Links for 06/17/2009

ear friend,
Do you want to learn how to use Web 2.0 Social Media to become a millionaire overnight? How would you like to increase your Twitter followers by eleventy-billion in 3.68 seconds? Do you want to use Twitter to make a gazillion dollars through affiliate marketing and multi-level marketing schemes? Do you use the term “Twitter Coach” to describe yourself?

Great news! You’re well on your way to becoming a Social Media DouchebagTM already!

Amy Guth is compiling a list of the 100 Quintessential Chicago Books. She is now accepting votes and write-ins.

I am very much looking forward to scouring this list for new picks from the library.

Fill out your bracket by 6/18!

“SnackBracket.com is a site dedicated to answering the questions that have been plaguing man since since he began making food in miniature form. Questions such as:

“How does the moist spongy angel food of a twinkie stack up against the soft chewiness of an oatmeal cream pie?”

“Which cream-filled, chocolate-encased, hockey puck-shaped dessert is better, the Ring Ding or the Ding Dong?”

“What the hell is a Butterscotch Krimpet, and why aren’t I eating one right now?”

And most importantly:

WHICH SNACK CAKE REIGNS SUPREME OVER ALL OTHERS?”

“8th Light and fellow software firm Obtiva, based in Chicago, conducted the Craftsman Swap, a five-day exchange in which one senior consultant from each firm joined the other company.”

A prediction that Twitter will affect mass marketing strategy by being more efficient than email marketing.