Radian6: Thanks to your Awesome Customer Service, I know my ancient notebook is not that sucky :-)
I was having trouble running Radian6 in my 3 year old notebook (1 GB RAM, 1.8 Ghz Pentium M processor). Basically, whenever I ran Radian6, the notebook would come to a halt. So in frustration I tweeted about it.The customer service people at Radian6 not only tweeted back but emailed me as well. Once I provided them with some information on my notebook, they sorta explained the problem to me. And now I can be glad about the fact that it's not my notebook but the internet connection that slows it down. Below is the entire email conversation between Radian6 Customer Support and me.The final one on top is by Cory Perry - a Customer Support Specialist -at Radian6. I wonde

American Express sells tickets for Bon Jovi concert exclusively on Twitter
The first and only link to purchase tickets was posted exclusively on the @AmericanExpress Twitter account and they were able to sell out the show 1 day. The tickets were $50 with all proceeds benefiting City Harvest via the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation. Everyone in the audience (roughly 500 people) were tweeting, snapping TwitPic photos and spr

Priceless Quote from "Behind Closed Doors: What’s On the Mind Of Chief Marketing Officers&quo
previously marketers were used to ‘Bowling’, where marketers could easily throw a message down the aisle and hit the pins with great confidence. Now, he eloquently describe, it was more like ‘Pinball’ where a marketer could load the message up, shoot it out, but have no idea where it will end up. via web-strategist.com This a great quote...I'd even say priceless. Thanks to Greg Walsh for saying it and to Jeremiah for sharing it. Another great analogy I like for social media is comparing it to the Indi

Geo-Tag the place where you have had sex! Coolest use of Google Maps yet
I Just Made Love! is by far the best use of Google Maps I have come across. It lets people geo-tag the places where they have gotten down and dirty. Absolute genius! The next step would be to allow people to share stories - anonymously - which then get rated. Depending on the ratings one could advance to a pl

Aliens stole my tweets, analyzed them and returned them back! True Story.
The first picture from twitterholic.com at the end of the post shows my twitter history since October 2008. Between July and September of 2009, my update count dropped from 3500 to 500. My  tweets simply vanished.But recently - September 7, 2009  to be exact - they re-appeared. Check out the second picture from my present day twitter page. My update count right now is 4000+. From where, I don't exactly know.After thinking it over for few days, I have come to the conclusion that the only explanation for this is Aliens. Aliens from one of the planets stole my tweets, analyzed it to figure out my tweeting behavior and then returned it back.I h