How To Stalk A Celebrity

Let your inner paparazzi get its fix by keeping track of celebrities using Twitter.com

This is fun – the blog for all things whiz bang and super special in technology Shiny Shiny has posted a list of who’s who among A-listers on Twitter, the micro-blogging service. They’ve found the likes of uncensored Jonathon Ross, Stephen Fry, Imogen Heap, John Cleese, Ashton Kutcher and a fake and real Dave Mitchell, among others who probably qualify as more Z than A-list stars.

The Guardian also points you to Celebwitter.com where you can find a comprehensive look at what celebrities are Tweeting about.

I’m following Jonathan Ross and Stephen Fry and wonder if Paris Hilton is keeping up with Twittering,

-Lisa

A Happy Tune For A Cold Friday Afternoon

  Normal 0 I just got cheered up on this cold Friday afternoon by Lloyd Davis who, among other talents in the social media space, plays the ukulele.

Get a quick winter happy fix by checking out Lloyd’s strumming fun on his blog Perfect Path.

Lloyd also organizes The Tuttle Club, a Social Media Café for London, that takes place every Friday morning at the ICA and attracts a great bunch of people from all types of industries for coffee, working together, and friendly chat.

Today, and every Friday, Lloyd makes London a happy place to be.

Happy to know Lloyd Davis,

-Lisa

Happy Obama Day!

Whoop whoop whoopie! Joy, joy, joy. I'm among the millions of Americans who are expressing enthusiasm today for the inauguartion of Barack Obama as President.

I'm in the overly optimistic camp toward Obama and I'm counting on him to fix everything! The economy, the war, healthcare and the list goes on of wrongs that need to be made right. 

Yes he has a daunting huge job ahead of him, but yes he can do it.

Happy Obama Day to all,

-Lisa

Thanks Gok: Loving What You’ve Got in 2009

Normal 0 Previously on this blog, I wrote about the prevailing culture of meanness that is witnessed in the entertainment world, including the unfortunate incident of Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross in the Sachsgate affair. Based on comments left by readers, this issue strikes a passionate cord among many, and I’d like to point out an example of how kindness can work for entertainment content as opposed to the cruelty we see so often in television programming.

Flip over to Channel 4 for Gok Wan’s How to Look Good Naked show and you’ll find an uplifting host who flatters his participants and transforms not just the way they look, but how they feel about themselves both inside and out. Gok’s pep talks about body image and non-stop fashion tips for women of all sizes show that being nice to people, rather than cutting them down for all the world to view, can work in generating viewers and fans. Proof of his success happens every episode when he gets women to bravely strip down to their bare essence for national tele.

I love what Gok has got to offer and with the new year unfolding, and the annual mad dash to diet upon us, taking tips from him to love what we’ve already got is a great way to kick things off in 2009.

Perhaps other big media meanies, like Simon Cowell, Gordan Ramsay and Sir Alan Sugar, should take a lesson in kindness and tune into Gok Wan’s weekly show. As for Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross they’ve surely learned a taste lesson, but could brush up on how to present kinder content by watching Gok work it.

Watching nice guy Gok,

-Lisa