It’s that perennial Christmas favorite from General Ursus; you remember him, the chauvinistic, homicidal military fascist from the Planet of the Apes? not Dr. Zaius, the one with the blog and the snappy musical. The other one.
Played (as always) by GenX icon and YouTube favorite and phenomenon Brian Atene, who teases us that he has more where that came from, going up on Christmas Day.
Calling all civilians!!!! This class is designed for beginning or early-intermediate Twitter users, to get them up to speed quickly and teach them how to get the most out of Twitter in the least amount of time.
Not like me.
and cross-posted from raincoastermedia because, well, because BECAUSE, that’s why.
A hands-on seminar designed for beginning Twitter users who want to learn effective ways to manage their accounts and stay efficient.
What: a two-hour introduction to Twitter and TweetDeck,
When: 12-2pm, Saturday, December 5th
Where: Tradeworks Training Society, 2nd floor, 87 West Pender Street, Vancouver at the corner of Columbia and Pender in Chinatown
Why: learn powerful applications that can save you time and help you get the most out of Twitter
How: much? $75
The basics of Twitter and the applications of two Twitter tools will be reviewed in the first 30-45 minutes with a hands-on session in the remaining 1:15, where the instructor will be available to guide participants through the basic elements of using TweetDeck and Power Twitter.
Class size is strictly limited to 8: please email bloggingclasses AT gmail DOT com to pre-register.
Payment in advance via Paypal only, please. Paypal accepts debit or credit cards as well as direct e-transfer.
Invoiced twice, argued one of them out over Gmail, learned how to use BillingBoss (which is DA BOSS and dat’s all you need to know), edited an occupancy agreement, pitched a commissioned sales job, got about 60 affiliate links done for the Manolosphere and 20 done for myself, got invited to teach social media in Vernon and Kelowna (now to find some classrooms!) accessed the brain trust on Twitter for some advice, followed it, prepped my talk for WordCamp Victoria (WordPress.com vs WordPress.org) [UPDATE: and then drew the pentagram and caused Lolebrity.net to arise from the grave; the undead: so hot right now] and blogged the following:
Blogging for Writers: a reading list
http://theshebeenclub.com/2009/11/10/blogging-for-writers-a-reading-list/
Writers’ Express Saturday, November 14th
http://theshebeenclub.com/2009/11/09/writers-express-saturday-november-14th/
Blogging for Writers: Surrey Writers’ School
http://raincoastermedia.com/2009/11/09/blogging-for-writers-surrey-writers-school/
Writers’ Express at Newton Library
http://raincoastermedia.com/2009/11/09/writers-express-at-newton-library/
and
Friday Caption Contest Results: Prince Hot Ginge and Mariah Carey double-header
http://ayyyy.com/2009/11/09/friday-caption-contests-results-double-header-mariahhot-ginge/
Which is not bad for a Monday, even if I didn’t get paid.
We old-timers of the intarwebs will recognize a resuscitated meme when we see one; oh yes, this is nothing more nor less than a reworking of that classic of the intertubes, the Hampsterdance. With a significantly more anorexic cast. Sound familiar?
Other examples, through time:
Sadly, none have ever approached the catchiness of the original tune and site: there’s just something about Adsense-laden sidebars that somehow limits the freedom of the ecstatic experience, once shortlisted for Song of the Millennium.
They look suspiciously like Meerkats. Better keep an eye on these buggers.
Remember this one? Of COURSE not!
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