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A pedometer and more

By now hopefully everybody knows that maintaining good health requires quite a lot of physical activity. But how do you keep track of your activity in a measurable way? Well a San Francisco startup called Fitbit wowed them at the Techcrunch50 conference this week with their device about the size of an old-fashioned wood clothespin that can be worn 24/7 ...

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Are you a runner in Austin?

Junior Achievement of Central Texas is raising funds for their youth financial literacy programs by putting on the Silicon Labs Austin Marathon Relay. The JA programs teach kids about finance, entrepreneurship, and how to be successful in the workplace. It’s a great opportunity for kids and a fun way to give back to the community. A single tweet could make ...

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Today we p0wn YouTube

As you might have noticed today is all about kicking cancer’s butt on YouTube.  The folks over at SU2C have got guest editor permission and are going crazy picking a ton of Cancer Related videos for the home page. Go have a look. Here was one of my favorites ones from today:

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Social Media For Social Good – Food Drive Tweet Up!

In recognition of Hunger Action Month, help end hunger by participating in these HAM-up events with your friends from Twitter. What’s a HAM-up Tweet-up? A Tweet-up is when people following each other on Twitter meet in real life. In recognition of Hunger Action Month, we’re calling this special Tweet-up the “HAM-up”. Clever, huh? Event Schedule HAM-up Grill-up Happy Hour Kickoff ...

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