VIDEO ::: Dove for Men

This was my favorite commercial from Super Bowl 2010. It is appealing to the man who is actually happy with exactly who he is.

Dove Men+Care 2010 Super Bowl Ad @ Yahoo! Video

Elite Tweeters: Top 25 Twitter users in Chicago

Elite Tweeters: Top 25 users in Chicago

Chicago is the third most popular Twitter location in the world, according to a recent study. Only Los Angeles and London are tweeting more at the moment.

But who are the Top 25 Twitter users in Chicago?

If you want to rub elbows with Chicago's true Twitterati, these are the accounts you should follow.

1. @armano
Bio: Communicator, designer, thinker, doer, dad, biker, karaoke junkie, and imperfect soul. Working on social business design with Dachis Co.

2. @lizstrauss
Bio: Liz loves building brand & content strategy, irresistible offers, & fiercely loyal fans for associations, hospitality, universities, & professionals

3. @Obamanews
Bio: News from Barack Obama's White House and Campaign Offices - UNOFFICIAL TWITTER

4. @arstechnica
Bio: The Art of Technology

5. @ambercadabra
Bio: Director of Community for @Radian6. Marketing, social media, books, nerdy things, and stuff outside.

6. @suntimes
Bio: What you need to know: now. News, entertainment, sports and business news from the Chicago Sun-Times and more. And yes, it is real people here.

7. @kellyolexa
Bio: Sales and Marketing Diva, Fitness Fanatic, Starbucks Addict, Social Media Cupcake:Ford Fiesta Movement Agent! www.fiestamovement.com/agent60

8. @ginidietrich
Bio: CEO of Arment Dietrich. Author of spinsucks.com. Creator of BFF Beauty Bag. Vistage member. Avid cyclist. A foodie. Lover of shoes and wine.

9. @djbooth
Bio: Online Music Magazine that features new music, freestyles, reviews, interviews and much more! submissions@djbooth.net

10. @leahjones
Bio: Natiiv Arts & Media: Social Media Coaching for Artists, Musicians and Writers.

11. @williger
Bio: Success driven ex-DELL sales maker and new media evangelist by day. Meditating, guitar playing, wine making, crime fighting superhero at night. I like cheese!

12. @afrobella
Bio: beauty and culture blogger extraordinare, road tripper enjoying life's little adventures

13. @brentdpayne
Bio: Tribune's Bald In-house SEO Director (aka SEO Sultan)

14. @whereivebeen
Bio: Hi! I'm Katy, Where I've Been's Community Manager. Listen to me ramble on about travel tips, advice, & news. Email me anytime! katy@whereivebeen.com

15. @lenkendall
Bio: Expert at NOTHING. Idea Catalyst. Enjoy being clever & constructively grumpy. PR+Marketing+Community. AEKDB

16. @wadecreate <<< HEY THAT'S ME!!!
Bio: Founding Artist of Custom Canvas Art Gallery. Creative. Painter. Producer for WGN TV + Web. Mom of 2. Geek. Blogger. Random Tweetaholic. In LOVE. ART AGENT.

17. @redeyechicago
Bio: This is print media 2.0. I'm Scott Kleinberg, RedEye's Social Mediaologist and Buzzmaster. Follow my personal feed at @scottkleinberg for more fun.

18. @playboy
Bio: Playboy, Hef, Playmates, Models, Girls, NSFW, Nude, Naked, Pics, Videos, Articles

19. @philipnowak
Bio: Interests: Chicago Bears, Blogging, Grilling, Reading, Skiing, Social Media, Technology & Traveling. PT Volunteer Social Media Director for @ThomasCastillo

20. @monicaobrien
Bio: Marketing Professional and ENTP with a knack for all things Gen Y. Moderator for the #SM4SMB conversation.

21. @amyderby
Bio: highly caffeinated writer, blogger, food safety geek, and law blog consultant -- I'm also @lawfirmblogger

22. @amandachapel
Bio: See Strumpette.com or contact me directly at chapel@strumpette.com

23. @zagrrl
Bio: Tech / Innovation Intrapreneur. From Stainless Steel thru Sustainability to Social Media. Super Power - Quantum Sympathetic SuperConnector

24. @coloneltribune
Bio: The Colonel knows Chicago. He is also a more gentlemanly version of @ChicagoTribune

25. @bradleywill
Bio: Gnarly Entrepreneur | Coach | Social Media Strategist | Raw Food + Pitbull Lover and a Mr. try anything once. Gen-Y Leader promoting Young Entrepreneurs #NV247

Wondering how this list was created? With the help of Twitter Grader, which uses an algorithm to rank Twitter users based on followers, tweet frequency, interaction with others, and more.

You're certain to have seen at least some of these users around Twitter before. Question is: How many of them are you following?

READ ORIGINAL POST ON CHICAGO NOW
Posted by Breaking Tweets Chicago via @BTChicago July 23, 2009

Why I Follow

HAPPY FOLLOW FRIDAY! ♥ ♥ ♥ To all my wonderful Tweeps following my random tweets about ART, PHILOSOPHY, FUN, and LIFE: I wanted to say THANK YOU! A BIG THANK YOU to the 4,300 or so people I FOLLOW for banging out the inspirational + wonderful + interesting tweets daily!

During high school, I knew that I wanted to attend Business School, and THEN Art School so that I could one day combine the two skills into my own business. My Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace Friends have witnessed my in the process of achieving my dreams.

I launched @CustomCanvasART to share my vision and to market and test the demand for canvas art. This business of promoting + selling art has always been my dream! WWW.CUSTOMCANVASART.COM is now my final Graduate Thesis project for Columbia College Chicago. Then I'll have my Masters of Art Management!

Honestly, I can say that MUCH OF MY RECENT SUCCESS is owed to my TWEEPS! The useful #design, #art, #web, #blog links and articles have added so much value to my thesis and business plan.

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
THANKS: @butterflyylost @_MissE_ @JaysonJPhillips @Girlosophy @465media @TEAMLUDAJUICE @Megaton @iCreate_JB @jawar @alaksir @cyphertek @Freakonomy @bkmacdaddy @DenzelBurks @stephdanforth @KimSherrell @Gavsmom1999 @JustcallmeMac SUPERWOMAN @StaciJShelton @JanSimpson @MBtheREMIX @Zaidah1 @JayDoub @utterhip and most of all my life-savers Susie @susanahG and Miss Zian @zeddessarts @DAlocksmithtips Hugs ♥ ♥ ♥ Thank you ALL for the RT love, support, informative tweets, and general good conversation! MUAH! FOLLOW FRIDAY.
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"FOLLOW because you are a voyeur ~ genuinely interested in helping others ~ getting all the good information ~ finding meaningful art ~ networking with the best and brightest around the world ~ and enhancing the lives of your tweeps." ~ Custom Canvas Art Gallery ~

BRUCE LEE ::: His Own Words

Bruce Lee was one of the biggest movie stars in history. An American-born Chinese martial artist, philosopher, instructor, martial arts actor and the founder of the Jeet Kune Do combat form ~ widely regarded as the most influential martial artist ever. Though he died at age 32, Bruce inspired millions of people around the world and was a cultural icon.

I found this documentary on the legendary martial artist, philosopher, father and friend to many, Bruce Lee. His "Words of Wisdom and Philosophy" are inspiring and thought provoking.

Heroes are remembered, but legends live forever. Long live Bruce Lee.

PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

Bruce Lee quotes:
"The ideal is un-natural naturalness, or natural un-naturalness."
"To express yourself honestly, not lying to yourself. That, my friend, is very hard to do."
"How do you express yourself totally and completely? Think about it on your journey on continued growth."

Jack Kerouac + The Beat Generation

THE BEAT GENERATION is a group of American writers and artists who came to prominence in the 1950s. They wrote about cultural phenomena, and inspired a label of beatniks. Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and the crew represent elements of "Beat" culture in their rejection of mainstream American values, experimentation with drugs and alternate forms of sexuality, and an interest in Eastern spirituality.

During the spring of 1951 Kerouac completed, in a three-week burst of writing, a typescript entitled variously “Beat Generation” and “On the Road. These were different names for "a scroll of paper three inches thick made up of one single-spaced, unbroken 120 feet long paragraph” as a friend recalls.

Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" is one of the most controversial American novels of the 20th century. Reading the iconic book, I fell inside his travel journal and was exhilarated. It is the winding phrases and fast paced talking that keep readers interesting in the road trip. I followed Kerouac, Corso, Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, di Prima and Burroughs the whole way.



"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue center light pop and everybody goes Awww!”
~ Jack Kerouac ~

"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, angel headed hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night, who poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed and high sat up smoking in the supernatural darkness of cold-water flats floating across the tops of cities contemplating jazz."
~ Allen Ginsberg ~

These are two of my favorite quotes from these talented Beat writers. I learned a great deal about the Beat Generation while producing an original video for a Spring 2008 Columbia College Chicago exhibition "... and the beats go on". The exhibition turned one campus gallery into a real Beat Cafe complete with books, pillows, ipods, video, live music, and poetry.



You can view the video piece "The Beats" and more from my YouTube: Aesthetic Circle channel.

“And everything is going to the beat. It's the beat generation, it BE-AT, it's the beat to keep, it's the beat of the heart, it's being beat and down in the world and like old time lowdown and like in ancient civilizations the slave boatmen rowing galleys to a beat and servants spinning pottery to a beat.”
~ Jack Kerouac ~

WANT MORE BEAT GENERATION?
Visit The Beat Museum online
Read Beat Poetry
Get the History
Beat Generation Videos on YouTube