#Examiner (@ExaminerCom) My Landing Site/Page… and FIRST Article!

Well, seems like I’m getting somewhere this month, as some said, may have been the ablutions off the Yucatan Peninsula, the training fortwith, or just the fact that ‘nothing but net’ works offlines as well as online…

… anyway, here’s my FIRST ever “Examiner.Com” article, as the Social Media Examiner for Palm Beach County… stop by and say hi! enjoy! (and yeah, I pulled some of this from earlier entries, you’re not seeing double!… and yeah, it’s all ‘ bout the #Twitter!)

A New Gig!

“First, one should ONLY consider using it when one would actually like or enjoy having the WHOLE world know and watch about all the minutiae that comes along with ‘something’ that anyone may have a proclivity towards speaking – or in this case, writing – about; be it an opinion, a product, or in many cases one’s existing website, blog or product, as its preeminence stems from its ability to quickly amplify most every thought that’s put out there, as the community picks it up and quickly shares it with its members…” (Examiner.Com, 2009)

Apropos, here’s the ‘video’ illustration as well

#InCaseYouMissedIt… Francisco answered ‘Questions Of The Day’ questions in All About Me.

Francisco answered ‘Questions Of The Day’ questions in All About Me.

The Basics
Do you usually dress casual?: ALL the time… member of PAJAMANATION.COM!
Do you sing in the shower?: Nah… save it for KARAOKE!
Do you wrap your hair in a towel after the … shower?: What hair?
Do you brush your teeth before you shower?: WHILST showering!… MUCH better – and less MESSIER!
Do you use deodorant daily?: [SNIFFS, SNIFFS...] Yeah, I think so!

My Favorites
feeling?: ENTHUSIASM! (Etymology? “Behavior Of The Gods”)
oldies song?: “Money” and “Time” by Pink Floyd can Classify?
country song?: ANYTHING BlueGrass, SPECIALLY if Allison Krauss is on it!
hair band song?: What’s a hair-band? NO COMPRENDE!
90’s song?: “Let her Cry” ~ Hootie and the Blowfish

This or That
Shy or a Flirt?: Ask the missus… pass!
Candles or Plug ins?: BURN, BABY BURN!… Candles!
Basketball or Football?: BOTH… NCAAF… and NBA… NFL? TOO QUIET FOR MY TASTE!… Where are the LOUD bands in those games! LAAAAME!
Fix your own car or take it to the shop?: Shop!… they have an app for that too!
White shirt or Black shirt?: Black!

Do You?
have someone on your mind you can’t stop thinking about?: The Missus; otherwise she reminds me via BB Messenger!
watch any football game or just your favorite teams?: Any if I have no choice; religiously watching ‘em Gators this year!
tell people you love them often?: Yup; too much, they say, that’s why they call me “The Smotherer”
ever just stay home and don’t leave the house?: Yup, all the time! I telecommute, man!
watch award shows on TV?: NEIN!… maybe the last hour of The Oscars, if there’s no Law & Order somewhere to watch…

Have You Ever
not paid your bill and had your water or electricity turned off?: Why are you asking these?… [THUMBS DOWN]
taken a cold shower?: All the time!… in Venezuela!… NO AGUA!
put makeup on someone while they were sleeping?: Nah!… too mean!
let your dog kiss you on the mouth?: ALL THE TIME!!! That’s what the li’l one is for!!! LICKY KISSY LUCKY!
not realized it was your birthday?: Nupe, I’m too much of a narcissist NOT to start thinkin’ ’bout it a month ahead!

Misc.
What would you like to accomplish today?: Load up more pics? of our first Halloween ever?
What are you scared of?: Loneliness! (Thank God for Facebook!)
Do you kill spiders or just put them out the door?: KILL!!!!…
Do you read your spouse’s mail?: Nupe… that’s a boundary right there!
Are you good at saving money?: Nupe… that’s what Credit Cards are for!

Personal
What was the last exercise you participated in?: Some NICE Yoga with Susan Guglielmo as our Teacher!
Would you rather stop wearing makeup or a bra for a week?: N/A… I’m a DUDE, Dudes!!!!
What has made you a stronger person?: Nam-Myoho-Rengue-Kyo, never fails!
Who do you wish you could cuddle with every night?: THE MISSUS, WHO ELSE! (And yeah, Lucky too!)
Do you give compliments often?: Too many, they also say!

Firsts
fight you and your partner got into?: Money, what else?
time you had makeup sex?: What’s this??? U guys are weirding me out!
time you bought a pet?: Nupe; both are RESCUED! YAY!
time you had a beloved pet die?: don’t mention it; Lucky’s got melanoma, sooo…..
time you had a child?: Nupe, never got the forms approved by the man upstairs!

As of Now
What time is it?: Don’t know, been answering these silly questions for too long!
What sound do you hear right now?: Fingers typing away? and KT Tunstall in the Background?
Are you alone or with someone else?: Missus is sleeping and dogs are watching me… NEVER alone, thank God!
Where are you?: At home? where else? On the Edge of the Packet Cloud as well???? Duh!
Are you in love?: WITH LIFE!… and THE MISSUS!… and THE DOGGIES!… and Facebook and the people that live in it!… and Tweeps, too!

And then… another page later!!!

Francisco answered ‘The Basics’ questions in All About Me.

Hair Color: What Hair? It’s mostly gone… and the rest? Tan and Brown and WHITE… in my beard!
Eye Color: ah! as Van Morrison would sing it,
Height: with or without heels? (heard they were back in for men!… ayayay)
Profession: Geek, Nerd, Computer Guru, Go To …Guy, GSD-Certified, IT, MIS, Techie?… and now, with a side of PM’ing, to boot!
Relationship Status: Happily married for most of the past 17 years… and yes, to the same wife!
Religious Views: Check my Websites and you shall find out!
What’s Your Sign?: Cusp of Leo, coming out of Cancer! (and a Wood Snake, while we’re at it!)
Any Siblings?: Just one… ENOUGH!
Shoe size: Large?
Where were you born?: Clinica Razetti, Parroquia La Candelaria, Guaire Watershed, Waraira Repano Piedmont… Why?
Innie or Outie: Innie!!! ALWAYS!!!
Righty or Lefty?: BOTH!… Mousey-wisey, that is!
Any pets?: MY DEAR DOGGAS! (TWO!)
What month were you born in?: Check the sign thing to find out… PESKY!

Constructively Speaking… a nice thread on Social Media Certifications (via @UnMarketing)

Apropos this tweet…

#Corrected: @unmarketing “… Future of Social Media Certifications” @TheBrandBuilder http://bit.ly/7iztwX #MustRead anyways #FaveTopic ^SM 26 minutes ago from UberTwitter

I jumped into the thread comment to vent out a couple of thoughts…

Stalling at the Gate?

Here..

(Thanks to Scott for Tweeting about this… even if it was about a typo!… seems like a Pow-Wow by now!)

If I may?

One, I took the time (and even took out a Student Loan) to get my MCP/MCSA certifications… and spend a year at New Horizons, learning HALF of what I did not know (which we usually DON’T KNOW, right?) about the whole Microsoft environment… got a few sneers from some peers, but I’m sure that the GE HR DB also got enough hits out of my resume to help me land my last job… are they valuable? I don’t think that’s in doubt, but I just wanted to remind myself (and whoever read this) that along with Microsoft’s, a peek at the Test Taking site (Thompson-Prometric) allowed one to see that a whole industry was sitting on those servers…

Two, as to certifying bodies and standards: I am a certified PADI Divemaster… why? ‘cuz I follow the PADI standards… and again, SAME scenarios (of plain subjectivity, a human frailty we all seem to be afflicted with – and which also allows for varied offerings to compete in an open market, as Ruth pointed out earlier) where we’d have “pissing contests” between the old salts who thought that PADI was ‘bad’ because of a few feet, a few atmospheres, and whatever other differences they could find, just to validate that ‘theirs’ (meaning such other bodies like NAUI, SSI, etc) was ‘better’…

This being a blog about brands, I can easily foresee a combination of what y’all are talking about, and a future mature industry where different ‘venues’ are offered, as in the end, just as I mentioned earlier, these kind of discussions are sure to ‘chum up the waters’ and bring in the apex predators… the ones with the cash and the stamina to aggregate and catalyze these divergent dialectics into a marketable product that allows, much like y’all have posted, for individuals to “highlight” their abilities (not that they prove anything, yes, as I’ve also seen ‘certified’ IT pros whose personal proclivities left for a lot of room for doubt as to their professionalism) and for companies to ’segregate’ those whose desire for continuing education (that old process of learning AND unlearning that keeps some of us afloat in these raging labor markets) at least validates their desire to find a way to make it, whether by mere training attendance, or by coagulating what they ‘knew’ from first hand experience, into yet another piece of paper on the proverbial bragger wall.

Greed and other base values will take care of the rest, as this nascent industry matures and gains the recognition it deserves from those we so desperately try to evangelize as to its existence.

A Lifelong Learner – and Unlearner

#InCaseYouMissedIt #ReadingList: The Art Of Speed Reading People (Barron-Tieger, 1998)

From a GREAT book on People… “The Art of Speed Reading People”… Found these excerpts online at ENotAlone.Com

“Before you begin an introduction to Personality Type, it might be helpful for you to know a bit about its history. The basic ideas behind Type are not new. In fact, they were first written about by Swiss psychologist Carl Jung more than seventy years ago.

But it was two American women, Katharine Briggs and her daughter, Isabel Myers, who were really responsible for building on, including developing the fourth type dimension, and making these ideas useful in practical ways to so many people.

One of Isabel’s major contributions to our understanding of human behavior was the development of a psychological instrument that reliably identifies sixteen distinctly different types.

She named this the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)®, and over the past several years, millions of people around the world have been introduced to the benefits of knowing about Personality Type through the MBTI®, It is routinely used in business to help managers motivate employees, develop more-productive work teams, and enhance communication.

It is also heavily used by counselors and therapists to help individuals, couples, and families understand and communicate better with each other.

Hundreds of thousands of people have found Personality Type invaluable in helping them make satisfying career choices. And these are only some of its many applications” (Barron-Tieger, 1998)

• (and funny enough, look what I found to illustrate? the one and only @ChrisBrogan!)

#InCaseYouMissedIt: On #AttainResponseDotCom’s Pitch (Embeddable & Live #Video #Marketing Toolkit)

Well, I thought it better then to celebrate this #FF / #FollowFriday with a couple of really valuable #LiveTwittering sessions… the first one, from a Service Provider with a VERY sophisticated product… I’ll clip a snippet from their site in order to ellucidate the Tweets that follow… ready?

(Source: http://www.attainresponse.com/products/

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[NOTE: Please remember that some of these are to be read 'backwards' as they follow the original Tweet Sequence!]

Got your Twitter-Goggles Ready? READ ON!

1. http://attainresponse.com ’s DOES have an AFFILIATE program… (Fortunately!) #attainresponse @katholsenabout 21 hours ago from TweetDeck
2. http://attainresponse.com ’s … now, time for stats for reinforcement, as usual… “not IF but WHEN” #YouTube? #attainresponse @katholsenabout 21 hours ago from TweetDeck
3. http://attainresponse.com ’s Blasts for that price is about 500 per blast (USD 99.95 per month) #ROI/#TCO #attainresponse @katholsenabout 21 hours ago from TweetDeck
4. http://attainresponse.com ’s … about $1,200 per year, roughly… thinking this AND #ConstantContact? #YouTube ?#attainresponse @katholsenabout 21 hours ago from TweetDeck
5. http://attainresponse.com ’s LIVE Broadcast FEATURES! AMAZING -Gotta check out their Videos – and blog about ‘em! #attainresponse @katholsenabout 21 hours ago from web
6. http://attainresponse.com ’s ALSO allows LIVE STREAMING, editing and other HIGHER END features in the BUNDLE #attainresponse @katholsenabout 21 hours ago from web

    

   

   Kathe Olsen

7. http://attainresponse.com ’s has bundled BUILT IN tracking features in the UI/WebMail #attainresponse @KathOlsenabout 21 hours ago from web
8. http://attainresponse.com ’s UI/WebMail can also manage regular URL’s AND THEN also embed a video PRIOR to sending out (via #Webcam!)about 21 hours ago from web
9. http://attainresponse.com leverages a simple “email” interface to place them online and using templates and archived/live recordingsabout 21 hours ago from web
10. #MeetupDotCom http://bit.ly/2EHIZO tks 2 @KathOlsen > http://attainresponse.com via http://www.vmdirect.comabout 21 hours ago from web
11. How to Market yourself via #VideoEmail http://attainresponse.com via http://www.vmdirect.com #MeetupDotCom tks 2 @KathOlsenabout 21 hours ago from web
12. #MeetupDotCom Works! w/ @KathOlsen apropos a NEW Video Sharing/Marketing Servicehttp://attainresponse.com via http://www.vmdirect.comabout 21 hours ago from web

On AttainResponseDotCom’s Pitch (Embeddable & Live Video Marketing Toolkit), contact Kathe Olsen – and please let her KNOW that I sent you! (yup, trying to build up some leads towards me becoming an affiliate, too!)

#Google #CNBC Tweet from: @FJPalacio

From: @FJPalacio
Sent: Dec 4, 2009 17:40

#MustSee tonight 2100 EDT @CNBC “Inside #Google” http://bit.ly/7XpRgA #SEO #SME #DroidReport #Verizon #HTC #SMO ^SM #SocialMedia #GoogleWave

sent via UberTwitter

On Twitter: http://twitter.com/FJPalacio/status/6351652004

Francisco Jose Palacio
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#SeenOnAWallNearYou Series: On Mature Technologies, Crocodiles and Vacuum Tubes! (or the joys of Involution)

As usual, it’s on the FB wall (or Twitter, when it’s actually running!) that the ‘action’ is at… so we have nothing to do but to ‘deflect’ it here, perhaps?

So someone started a thread about Oprah and what not… someone said she was ‘over’ soon, and the originator mentioned…

“The numbers are still there. Oprah influence very real today.

I’m reminded of a comment from the 1970’s “Newspapers are dying, but it will take 50 years for them to be gone”

Oprah and network TV are far from “over” (Whitlock, 2009)

So I riposted…
Methinks you just reminded us of how efficient certain ’species’ are – in their rather ‘outdated’ form… i.e. Gators here in SoFla, Vultures most all over the world, and of course, those KINGS of un-evolution, ‘em pests and vermints for whom attempts at change are well, completely unnecessary!…

So will those mediums stick around? of course! they’re finally mature and efficient, much like that AM radio station that we used to work next to, maybe a monthly visit here and there, but the GEAR? efficiently humming day in and day out, built back in the fifties, depreciated many times over – and a veritable cash cow for Clear Channel!

Now, would we need as much people to run ‘em places… I guess that’s what gets everyone riled up, that the efficiencies are also part of the automation!… and ironically, IMHO, that the automation was put there to take care of THEIR complaints about ‘this takes too much work’…

[ALANIS STRUMS THE FEW FIRST BARS OF HER MAGNA OPUS...]

What say you, serendipitious reader? is this like the Buggy Whip example in Business School? which was taken away as we later found out about the few buggy whip manufacturers actually having a real great niche market?

Tweet from: @FJPalacio

From: @FJPalacio
Sent: Nov 29, 2009 17:56

@daveanddawncook Indeed! #Toastmasters to me is like the BEST #Education Value around, as it thoroughly covers #Leadership and #Oratory

sent via UberTwitter in reply to @daveanddawncook

On Twitter: http://twitter.com/FJPalacio/status/6182732398

#Cinch… Que Vacilon! This is SOOO MUCH FUN! (on #Broadcasting #Techniques)

Well, here’s what I did today in terms of EXPANDING my ‘arsenal’ (Forget that silly Kingdoms of Camelot, THIS stuff requires more REAL research than what those fake Alchemists do whilst ‘working’ in that Fake hall!) in terms of leveraging what’s out there, for me and my customers.

• http://www.CinchCast.com/FJPalacio

This neat little Web Platform, essentially allows you to record and later (well, not so late if you have an iPhone, as they already have an app for it… me? DON’T ask!) publish via shortened URL the recording that was made… knowing the little that I know about Telco, I can only THANK those who came up with this very FORWARD looking application of a traditional Voice Mail system, and I can only think of the day when BTR ties it in, as candidly speaking, this interface has much more HORSEPOWER than the one they have for the basic (read: free/unpaid) one at BTR.

Anyway, the feeling of being able to LEVERAGE otherwise wasted time on the car by ‘creating’ these clips, well, it’s just EXHILARATING to some of us (yeah, I’m writing some CAPS as I’m REALLY, REALLY excited about this!)… and why? well, at least for some of us, a nice oldie and a Venti can get our neurons to jump from synapse to synapse, and with Cinch, there’s no LOSS of the ‘concepts’ or ideas that may pour forth at otherwise UNUSABLE times; in other words, we can not only CAPTURE some great thoughts and ‘audio blog’ with them, but also, maybe have a customer’s script ready to be loaded WHILE we drive to that same customer’s meeting? or otherwise leverage tools that may sit unused for a while in the creation of the segments that would drive our BTR show (which I’m sure is the sole reason why BTR is there along with this interface, speculatively speaking?)

Anyway, here are the tweets, at least for me it was a BLAST, and I hope that y’all find them to be worth your while!…

Saludos!

Veritable #Tangential #Concatenating? ONLY with #Cinch, methinks? http://bit.ly/55rAyj apropos http://networkedblogs.com/p… #Spam

#OriginalTweet

Why I like #Cinch so much? Some of us DO some #Heavy DUTY #Thinking in our cars… Now there’s a way to #Publish it too http://bit.ly/4R9Uno

#OriginalTweet

It would not be a #Maiden #Voyage if there were NO Issues http://bit.ly/8c93lW AND http://bit.ly/86JkpZ #Cinch has me #Clinched! #95CNCH!

#OriginalTweet

#95CNCH, born today @ #Cinch A #Segment ‘guessing’ what drove this #Product’s #Inception http://bit.ly/8c93lW “Have #Phone, Will #Broadcast”

#OriginalTweet

Mi nueva estacion en #Cinch para los #Hispanos! #95CNCH http://bit.ly/4EQBQs un trozo de #Spanglish/#Venezuelean para que se rian un rato!

#OriginalTweet

Okidoki! Anyone out there using #Cinch? #95CNCH was born today http://bit.ly/4KCgIy una nueva ‘estacion’ de radio nacio hoy! (TEST TRACKS 1)

#OriginalTweet

"Can you HEAR me now?... GOOOD"

More?

http://www.cinchcast.com/

On #Gr8Tweeps I met at the #SoCruise: @RyanWynia’s #BYOB (Become Your Own Brand)

Well, as I just mentioned to someone who asked about the cruise…

“Cruise went BEYOND my wildest expectations, met a ton of people, and must admit, the Cruise Ship environment was a GREAT bonding ‘framework’ as we spent those hours together, sharing, learning, and getting to know each other well…” (Me, 2009)

So as I got this Tweet via TweetDeck (as again, I’m trying to ILLUSTRATE the value of the medium to some stragglers in my FB list…)

Ryan Wynia

@RyanWinya: Hey Francisco! live show tonight if you can catch it! 6PM central! http://ow.ly/EmTo #BYOBSHOW

So I went there… and here’s what I found!

“We’ll be joined by a special guest, Kittie Watson, PH.d. One of Firebone’s key strategic partners, Kittie’s expertise in organizational communication, strategy, coaching and leadership has impacted Fortune 500 corporations such as SonyBMG, Entergy and Pfizer. Kittie creates opportunities for stimulating dialogue, innovation and change for clients across the globe. She has helped clients develop compelling messages around strategy and is focused on building more inclusive cultures. She designed several thought-provoking diversity initiatives including The A.R.T. of Diversity, ROI: Including and Valuing Talent, Beyond the Yellow Brick Road, and Filling the Pipeline: Women in Leadership. Watch the show live streaming or listen live streaming at 560WIND.com” (BYOB.COM, 2009)

And of course, here are the links…

Here… save you the clicking OUTSIDE the “Facebook Experience”… (thinkin’ of Mike Haines!)

http://byobshow.com/?page_id=2

and/or (above is UStream)… Read More

http://www.560wind.com/

(Gotta admit, AM sounds ‘great’ when streamed!… saved my day in terms of the #Gators game being PPV OR only at ESPN360.com)

And yeah, why not? more of what I saw/found at Ryan’s Blog…

Spindle Neurons - Mapping the Social Brain

Here… let me save you the jump over there… BUT do put it on your calendars! (your Neurons SHALL appreciate it!)

“Who you are won’t reach anyone if it doesn’t take root at a behavioral level within the organization. Brand culture is the sociological rituals and organizational style that bring brand beliefs, values, promise and personae to life. Culture is a continual process that involves senior management, management, and employees in every aspect of the organization to structure people, process, and technology for enduring brand success. When a brand consistently makes it from the board room to the break room, it reaches the fingerprints of an organization so every touch with stakeholders is distinctively, uniquely a hallmark or the brand.” (ibid, 2009)

Gotta love the DEPTH of some of my new #Tweeps!!!!…

[SPINDLE NEURONS DANCE THE CHACHA WITH 'EM MIRROR ONES!.... SAAAAABOR!]

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