2009 June | exUrban, Inc.

Posterous, A New Favorite

Posted by Ted Villa on Jun 26, 2009 in Social Media, Technology | 2 comments

When I talk to my clients about social media strategies and tactics I always mention Posterous when I notice them calculating the time it will take to update their various outposts.

#iran, #iranelection & Twitter

Posted by Ted Villa on Jun 18, 2009 in Politics, Social Media, Technology | Comments Off

Tonight marks nearly a week of serious unrest in the Islamic Republic of Iran in the wake of a presidential election that by most any standards was rigged in favor of the incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. For the first time in 30 years — since the Khomeinist revolution that birthed the current republic — the streets of Iranian cities are thronged by young protesters clamoring for freedom. Things seem to be going badly for the ruling elite. They obviously mismanaged the election rigging. Shutting down the cell phone text messaging system on the day of the election, and declaring a winner within 3 hours of poll closings when more people voted last week than any...