SMS keywords as virtual business cards?
UPDATED: 02.27.08 @ 3:39 p.m.
We created some keyword shortcuts to help you remember some useful info as your brains slowly jam full of tidbits and takeaways from WeMedia
Text these keywords to 99222 and get the following messages back:
afterparty Little Havana Tour-Shuttle from Sonesta @ 7 p.m. – Art studios, shopping, cigar making live music & authentic food.
havana Text this to 99222 only if you plan on taking the tour. You will receive a confirmation and meeting info.
mobile The WeMedia mobile site is wemedia.swiftmob.com
ifocos About iFOCOS – iFOCOS is a media think tank and futures lab committed to harnessing the power of media, communication and human ingenuity for the common good.http://ifocos.org
hotel The main WeMedia hotel is Sonesta Bayfront Hotel Coconut Grove 2889 McFarlane Road Coconut Grove, FL 33133 (800) 766-3782
If you’d like to try this as a virtual “business card” email me at chad@capellman.com and a keyword suggestion and we’ll add you to the list.
Some examples:
chad Chad Capellman Web Producer, MissingManuals.com chad@oreilly.com 703.585.8806
manifesto Join our working group to push real change or contact brian @ echoditto.com
This could be a good way to network for those who forgot or ran out of business cards 😉
NOTE: This service is provided by Proteus. If you’d like them to build you a mobile site, visit their booth outside of the auditorium.
Chad Capellman is the web producer for wemedia.com. He has served in this capacity for every We Media conference even while working for other employers that included Boston.com, Eons.com and O’Reilly Media. He has applied many of the CMS, social networking and extended reach lessons he learned from five years at the Media Center at the American Press Institute and elsewhere to client web sites. He can be found at capellman.com
