Gnomedex
I assisted in organizing the 10th annual Gnomedex, which took place on August 20-22, 2010. I gave the website a complete refresh and updated content as needed. I also built and helped to manage the social network for current and past attendees, with over 1,000 members (now inactive) as well as the social media outreach for the event. Gnomedex is a tech conference created by Chris Pirillo that has inspired people for the past ten years. Past notable speakers include Wil Wheaton, John Edwards and Guy Kawasaki.
Stats
- Twitter Followers: 1,893
- Facebook Fans: 615
- Event attendance: 300
- Grou.ps members: Over 1,000
Seattle Geek Week
I was in charge of organizing the inaugural Seattle Geek Week, August 13-22, 2010. Besides constructing the website, creating the branding and reaching out to participating events, I built and maintained social media outreach for the weeklong event. The main events included long-time tech conference Gnomedex as well as pii2010, Chic Meets Geek, Tech Karaoke, and many other community activities.
Stats
- #7 on Google for "geek week"
- Twitter Followers: 458
- Facebook Fans: 159
- Events: Over 30
Social Media Editor at The Next Web
From November 2009 to March 2010 I served as Editor for the Social Media channel at The Next Web. I managed and recruited other writers for the channel and produced original content on social media topics. The Next Web is a Technorati Top 10 Tech blog that serves 2 million unique visitors and over 4.5 million a month.
Stats
- Twitter Followers (TNW): 705,486
- Twitter Followers (TNW SM): 22,944
- Facebook Fans (TNW): 83,061
- Facebook Fans (TNW SM): 1,721
The Next Web Podcast
While serving as Social Media Editor at The Next Web, we started a podcast featuring a weekly roundup of tech news from the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, our top stories and other banter. The great thing about the podcast was the wide range of opinions from the TNW writers, hailing from around the world. To be honest it was a challenge to set these up with writers in about 4 time zones! We did have tons of fun, though.
- Episode 1: December 4, 2009
- Episode 2: Rants Galore!
- Episode 3: Conspiracy Theories
- Episode 5: Petaoptics & Platforms
- Episode 6: Privacy & Terminators
- Episode 7: Pink Tractor!
- Episode 8: Don't cheat on your wife!
140 Twitter Tips eBook
I edited and illustrated the 140 Twitter Tips eBook by Chris Pirillo. This handy eBook contains useful tips that a Twitter user of any experience level can appreciate. Chris reached out to the community to gather a few supplemental tips, and we ended up with a great handbook.