Chicago’s top Twitter profiles include crowdsource designer Threadless, rapper Common, Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert and Darren Williger (@williger and @darrenwilliger).
Darren who? Read more here.
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Why men can —and should — use Pinterest: Men may account for only 20% of Pinterest users, but Crain’s contributor Dan Gershenson says that number can actually work to their advantage:
If we’ve learned anything from another social media tool with staying power, Twitter, it’s that a very small number of voices (10% or less) are responsible for driving most of the chatter on that channel. Similarly, if men are responsible for only 20% of the pinning on Pinterest and it stands to reason that only so many of that population are abundantly active, there’s plenty of room and upside for men to have influence.
Are you a pinner?
How Next Restaurant uses Facebook to separate fans from fanatics: Unlike virtually every other restaurant in the world, Next Restaurant doesn’t take walk-ins or accept reservations by phone. Instead, it sells the bulk of its seats all at once through its website. But as any loyal follower will tell you, it takes work to be in the position to buy a ticket — lots of it.
Photo: David Beran, left, and Grant Achatz in the kitchen of Next, which has 30,000 Facebook fans who call themselves “Next Stalkers.” Credit: Erik Unger
Facebook, LinkedIn like Chicago’s ad connections, increase hiring: While Groupon Inc. is bulking up in Silicon Valley, many of the web’s highest-flying companies are staffing up here.
Photo: Four years ago, Mike Gamson was LinkedIn’s sole Chicago-based employee. His office now employs 110 and is growing. Credit: Stephen J. Serio
Big protests set for early in week of NATO/G8 summits: With protests planned before and during the NATO/G8 summits, Ald. Rick Munoz says he’ll introduce legislation in the City Council to prohibit police from blocking access to social-networking sites and cellphone networks during the summits.
Under what circumstances (if any) should authorities be able to restrict social media/cell phone networks?
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