Twitter for the Creative

Artylizer is Social Media that lets you enjoy and share your favorite art, ideas and creations.

You can:

- post short text messages (up to 333 characters),
- attach/embed images
- add links to your messages (youtube and vimeo links are auto-embed)
- point location on map
- subscribe to other users' feeds and send them messages
- perform creative design & art for sale

The perks:

Each month, users with the most subscribers will get a special promotional package of their artylizer profile page on Facebook, and receive gifts from artylizer sponsors.

Communication Shutdown

Do you suffer from social media mania? Do you constantly tweet, or update your Facebook status? Can you manage to do without it for just one day? Today would be a great day to give it a try and simultaneously raise funds and awareness for Autism worldwide. Communication Shutdown 2010 will provide a CHAPP (charity app) for a minimum donation of $5 that advices your Twitter followers and Facebook friends of your decision to remain 'silent' for this one day in support of the autism cause.

Advertising Agencies at Risk?

In his article "Who Needs Agencies?", Brian Morrissey exposes the increasing popularity of Groupon for marketing needs. Social platforms appear to be taking over every aspect of life these days, but can they be used to eliminate the need for advertising agencies? That idea is about as grandiose as desktop publishing eliminating the need for Graphic Designers.