Julia Roy, A Digital Girl

Breaking News.... Undercurrent Rules!

I would like to say thanks to Steve Hall of Adrants and David Burn of AdPulp for posting about Undercurrent's new website.

And yes, I am very flattered to be mentioned in both of the posts *huge grin from ear to ear*.

I really love our new site, because it truly represents who we are as an agency AND as individuals.  We are not some approved copy or text - we are avid participators of social conversations and consumers of shared information. Heck, if we are collectively tweeting, saving and sharing content on a daily basis, why not put it all in one place!? This is who we are... entirely digital baby.

p.s. Steve, I think  your glasses are pretty rockin' too!

Podcamp NYC

I'm excited to meet in the flesh so many of the people I *know* online.

Podcamp is going to RULE! Are you going?

Basecamp and Dabble

I've been using Basecamp and Dabble since starting at Undercurrent just over six months ago. We use - Basecamp - an online project management tool, in combination with - Dabble - an online customizable database. Both tools together allow us to manage internal milestones and activity, disseminate project updates to remote Agents, and keep up with day-to-day client communication.

I have to admit, I only started using Basecamp and Dabble seriously since January, and since then, it has totally turned me into a believer.

Basecamp takes project organization and accountability to the next level, turns email into collaborative ongoing conversations, reminds users of upcoming and late milestones, and files all messages and documents in a way that it can be easily found.

Dabble has pretty much completely discontinued my need for Excel and Numbers - and that my friends is a beautiful thing. Not to mention I can create charts and graphs from all data entered, and incredibly valuable tool for reporting.

Basecamp has recently added two features that makes me want to cry with joy:

Responding to a message using email. Before, you would have to click on a link in the email with the message, sending you to the  company basecamp site, in order to make a comment on the message. This feature probably saves me 7 hours a week in basecamp work.

Frequently accessed project feature. Hallelujah. I use about 6 different projects daily, so this helps navigate through the other projects with ease. I bet this feature is saves the entire office 20 hours a week of basecamp work, at least.

Yianni and Me!

Yianni Garcia has joined Undercurrent as my partner in crime.
We will be breaking all the rules.
Beware internet.
We're coming.

Tweetstats

I came across Tweetstats from new Twitter follower @hjortur. Tweetstats provide you with some stats that reflect your Twitter usage from day one, the day you sign up for Twitter. (my results)

It aggregates the number of Tweets from when you signed up to present day, and gives you stats on how many tweets you've posted each month, how many tweets each day, at what time of day you tweet the most,  the people that have @'ed you the most and the most common interfaces you use to tweet.  Phew, that's a lot of info!

Seems like I was at my peek Twitter usage in September '07.

On average I tweet the same amount each day, except for on Sunday, I take a Twitter break.

I tweet the most just after lunch.

I am Joec0914 #1 fan ;)

I use  the Twitterrific application the most to post tweets.

Linkedin Invitation Etiquette

I raised a question on Twitter earlier regarding random Linkedin invitation requests from people that you don't really know.  (click here to see responses) It's annoying when I click on the email notification of a new request, only to find a person I don't know, with the generic message:

Julia,
I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.
- xxx (first name of person I don't know)

Don't get me wrong... I like connecting with people I hardly know through the soc. nets.! What better way to start a real relationship, by starting with a virtual one.

But tell me how I know you! Same thing goes with Facebook. If we have no friends in common, tell me how you found me. Even a simple "I was searching and found your blog and clicked through to your fb profile, let's be friends!" Oh, and I can't wait until Twitter builds in a "people you follow that this person also follows" feature, so that I can better understand where my new followers are coming from too.

Go ahead, connect with me, but give me some context so I can know you better!

Mimobots, Yah Know :P

I took part in my first live video chat today. I had a great time and a lot of fun talking about Mimobots, consumer evangelism and new media.

For those of you who were watching the live chat and caught my rants on Twitter after, we will always have the yah knows..... :)

Thank you to Jonny Goldstein and Scott Stead for having me on the show and Evan Blaustein, CEO of Mimobots for the great conversation and opportunity to share the love for his products with him.

Chatting about Mimobots

I will be participating in a live video chat with Evan Blaustein, founder and CEO of Mimobots on Jonny's Partay, tonight at 9pm/est.

We will be talking Mimobots, product evangelism, transparency, social outreach and other new media stuff as it relates to getting the word out about products, services and brands.

Make sure to tune in and watch me blab on an on and possibly most likely make a fool of myself.  hehe.