Author Archive for Danielle Hatfield

Danielle Hatfield

Danielle Hatfield is Chief Dirt Digger at Experience Farm, Managing Partner of Linking Greensboro, That chick who is responsible for hatching @gsotweetup, Admin for Social Media Club Piedmont and Art Coordinator for StudioB. When she is not tweeting about coffee drinking and bacon consumption, her passion is Web Development, Brand Strategy, Email Marketing, Graphic Design, Social Media, Recycled Furniture Design, Vintage Style, Travel, Art, Social Networking Events, . . . oh, and she speaks her mind.

Apple Visionary Steve Jobs Dead at 56

Apple Visionary Steve Jobs Dead at 56

Apple just announced the passing of  Co-Founder Steve Jobs. As I write this post on one of my many Mac computers and dismiss a call on my iPhone – I draw breath at the sheer impact he has had on millions of lives. We are a wired society thanks in large part to his vision, [...]

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#OccupyWallStreet : The Whole World is Watching

[EDIT Oct. 3, 2011] – Thanks to @FakhriZina and @OperationLeakS for sharing this humdinger of a video :: Day Trader tells truth live on UK BBCNews 9/26/11 This morning I began my day reading over the messages from those who are showing their support for the #OccupyWallStreet movement by posting pictures of notes that tell [...]

#markdavidson : A Ghostwriter’s Revolt

#markdavidson : A Ghostwriter’s Revolt

Edit 9:10am Sept. 30 : Regardless of being played the fool (along with a lot of other people) I stick by my last edit – that it opened up a larger discussion on authenticity and social media. There have been many interesting conversations regarding authenticity in social media, ghost writers, automated posts, personal branding and [...]

Social Media and Certain Destruction : How Natural Disasters Impact our Social Networks

From the Virginia Earthquake to Hurricane Irene – this past week we all have seen a flurry of activity on our own social networks . . . whether it’s Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Quora or even Linkedin, inevitably someone you know has shared a photo of what was happening around them. It’s citizen journalism at it’s [...]

San Francisco's BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) cut cell phone service due to Protestors planning a rally on August 11, 2011 to bring attention to a number of recent BART transit police officer shootings.

Censorship on the Subway : How BART Cut Off Cell Phone Signals

UPDATE :: FCC Looks into BART Mobile Phone Shutdown — San Francisco’s BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) cut cell phone service due to Protestors planning a rally on August 11, 2011 to bring attention to a number of recent BART transit police officer shootings. In the wake of the havoc in London, where Prime Minister [...]

ESPN: When Your Brand Representatives Become a Liability

ESPN: When Your Brand Representatives Become a Liability

Early this morning I was poking around Facebook like many millions of people do each day, when I saw a post by my friend Deirdre Reid aka @deirdrereid. She commented on how @MrMichael_Smith of @ESPN had posted tweets on how funny he thought the accident of Dutch cyclist Johnny Hoogerland was on twitter. Yep you [...]

Got Bieber Fever? @Mashable does!

Got Bieber Fever? @Mashable does!

Just hanging out on Twitter today when I saw this tweet from @adamostrow, Editor-in-Chief at Mashable, about the negative comments on facebook about their Justin Bieber contest. . . yep. You read right. Mashable is hosting a Justin Bieber contest on it’s Facebook Page, and from the comments – Mashable loyalists are none to pleased. [...]

Mobile App Market

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Social Media Numbers Game

Social Media Numbers Game

“ Quit counting fans, followers and blog subscribers like bottle caps. Think, instead, about what you’re hoping to achieve with and through the community that actually cares about what you’re doing.” – Amber Naslund, Social Media Today I came across this quote today and it really struck home . . . it’s about the QUALITY [...]

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Walmart – The STATS

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Apple App Store and iTunes Accounts Hacked

Zee from The Next Web just posted and update to the breaking story of Apple app store being hacked. It seems that this troubling news now includes personal iTunes accounts. See the latest buzz on twitter. Read the full story :: App Store, Hacked. (Updated: iTunes Accounts too.) Learn the all the facts and what [...]

Did You Know 4.0

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Identity Theft and Password Security Infographic

Identity Theft and Password Security Infographic

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The History of RickRolling – Infographic

The History of RickRolling – Infographic

You know the rules, and so do I.

UPDATED :: Facebook Landing Tabs now available ONLY to “Authenticated Pages”

UPDATED :: Facebook Landing Tabs now available ONLY to “Authenticated Pages”

@tkpleslie just announced via a RT of @PaulDunay that Facebook reversed it’s decision because of the HUGE outcry from Page owners and Page management companies. Wow. . .  Read the latest on this story on insidefacebook.com Thanks to @tkpleslie of The Kaleidosope Partnership for this tweet. It led me to the article on allfacebook.com where [...]

Facebook Facts You Probably Didn’t Know

Facebook Facts You Probably Didn’t Know

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The iPod Revolution

The iPod Revolution

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Changes Coming to Ning

Changes Coming to Ning

The information below is from an email I received today sent by The Ning Team from new CEO Jason Rosenthal, explaining the changes coming to monetize the social platform in July. . . however – hold on to your pencils!!  Ning will remain free for teachers. Hello! We’re writing today to let you know about [...]

WWE’s ‘Smackdown’ Gives Syfy Brand a Piledriver

WWE’s ‘Smackdown’ Gives Syfy Brand a Piledriver

Okay – looks like I’m the last kid on the block to get the news. I read today at  The Hollywood Reporter that Syfy is stepping into the ring of prime time wrastlin’. You heard right. The brand once known as the Sci Fi Channel that built a following by airing cult classics like Rod [...]

Vote Daisy

Vote Daisy

While catching up on some reading on one of my favorite eco friendly blogs, I came across this post by Lloyd Alter as well as this one by Stuart Elliot of the New York Times and could not believe that a company would actually claim to own the daisy. You heard me. the daisy. My [...]

Facebook Introduces the Like button

Facebook Introduces the Like button

While checking in with my company fanpage I noticed the nice, neat little message that today Facebook is rolling out the “like” button for Fan Pages . . . I’m not sure how much I really “like” this idea Facebook.  When you become a fan of a site doesn’t it make more sense for me [...]

Design Community A Buzz From Eco Coke Bottle Design

Design Community A Buzz From Eco Coke Bottle Design

In just a matter of days – young Andrew Kim‘s  midterm project for his semester 2, freshman product design studio II class at CCS is making waves in the design community. Using Adobe Photoshop for Renders / Graphics and dense foam for mockups, his fresh look and responsible carbon-footprint reducing design could change the soda/bottled [...]

Steampunked iMac

Steampunked iMac

What is the latest trend in woodworking? Why custom iMac’s from Old Time Computers of course! You can get an “Apple iMac Oak Custom Cover, Base Cover and Oak Keyboard Accent. Hand made and Custom Built. Vintage look built in the early Victorian – Industrial style…Steampunk – Dieselpunk Hand Painted Faux marble finish base cover. [...]

Simavita’s electronic underpants TXT you when they’re wet : seriously.

Simavita’s electronic underpants TXT you when they’re wet : seriously.

::yawn:: I am catching up on the morning news when I came across a post by @Tim_Stevens on @engadget. I seriously should have more coffee before attempting the morning headlines, because the first thing that came to mind after reading that headline was . . . well, it’s NSFW. Read Tim’s full article here – [...]

Hukilau – Changing how film & video is made, distributed & watched

Hukilau – Changing how film & video is made, distributed & watched

I had the opportunity to chat with Joseph Matheny, who is a founder of Hukilau . . . . well in his own words a ‘Serial entrepreneur and transmedia storyteller. Hukilau/Alterati/Greylodge founder. In my  words – a great f*ing guy. My first question was “What the hell does Hukilau mean?” Okay – a little help [...]

8.2 Venezuela Fake Quake Rumbles Twitter

8.2 Venezuela Fake Quake Rumbles Twitter

Just a few minutes ago as I was surfing between Facebook and Twitter – I saw a simple post “8.2 Quake in Venezuela” WTF?! Yeah. I had the same reaction . . . This article about how Chile’s earthquake knocked Mother Earth three inches off her axis quickly came to mind – swiftly followed by [...]

The Redhead Writing on Facebook’s Wall

The Redhead Writing on Facebook’s Wall

Thanks to a retweet – I discovered possibly the best Dear Facebook post that ever needed to be written in a 140 characters plus. Seriously. @RedheadWriting spells out every frustration toward Facebook in big bold letters (insert witty font conference reference here). From telling it like it is about their customer service (or lack thereof) [...]

Please Rob Me – Location Based Social Networking Burglary

Please Rob Me – Location Based Social Networking Burglary

I used Foursquare less than 20 times before the kind folks at forthehack who created Please Rob Me helped me see the potential danger of not only stalkers (you know who you are) but the new breed of tech savvy burglar who are using Location-based social networking. Social sites like Localtweeps make it easy for [...]