http://slsummers-com.disqus.com/enFri, 22 Oct 2010 15:34:14 -0000http://slsummers.com/2010/10/140conf-detroit-the-state-of-now/#comment-89232021<p>Thanks Alex,<br>You comments are appreciated and they reminded me a few additional items:</p><p>Stephen Clark (@sclarkwxyz) - WXYZ TV/ABC Detroit Interactive Anchor talked about the Birth of the #BackChannel</p><p>Erik Proulx (@eproulx) - Creator of Lemonade. Founder of Please Feed The Animals. Thought #lemonadedetroit was a really cool idea! For $1/frame, you can become a producer too. As of this morning there were 168 producers funding 4806 frames. <a href="http://buyaframe.lemonadedetroit.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://buyaframe.lemonadedetroit.com/">http://buyaframe.lemonadede...</a></p>Steve SummersFri, 22 Oct 2010 15:34:14 -0000http://slsummers.com/2010/10/140conf-detroit-the-state-of-now/#comment-89170678<p>Steve, here's my notes from #140conf</p><p>Freep's @NancyAndrews: Do participate with local media. There are so many ways to interact. Please join the conversation. The competition has really changed. We're all participants, not competitors. We're publishing what you're doing. It's really your news.</p><p>RJ King @dbusiness: It's the authenticity of the story that keeps people coming back.</p><p>High school English teacher Nick Provenzano @thenerdyteacher tweets homework assignments to students. In their face! :)</p><p>Julian Bond of @DMC_Heals live tweeted a hip replacement surgery o_O Even had to scrub up. On 9/9/09 they held a "baby race." The woman who gave birth closest to the time won $999 from a radio station. Ummm, sounds ...unique!</p><p>Zack Walsh of @GoodwillDet is using social media to promote the Goodwill store opening in Canton.</p><p>If you're gonna have a conference in Detroit, there's gotta be cars <a href="http://twitpic.com/2zaequ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://twitpic.com/2zaequ">http://twitpic.com/2zaequ</a></p>Alex GillenFri, 22 Oct 2010 13:06:09 -0000