Social Media News of the Day: September 2, 2010

My Favorite Things

1. College Football: The 2010 football season has begun and tonight I will be attending my team’s first game of the season. For those of you who are fellow college football fans, you understand that a game is like a religious experience!

George Aiello is one of those guys who understands my passion for this hard hitting sport. He started out writing articles about a high school football team and now he is the senior vice president of public relations for the NFL.

So how does this relate to social media? Aiello is on the ball when it comes to spreading the word about the NFL. He’s active on Facebook and his Twitter followers usually hear important news of stats before anyone else! He has also been recognized for being extremely interactive with fans, even tweeting to them from the press box.

It ‘s obvious that Mr. Aiello is a lover of football but he didn’t know all those years ago that he would be a lover of social media too. What are you passionate about that you share through social media?

2. Wine and Coffee: These are the two drinks that get me moving in the morning and help me to relax at night. They are delicious and it’s always fun to try the newest grape or bean. I’ve heard they are healthy too, in moderation of course!

QR Codes are making it easier for winos everywhere to find that perfect bottle. Cellar Key and Lion Nathan Wine Group have partnered up to put QR codes on bottles of wine so buyers can scan with their smart phone and pull up interesting information about the specific wine. Your phone will help you pair your wine with the best meal, show you videos on the vineyard and answer your questions. How simple!

Starbucks and Blackberry have just released an application that makes buying coffee even easier (wait, was it even hard in the first place?). You can now get your Starbucks card on your mobile device. It is only available in select stores but the app will help you locate nearby Starbucks, manage your rewards, add money to your card and even pay for your drink of choice. Anyone out there already used this?

3. Social Media: Obviously I have a passion for social media and have become quite a nerd in the process! Today when I opened up Mashable, I was so excited and upset about this article on Twitter’s new iPad application.

I love Twitter and have enjoyed watching it grow and expand over the past few years. This new app for the iPad is pretty amazing and makes using Twitter look so, well, fun! They have custom-designed many of the features to fit the larger screen of the iPad and also made navigating through tweets, photos, videos and external links extremely smooth.

Oh, in case you were wondering, the only reason I was upset is because I don’t have an iPad yet. Don’t worry Apple, I will soon!