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Kutcher Ding-Donged Turner

After beating CNN (Ted Turner) to the 1 million follower mark on Twitter, Ashton Kutcher; or @aplusk as he is known on Twitter, this evening (US CST) pulled a guerilla marketing stunt in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, during a massive Tweetup in front of the CNN building.

Kutcher and his wife, Demi Moore @MrsKutcher, tweeted about the event and brought over 2000+ viewers to the live stream on UStream.tv.

Has this stunt achieve anything? Publicity for Ashton Kutcher? Publicity for Kutcher’s company Katalyst Films? Kutcher once explained the meaning of his handle “aplusk”, as “A+” is the highest rating at Katalyst. Did this bring any attention to Malaria Foundation International? Often the true intentions of guerilla marketing is hard to pin point. Sometimes it will have unexpected consequences and results.

Guerilla marketing is not a new concept but execution by celebrities like Kutcher is. Will more celebs adopt this approach? We will need more understanding law enforcements for that to happen.

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Reveiw: TweetStack on iPhone

Ever since I started using TweetDeck this past January, as my desktop Twitter client, it had been my client of choice and I wished there is a similar client on my iPhone.

Just a quick description of why TweetDeck is not a normal Twitter client. It has the standard functions to allow users to see @Replies and DMs (Direct Message), perform operations to Follow and Unfollow people. The additional function that TweetDeck has, which most other clients don’t (except for the recently introduced desktop client Seesmic Desktop), is it ability to allow users to create Groups to manage the 100s or 1000s of messages (tweets) from the people you’re following. This problem is worsten when you are following 100s or more people (peeps). On average, as of this writing, there are over 2 million tweets a day posted onto the Twitter network. Without the use of clients like TweetDeck it is not practical to follow more than a 100 peeps.

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Past week’s Twitts

  • will call it a relatively early evening for me. Watch a few episodes of CSI then to bed. #
  • new MacBook arrived, but I forgot that my external drive only has a Firewire & no USB2.0. Therefore not able to restore the previous image:( #
  • Reach up to 600,000 followers with your message – http://be-a-magpie.com/fz57qi #
  • I’m at Cyberport RdHong KongHong Kong IslandPok Fu Lam, Hong Kong (Cyberport Rd, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, HK) – http://bkite.com/02... #
  • off to get a bite to eat #
  • still in the office and yet to get anything for lunch. #
  • done work @ Cyberport for the day. Will now head to Wanchai. #
  • change of plans, now I will head to CWB. #
  • I’m at Cyberport RdHong KongHong Kong IslandPok Fu Lam, Hong Kong (Cyberport Rd, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, HK) – http://bkite.com/02... #
  • I’m at Burgeroom (Hong Kong, ?????7???) – http://bkite.com/02Sow #
  • Introducing urgediom to a friend. #
  • I meant to say “introducing Burgeroom to a friend” #
  • I’m at Cyberport RdHong KongHong Kong IslandPok Fu Lam, Hong Kong (Cyberport Rd, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, HK) – http://bkite.com/02... #
  • Had not had breakfast as usual. Now all the smell of others’ lunches are making me very hungry. #
  • I wish more search engines do what Google does and focus more on the quality of content for page ranking. #
  • finally have a chance to catch a bite. #
  • Another Starbucks lunch, but it is too late in the day so they ran out of all hot stuff #
  • did TWiT Army go down? #
  • done work @ Cyberport. Now heading back to Wanchai. #
  • I’m at ???? (Hong Kong, ????303???????A?) – http://bkite.com/02TzE #
  • Just read that the Tribune is filing Chapter 11 protection. /http://tr.im/23kn I wonder how this will effect people like @Ihnatko #
  • porn queen Christie Hefner steps down as Playboy Chairman, CEO and Board posts. http://tr.im/23l0 Was suppose to lead Playboy Mansion Macau #
  • @tathei who or what is a dita? How did it go? in reply to tathei #
  • Another Hump day is over. See you all tomorrow. #
  • Reach up to 600,000 followers with your message – http://be-a-magpie.com/fz57qi #
  • I’m at Cyberport RdHong KongHong Kong IslandPok Fu Lam, Hong Kong (Cyberport Rd, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, HK) – http://bkite.com/02... #
  • back @ the grind in Cyberport. Would have posted this earlier but Ping.fm was down. #
  • What is happening with Ping.fm? #
  • WordPress just released the real 2.7 http://tr.im/24px Be careful with all the fake 2.7 out there. Go to WordPress.org to get yours. #
  • @outsanity the best and safest place to get a carrier unlocked iPhone 3G is in Hong Kong. Where are you located? in reply to Outsanity #
  • @Fred I hope your symptoms don’t turn into a flu. http://tr.im/253j #
  • done work @ Cyberport. Now heading to Wanchai #
  • I’m at Hong Kong – http://bkite.com/02UPy #
  • Hadn’t had KFC 4 some months. Surprise how good it tastes. Had attempted to order by phone but it was a bad experience so I went in person. #
  • Checking out Mr. Tweet, a personal assistant for discovering great followers and influencers in my network http://mrtweet.net!(Please RT) #
  • @laughingsquid were you successful in upgrading to WP2.7? I encountered problems even without any plugins accept for akismet in reply to laughingsquid #
  • @kylehase I normally don’t like #KFC biscuits or any biscuits for that matter. Why does Tokyo biscuits have a hole in the middle though? in reply to kylehase #
  • Anyone have problems with upgrading to WP2.7 as I do? I only had one plugin, akismet, and it still could not start. #
  • Yes, @kylehase I too feel that #WordPress 2.7 is great, from the video and write-ups, that is why I am eager to get my blog upgraded. #
  • will call it another, as I will have to start all over in 8 hours. #
  • I’m at Cyberport RdHong KongHong Kong IslandPok Fu Lam, Hong Kong (Cyberport Rd, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, HK) – http://bkite.com/02... #
  • Soundcast http://ff.im/-gKAC #
  • Liked “YouTube Greeting Cards” http://ff.im/-gLSG #
  • come join me at Disneyland. They have honored me for one day only http://tr.im/26nv #
  • I am always skeptical about online financial services consolidator. How does one know it is safe? re: http://ff.im/dZQi #
  • Canadian fries’ Hong Kong Debut http://ff.im/-gNi9 #
  • @laughingsquid strange that I encountered more problems than you. in reply to laughingsquid #
  • @PreetChandhoke no I am not in reply to PreetChandhoke #
  • RT Canadian fries’ Hong Kong Debut http://ff.im/-gNi9 #
  • Mint.com http://ff.im/-gNKL #
  • out to lunch in Cyberport. #
  • I am talking to Thomas about a new #Twitter application as if don’t already have too many #
  • just back from lunch. Finally gets the Fall weather feel as I’m used back in Canada. Only thing is that it is now Winter in HK. #
  • just returned home after helping a friend with his Mac #
  • I’m at Hong Kong – http://bkite.com/02W8d #
  • SurfTheChannel http://ff.im/-h3YM #
  • SideReel.com http://ff.im/-h4h8 #
  • Friendfeed iPhone http://ff.im/-h4h7 #
  • Reach up to 600,000 followers with your message – http://be-a-magpie.com/fz57qi #
  • woke up early, as I have to get ready to head to Macau with friends this weekend. #
  • On route to Macau #
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Review: PeopleBrowsr

PeopleBrowsr LogoI found another mashup web site/service; I purposely avoided the term Web2.0, called PeopleBrowsr.

This site is currently brave enough to be in “open” alpha release of their site. With a recent interview from Scoble caused their membership to skyrocketed.

This site is doing what many who participate in online social networks had wanted for quite some time, plus many more. The coolest things about the site is its ability to ad-hoc’ly open up individual’s lifestreams.

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