Quick Post: I'm Profiled in The Examiner

The Philadelphia Examiner has a story about yours truly regarding my participation in the upcoming NASA Tweetup. Check it out!

Philadelphia Local to Tweet at Shuttle Launch (written by Stephen Thompson)

Over 4,100 Twitter users entered NASA’s Tweetup for a chance to tweet at the last launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, scheduled for April 29, 2011.  One of the 150 selected was Shareef Jackson (@shareefjackson).  Here is what he has to say about his experience so far.

Quick Post: I'm Profiled in Philadelphia Weekly / WHYY

The news stories are starting to roll in regarding my participation in the NASA Tweetup for the Shuttle Endeavour - the links are below. Share the love!

Local Philly Guy to Live Tweet NASA Shuttle Launch | PhillyNow  by Matthew Petrillo (Philly Weekly)

West Philadelphia resident will live-tweet the Endeavor launch by Shannon McDonald (WHYY)

NASA Tweetup: What I've Learned #1

So, it's been a little over a week since I found out that NASA selected me and 149 other NASA Twitter followers to live tweet the shuttle Endeavour launch on April 19th.  Aside from the sheer awesomeness of witnessing history, one of the best parts is interacting with the other winners via twitter. You can check out details on this fantastic group of people at this website, or join in on the real madness and follow this list on Twitter.

I'd lke to chronicle a bit of the journey in a new series of posts. Here are some of the fellow tweeps:

• Jumped on a webmeeting with Karen Lopez (@datachick) and we talked about social media, NASA, telecoms, and other data nerdy issues
• Met a ton of other New Yorkers, including Shelley Bernstein (@shell7), the Chief of Technology at the Brooklyn Muesum.  I lived near this museum and spent plenty of time there during my mid 20s.
• Picked up a great iOS app called DropVox (syncs voice memos to DropBox) thanks to Linda Seid Frembes (@AVWriter)
• Got my gadget talk on with Dave Schumaker (@rockbandit), the community manager for gdgt, an awesome site that I was a member of before I even heard of NASA Tweetup.
• Watched in awe as HuffPo writer Mike Yarbrough (@mikeyarbrough) organized housing for a billion people.
• Found out that a few celebrities will be joining us - mainly Jordi and Scott Evil.

Good stuff so far - interacting with great people is definitely helping to bide the time before the launch!

Check Out My Twitter Mention Map!

I love Twitter. Its a great communication medium for everything from the serious to mundane.  Best of all, it doesn't take much time to blast out a short message and read someone else's message stream.  With that said, it's pretty addictive.  Follow me!

I found a great site which creates an interactive map, or Mention Map, of some people and trends that I interact with on twitter.  The best feature is that if you click on a person that's linked to me, then you can see all of the other people linked to the first person. 

I've embedded the image below - if you can't see it, please click here.