Geekbook | An Internet and Online Media Zeitgeist

Geekbook highlights the daily buzz in social media and online marketing, as well as trends and cultural topics that are helping shape and inform today’s readers. Get our full feed @dreamlocal.

• Apple Envy: If you were satisfied with your iPad and trying not to buy yet another screen from Apple, don’t read this. Unfortunately I did, and now I want one! Nick Bilton at The New York Times tells us why the iPad Mini is his Desert Island device
• Social Media International: Andy Carvin (@acarvin) of NPR won a Shorty Award this year for Best Journalist on Social Media. He continues to provide a curated real-time feed of the events unfolding in Egypt.

• Creative: LinkedIn released their list of ‘Top 10 Overused Professional Buzzwords’ for 2012. Check it out here and see how many you’re using.
• Abandoned: Instagram images stopped showing up properly on Twitter and soon may not work at all. Cult of Mac’s (@cultofmac) Buster Heine  talks about why this is happening and what Instagram’s Chief has to say about it.
• Dramatic: Ezra Klein pulls a couple of the graphs out of the Business Insider’s presentation on the future of digital media.

Musical Interlude: Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck died today at age  91 | Chicago Tribune

@therichbrooks – Ah, Dave Brubeck, I already miss you. youtu.be/DBlgHiZRkic

Dave Brubeck Quartet 1967. From left to right: Joe Morello, Eugene Wright, Brubeck and Paul Desmond. – Wikipedia

•  Feel Good Web: Middle School Wrestler lets boy with cerebral palsy win match (Video) | Huffington Post

This article was written by Jeff Howland – Online Marketing Strategist at Dream Local Digital. Jeff grew up in Maine and has lived in the midcoast area on-and-off for over 12 years. Since graduating from the University of Maine with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology, he has held positions within the industrial sector, as a software engineer, and the financial and marketing sectors, in a broad range of technology management and client support roles. Currently, Jeff is on the Boards of Directors for two local non-profit organizations in the public affairs and education sectors. Jeff combines his passion for helping people connect, with his love of reading and writing, to form the foundation of his work as a media strategist and also for his blog, MEperspective. Immersed in the social media culture and curating and sharing insights gained through spending his days and nights plugged into the online and print media stream, he works closely with our clients and team to develop and implement online marketing strategies. When ‘unplugged’ Jeff likes to go for a run or sit down with a good book. Please contact Jeff at [email protected] and for more information about Jeff, go online to: Twitter  LinkedIn  Google+