tamcdonald on February 20th, 2010

On Tuesday, February 16, we had our 3rd Lake County Tweetup at Nirvana Wine and Grillerie in Vernon Hills. We saw many new faces and also some that have been with us since the beginning. The following is a list of February #lctu attendees:
@tamcdonald @refrigeration @farrah77 @heatheracton78 @EverybodySafe @GetYourYGGI @dbsalk @bennerm @DeerPathFarm @GinosEastDfld @elitebiztax @anup25 [...]

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tamcdonald on February 16th, 2010

I wanted to personally interview Claudia Anderson after January’s Lake County Tweetup at Wildfire Lincolnshire. Claudia ( @ParkRidgeDDS ) was the winner of a tweet contest we had for the person who tweeted the most using the #lctu hashtag and the link to the registration page. She won free admission to the remaining Lake County [...]

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tamcdonald on February 3rd, 2010

Come join us for February’s Lake County Tweetup on February 16, 2010. We are expecting another great crowd this month! There will be plenty of opportunities to connect with other Lake County residents and businesses. Our host this month is Nirvana Wine & Grillerie in Vernon Hills, IL.

Who’s invited?
Anyone is welcome. Don’t let the word “Tweetup” frighten you. [...]

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tamcdonald on January 23rd, 2010

This Monday is the Lake County Tweetup at Wildfire Restaurant in Lincolnshire, IL. The tweetup is from 5-7pm. Lake County Tweetup #lctu registration and details.

Still asking yourself, “what is a tweetup?” Lake County Tweetup is focused on bringing together Lake County area networkers whether they live, work or play in Lake County, IL. The common [...]

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tamcdonald on January 12th, 2010

One week away from the Lake County Tweetup at Wildfire Restaurant in Lincolnshire, IL. The tweetup is on Monday, January 25, 2010, from 5-7pm. Lake County Tweetup #lctu registration and details. Asking yourself, “what is a tweetup?” Lake County Tweetup is focused on bringing together Lake County area networkers whether they live, work or [...]

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tamcdonald on January 9th, 2010

This past week Foursquare released a new version called Everywhere. You can read a more detailed review of Foursquare Everywhere release on Mashable. Here’s some of the features I am glad to see and why.

Use In Any City-Yes, everywhere means you are not restricted to the cities that used to be on Foursquare. This is [...]

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tamcdonald on January 9th, 2010

What in the world is a Tweetup? Have you heard of a meetup? Mixer? Networking event? Coffee, lunch or drinks with others? Well, a Tweetup can be any one of these or all of them. Tweetup is really just a way of saying let’s all get together by using Twitter as the main form of [...]

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tamcdonald on December 19th, 2009

On December 8, I attended the Social Media Club Chicago’s Holiday Party at CME Group. In addition to attending, I had also been involved in planning and tweeting about the event as communications director for SMC Chicago. Ever since the event ended, I’ve been left with this amazing energy and buzz that’s hard to explain. [...]

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tamcdonald on December 12th, 2009

IRL or F2F, what’ the difference? I think a lot! IRL (in real life) and F2F (face to face) are used quite commonly in social media via texts, tweets, Facebook and many other social networking platforms. I used to believe they were interchangeable until I was at REBarCamp in Ohio. I was meeting so many [...]

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tamcdonald on November 27th, 2009

In case you haven’t seen me lately, or paid attention to one of many many updates on Twitter or Facebook, I’ve been growing a mustache this month for Movember. What is Movember you ask? Read more about it from my previous Movember post.

I spent Thanksgiving having my nieces and nephew look at me funny the [...]

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