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Contxts : Cause Business Cards Are So YesterdayNovember 19

As I have started going to more and more tech conferences I have watched everyone hand out their business cards with their contact information and I have to say some of them are really kool (i.e. moo cards) but I always thought wouldnt it be kool to have a way to send my information that would be on my card via my phone in real time? not have to purchase new cards all the time? know that that person is just not gonna toss my card and never see it again?

If you are thinking like me the Contxts is the service for you. With Contxts you use your phone to send your contact information straight from your phone to whoever you are conversing with or others can text to the service and get your contact information at anytime. Some of the benefits of Contxts would be….

- Exchange all of your professional information with a single text message
- Keep all of your professional contacts organized in one place
- It’s eco-friendly (txt messages don’t kill polar bears)
- Rid yourself of “old school” business cards
- Link with other professionals

How does contxts work?  Well there are two ways you can use the service via sms text message

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New Watchmen TrailerNovember 14

I am soooo geek’n out for this movie.  cant wait till 3/6/09!  Check out the new trailer.

Life In The Tubes - A New Video PodcastNovember 14

I wanted to take this chance to pimp out a new video podcast created by some buddies of mine here in the Kansas City area called Life In The Tubes.

Life In The Tubes is a video podcast that talks about social media and cloud computing.  The crew is comprised of Tom Jenkins (techguytom), Brian Caylor (Caylorb), and Chris Duckett (Duckett1221).

In the first episode they discuss the following topics:

industry layoffs
brightkite
screentoaster
and a special appearace/interview with The Social Lites

[check out the first episode]

As with anything new there are gonna be some growing pains, changes, and mistakes but this is a great group of guys with a passion for what they are talking about so give them a few episodes and I am sure you will be happy with the knowledge and information you will get.

keep up the good job guys!

SMCKC Breakfast - RecapNovember 11

Recently all of us social media types got together for our monthly breakfast and we had a great turn out and some great conversation.

If you are in the Kansas City area and a user, fan, or just interested in social media please join us…its free to everyone, casual and very laid back.

Introductions at breakfast

Upcoming Events
Dec 5th - Our next breakfast meetup (time and location TBA)
Dec 18th - Social Media KC Christmas party (time and location TBA)
Jan  22nd - Next evening event with a speaker (time and location TBA)

As you can see we have some events coming up in the next few months but they are still in the early stages of planning.  We have a few groups getting together to iron out the plans for each of the events.

Sponsor/Hosts?
Are you a local company that would like to host/sponser the group or a meetup?  please feel free to contact me and I can get you together with the right people to speak with…..any help or venues that we can get are always appreciated.

We are also currently working on getting a new website/blog setup but for now you can visit us at socialmediakc.com

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