Talking Social Media and Business at Commerce Arkansas Nov. 3

About 900 folks came out to Commerce Arkansas last year, a business expo at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock put on by Arkansas Business and the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce. This year, we’re doing it again on Nov. 3, and we’ve got a great lineup of speakers [...]

Are We Really Ready for This?

Only this could shake us from an annoyingly long period of blog inactivity. In the face of it, one can only ask, Is the World Ready?
Of course, we know it’s possible to handily butcher the English language in 140 characters. But we expect big things from Wally.
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Molding Young Minds at UALR High School Journalism Day

Much thanks to the Sonny Rhodes and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for inviting me to speak during two sessions of UALR’s annual Journalism Day event, which took place Thursday.
Andrew DeMillo of The Associated Press gave the event’s keynote address on “Why Journalism Matters,” and other session leaders included Frank Fellone of the [...]

It’s Twestival Day in the Rock: Event at Clinton Library to Benefit Reach Out and Read Arkansas

Today is Twestival Day!
Little Rock is among several cities across the country taking part in this Twitter-based fund-raiser for nonprofits. In Arkansas, the Little Rock Twestival benefits Reach Out and Read Arkansas, which works to promote literacy through early intervention.The group trains doctors and nurses to advise parents about the importance of reading [...]

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Stephens Media End Northwest Arkansas Newspaper War

The war is over.
After suffering “significant financial losses during the current economic recession,” the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Stephens Media plan a joint venture in northwest Arkansas, the news organizations announced Thursday.
The joint venture would move forward if Stephens can’t find a buyer for its flagship newspaper, The Morning News. But Democrat-Gazette Publisher Walter Hussman says [...]

Pew Study Shows Emerging Trends in Political, Civic Engagement Online

On KARN radio on Monday, political bloggers Blake Rutherford and David Kinkade commented on how new media has finally arrived in Arkansas, and how blogs and social networks will play an even bigger role in the 2010 election cycle (one that’s already sure to be exciting given a certain U.S. Senate race) as more Arkansans [...]

Tonight: A Cajun’s-style #LRTweetup

UPDATED: We had another great turnout! @KatieMcManners posts a photo of one group of us here. Plus: The Twestival announced, see more here.
Tonight: The Fourth #LRTweetup at Cajun’s in Little Rock, underway at 5:30 p.m. Come socialize (in person!) with local Tweeters on the bank of the Arkansas River. RSVP here (lots of you already [...]

The Friday Week in Review: Abbreviated Edition

Have we mentioned how out of it we’ve been? This week has been one slow slog into oblivion. Fortunately, some stuff happened, and now we’ll relive it.
Here’s a quick look back at The Week That Once Was, blogwise:
Bullwhiz, the e-mail gossip sheet founded by Paul Johnson back in the day, has made its latest comeback.
We [...]

We’re Gonna Tweetup Next Week at Cajun’s

In case you’re not following @LRTweetup or watching the Official LRTweetup blog, take note: We’ll be tweeting up right here in Little Rock starting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Cajun’s.
You can RSVP here, and probably should. Last month’s event, at Copper Grill, was the biggest yet, and the next one looks to be bigger. Plus, [...]

What You Can Learn on Twitter

It’s been a long couple of weeks, and we’re somewhat out of the loop. Thankfully, Twitter’s here to help!

The answer came swiftly:

Mystery solved!
Or is it? All those quotation marks deepen our suspicion. This weekend, I’ll be catching up on my Tolbert Report!
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