jboitnott.com/2009/09/important-lessons-from-william-safire/ Sometimes things just work out perfectly. That's what I thought as I sat down with my buddies Alexia and Janine for a cookie on Friday. Once I was done it was smoke time. And the pack of cigs had the exact same color tone as Alexia's finger nail polish. And ... http://www.jboitnott.com/2009/09/they-call-it-baby-man-yellow/