http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2011/10/25/google-senior-media-liaison-karen-wickre-leaves-google-for-twitter/
Karen Wickre, the Senior Media Liaison at Google for the last nine years has left Google and joined Twitter.
Wickre held a very senior PR position at Google for a long time, and was the go between for project managers and the media. Many at Google enjoyed working with her immensely.
Tony Fadell, a former Apple executive who led iPod and iPhone development from 2001 to 2009, helped transform consumer products used by millions of people. Next up: the humble household thermostat.
A boring wall fixture and an unlikely target for innovation? Not to Mr. Fadell, his team of 100 computer hardware and software experts and the venture capitalists backing his Silicon Valley start-up, Nest Labs.
They see the conventional thermostat as a dumb switch that can be changed into a clever digital assistant that saves homeowners money and reduces energy consumption and pollution.
http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/10/25/apples-television-project-reportedly-headed-up-by-jeff-robbin-creator-of-itunes/?awesm=tnw.to_1BWeE&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=tnw.to-other&utm_source=t.co&utm_content=spreadus_master
Apple’s rumored project to build a prototype television that woud offer a cohesive internet-connected TV experience with iCloud features is reportedly being headed up by Jeff Robbin, reports Bloomberg.
Robbin is the engineer who is responsible for building iTunes out of the bits and pieces of SoundJam MP, which Apple purchased in 2000 to aid it in developing a jukebox software to allow users to purchase legal music and, eventually, load it onto their iPods.
Any bookstore can sell you a book. But if you’re looking for a bookstore where you can find a date who shares your literary tastes, see a magic show, join a basketball league and have a cartoonist scrawl a tattoo on you with a permanent marker, the field narrows a bit.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/10/22/RI_First_Lady_to_Perform_Same_Sex_Civil_Union/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AdvocatecomDailyNews+%28Advocate.com+Daily+News%29
The first lady of Rhode Island, Stephanie Chafee, will officiate a civil union ceremony between two gay friends, reports local ABC6.
The grooms-to-be, Ron Margolin and Lynn McKinney, have been together for 32 years and are friends and supporters of the Ocean State’s governor, Lincoln Chafee.
http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2011/02/23/the-dos-and-donts-of-social-media-updates/?awesm=tnw.to_17UP9
You’ve set up your social accounts and you seem to be gathering your fans online fast, but thinking about what to post online can sometimes seem as tricky as coming up with a wedding toast. We all want to be “Liked”, so what’s the secret to an irresistible to retweet update? Here are 8 Do and Don’ts for making the most out of your social media presence:
http://entrepreneurshipedge.org/leadership/lead
Each year, we focus on a specific campaign and then administer a workshop – called the Lead Workshop – that focuses on that campaign while also teaching leadership and community activism skills.
In 2011, we are focusing on bullying against LGBT youth and suicides, and thus aim to raise awareness of the It Gets Better Project. The Lead Workshop takes place in cities in LGBT Centers (as we will be working on a LGBT-focused campaign) or fun and workshop-friendly places throughout the United States and develops each participant’s leadership and community activism skills through training and practical experience – with the participants’ work on the It Gets Better Project – and so, participants will use social media skills learned to help generate awareness and support for it.
For the Lead Workshop, please click on the location you are interested in for more information:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/30/jared-polis-openly-gay-parent_n_989422.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false
WASHINGTON — Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) is a proud father of a newborn baby, making him the first openly gay parent in the U.S. Congress.
On Friday, Polis and his partner, Marlon Reis, sent out an announcement about the arrival of their son, Caspian Julius, who is 8 pounds, 12 ounces.
“Baby and parents are doing well, baby has learned to cry already! No gifts please, just nice thoughts for Caspian, humankind, the planet, and the universe!” read the announcement.
Polis and Reis have declined to comment on whether it was a surrogate pregnancy or an adoption.
“We are so thrilled for the congressman and his partner,” said Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of the Family Equality Council, an organization that advocates for LGBT families. “Little Caspian Julius is so lucky to have two wonderful and loving dads. On behalf of America’s growing number of LGBT parents, we want to send the family our warmest wishes.”
http://www.gaypolitics.com/2011/10/11/10-races-to-watch-this-election-day/
The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund today announced its list of “10 Races to Watch” for 2011. Each of the candidates on the list faces a general election November 8.
“These are exciting and even historic races,” said Shawn Werner, the Victory Fund’s director of campaign services. “In each case a victory would mean a real step forward for a local LGBT community, and some of these will be very competitive up until Election Day.”
“You hear some call 2011 an ‘off year’ for politics, but that’s wrong. We’ve endorsed 75 candidates this year, largely in municipal elections. These local races are incredibly important. We don’t just win equality nationally or even statewide. We win it every day, city by city and town by town,” said Werner.
http://www.out.com/detail.asp?page=1&id=30172
A response from three readers to our controversial 2011 Power 50 aims to celebrate a diverse group of LGBT people often overlooked by mainstream society.
A 2011 list of LGBT People of Color — Black, Asian American Pacific Islanders, Latino/Latina, Native Americans, Transgender, Bisexual and Disabled– America’s LGBT leaders, thinkers, scientists, researchers, scholars, journalists, justices, elected and unelected officials, trend setters, Faith leaders, celebrities, artists, activists. Powerful all.