Archive of ‘Social Media‘

Last Thursday, Shane Gibson and Stephen Jagger launched their social-media guide book, “Sociable!“, with a huge meetup that had Yaletown’s V Lounge packed from wall to wall. It’s been a week since the event, and now that we’ve all had a chance to chat, let’s see how sociable you really are.

I have five copies of “Sociable!” signed by Shane Gibson to give away. What I propose is that you choose one people you’ve met through social media, and spread some good karma by tweeting about why they’re awesome.

Sounds good? Here are the fine details:

• There are five prizes available. Each prize consists of a free copy of “Sociable!” signed by Shane Gibson and a Starbucks coffee on me.
• In order to be eligible entrants must:
  1. Tweet about why someone they’ve met on social media is awesome, and include both a #sociable hash tag and a link back to this post in their message.
  2. Leave a comment at the bottom of this page with their Twitter message and the permalink to said tweet.
• Two winners will be chosen by random draw, and three for the most awesome stories.
• Entries close at 11:59PM PST on February 12th, 2010. Prize winners will be announced on Twitter and jeremylim.ca on February 15th, 2010.

And the legal stuff:

• You must be at least 18 years old to win. The contest is open worldwide, but prizes (especially the coffee) are only available for delivery in the Greater Vancouver Regional District.
• Jeremy Lim shall not be responsible for any damages to the prizes (e.g. instant combustion, meteor strikes, etc.) or delays in transit.

The final round of ticketing for the 2010 Olympics was set to launch this morning, but servers crashed and epic fail ensued. While Facebook was quiet, the tweeters were unyielding.

@PhilCaines Tickets.com is not able to handle the 3rd Olympic ticket selling. Why did vanoc use such a lowsy service? There are errors all over! #2010

@jeremylim If #2010 ticketing were in person, it would look like the crowd at a single-stall ladies’ bathroom. At a Jonas Bros concert.

@vchan Twitter has the failwhale when things go wrong. I wonder if Vancouver 2010 site is going to show a giant fail Quatchi.

@chrisbreikss: going to petition Webster to change the def of “Debacle” to include reference to 2010 Olympic ticket purchasing process

@bobmackin Will there be a souvenir pin issued to commemorate the VANOC ticketing “SNAFU Saturday?”

@trenzullo BIG waste of time today. Can’t believe @2010tweets didn’t send out relevent tweets throughout the am

That’s not to say there weren’t victories today. One person got in.

@2010Tweets RT @mhlchong finally logged in!! – Congrats!

For those still looking for tickets, VANOC has moved the date to November 14th, but will we be caught waiting in line again?

Have more favourite quotes from the debacle? Leave them in the comments!

Photo courtesy of penmachine and his daughter.

Google Street View JUST landed in Vancouver. What happens when the Google Car visits Richmond? The obvious happens.

Props to Tim Wong for the find!