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10 Tips for maximizing your Twitter account

by Tim Frick

Here are some ideas for getting the most out of your Twitter account.

Inc. Magazine journalist Minda Zetlin was kind enough to feature me in her article titled Secrets of Highly Effective Twitter Users. Ms. Zetlin and I chatted for nearly 45 minutes so I thought I would share some additional notes from our conversation here, as well as a few thoughts on the recently unveiled #newtwitter.

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Workshops and Presentations

by Stacy Jones Sutton

Upcoming workshops and recent presentations on social media, web development, and online strategy by some of our crew.

Take an advanced look at social media for brand awareness in a FREE workshop led by Tim Frick through University of Chicago Consulting Roundtable. Brush up on Drupal knowledge in November with Steve Persch’s Chicago Drupal MeetUp presentation, and check out recent presentations on web strategy and social media for non-profits to download.

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TypeKit vs. Fonts.com Web Fonts

by Joy Burke

Who will reign supreme in bringing web typography to the masses?

Last week, fonts.com released their answer to the ever-popular web font system known as TypeKit, cleverly calling it Web Fonts (no confusing its purpose, is there?). At Mightybytes, we have used TypeKit on projects for the past year or so and find it to be a really helpful addition to our bag-of-tricks. However, with font.com’s new release, we have discovered both good and not-so-fab differences between the two systems.

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Recommended Reading

by Stacy Jones Sutton

Time to kick back and learn some new things?

Here’s a handy list of links of our book reviews of web design, technology, digital media, workplace, and other book categories from the Mightyblog during 2009-10. See what you may have missed on the bookshelves. Tell us what you think about the ones you’ve already absorbed into your brain. Happy reading!

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DrupalCamp 2010

by Travis Chandler

Drupal may be a very silly word, but it's also a very powerful open-source content management system. And they have a camp, too, which is nice.

Several Mightybyters took some time out of their frenetic schedules to attend DrupalCamp, where "Sessions [were] proposed by community volunteers and programming decisions [were] made based on the interests and Drupal experience level of the attendees," according to their literature. What a user-friendly sounding camp!

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