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As SpidelBlog readers are starting to see, my blog is becoming less about my political view points (have no fear that will never leave) and more about Social Media, Web 2.0, and the new era of Public Affairs, I figured I would throw a bone or two at the readers who are still playing catch up.

With our firm, BlueDynamic, we are planning on rolling out some initiatives utilizing some wonderful tools. In order to appreciate some of this technology and methodologies we plan to utilize, some folks who frequent SpidelBlog may not be up to snuff on some of this stuff.

So with that in mind, I want to give you access to this great resource. A book called “The Essential Guide to Social Media.” Hope this helps a few of you who have emailed me the past few days asking questions about this world.

So my brief little stint in the Bay area last winter for a job, and then my connections through BlueDynamic I have unknowingly become the “invite code” guy. Online sites, tools, applications, and the world of Web 2.1 test their product with a select group of folks whom they send “invite codes” to. In the last 3 months I have been on BriteKite, Seesmic, Fire Eagle, Ping.fm, just to name a few.

Now, for some odd reason, I am getting more and more invite codes. I am starting to spread this out to friends and associates to help me test some of this stuff since I am just one person.
So… if you are interested in trying out new toys and writing about them, hit me up at kspidel on gmail. I think I am going to ask a few folks to review some of these sites.

Stay tuned for a few recaps. Bryan, Josh, Devon… look out, I am looking for some of your reviews too.

Point of personal privilege.

I am taking a step back a bit from current news and sharing with you the single most powerful (yet simple) song I have ever heard. This song was in the early 90’s. It was when I was just coming out of hanging out with some gangs in Glendale . If I had not heard this song, connected to the depth of the lyrics and held on to every word… I might be in a different place. This one song helped connect me with compassion and the need to work toward a greater good that my parents had taught me indirectly.

I have been doing a lot of self reflection as of late… A LOT… and I wanted to share with you this song, as it still means the world to me. This guy was 16 when he wrote this. This is about an open heart…

if i told you he was your brother
you’d reminisce then you would go about your day
if said you oughta give him some of your water
you’d shake your canteen and walk away
and the perception taht divides you from him, is a lie
for some reason you never asked why
this is not a black white world
you can’t afford to believe in your side
this is not a black and white world
to be alive i say the colors must swirl
and i believe that maybe today
we will all get to appreciate
the beauty of grey
if i told you she was your mother
would you analyze the situation and be gone?
if i said you oughta give her some of your water
your eyes would light up like the dawn
and the perception that divides you from her, is a lie
for some reason we never asked why
this is not a black white world
you can’t afford to believe in your side
this is not a black and white world
to be alive i say the colors must swirl
and i believe that maybe today
we will all get to appreciate
the beauty of grey
the beauty of grey
the beauty of grey
the beauty of grey
look into your eyes
no daylight
new day now
this is not a black and white world
to be alive i say the colors must swirl
and i believe that maybe today
we will appreciate the beauty of grey
this is not a black and white world
to be alive i say the colors must swirl
and i believe that maybe today
we will all get appreciate
yes we will all get to appreciate
the beauty of grey

Better video quality next time. This was done last minute:

Sorry I have not posted much on the SpidelBlog much.  We kicked off the PAC on Wednesday, and brought on a new client this week via BlueDynamic, so it has been kinda nuts. I am leaving tomorrow to New Orleans, LA for one of our clients to prepare for a national media campaign during the General Election around the issues of Gulf Coast Recovery.

During this past week and while in NOLA I have played and will be playing with some new technology for both SpidelBlog and BlueDynamic. You saw the podcast live on Wednesday night. Not the best quality, but the concept is there. I will be trying to podcast live from NOLA to test the cell phone networks on quality. The goal is to create real time high quality video for our future projects (such as blogging live from the floor at both DNCC and RNC.)

You can see some of this work on the media section of BlueDynamic, but we have a lot more to upload and play around with. You will start to see some of this technology pop up on political sites that are our clients. So stay tuned. Until then… consider SpidelBloe my beta blog to test it all out :)

You will see some of this stuff while I am in NOLA the next few days. Feel free to comment on the quality and provide some feedback overall.

Peace,

Kevin

See here at 6:45pm AZ time.

We are putting together a GREAT statewide tour of the Education PAC in the next month. I will be back traveling the state soon. Also, some great clients we just signed on… so I will be back in DC and drinking beers at Axis SOON as well as NOLA. If you are in those areas… hit me up. Would love to catch up!

Original link here.

For those who have been following… I am back in Phoenix. The new business, BlueDynamic, is already creating a buzz. I am proud to be one of five very talented partners. Combined we have a diverse background and already rounding up a GREAT list of clients. Stay tuned for some interesting news from www.bluedynamic.com.

Until next time…