In a tweet this morning they explained how you can get a vanity shortened URL for your Google+ account. It’s not affiliate with Google, but it makes it darn easy for people to find you instead of sending them a long string of numbers.

Just go to Gplus.to and they give you a place to fill in your request vanity URL. Easy as pie.

For example, to find me now on Google+, just go to http://gplus.to/jeffcutler and it will bring up my profile.

Thanks Mashable!

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So, start your positive journey and poke around the ‘net with a purpose from now on. Don’t just play Angry Birds or Sky Burger on your iPhone – use your powers for good.

That’s enough soapboxing, now for three links I found on the Web that I want to share.

Mashable’s Daily Deals infographic that shows how the deals posts we’re getting in our inboxes each day measure up to one another.

A post on what makes Boston great – other than everything.

And a sign-up page for a Web analytics event on May 23. It’s way over my head, but you might like it.

What did you see online today? And are you ready to get some success for yourself?

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1. Social retards.

2. Do good.

3. And lead by the way you live.

If you’d like to provide your answers for this project, send them to me at jeff (at) jeffcutler [dot] com. I’ll put them in the queue and they’ll appear in the order received. *Also include your Twitter handle and one link you’d like included in the post.

Thanks!

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Most people in the world may not know what SXSW is, or are peripherally familiar with the event.

Essentially, it’s a couple weeks of festival- and conference-esque gatherings centered around tech/social media, video and music.

In that order, the topics are explored as THOUSANDS of people descend on Austin. While some attendees say it’s a long drinkfest, I have other views.

Take for instance my role at SXSW. I’ll be doing stories on new tech during the interactive portion – reporting for MobileMag and Automotive Rhythms.

Further, I’ll be filming at least three NomX3 episodes and also meeting a ton or cool people.

If you’re at SXSW, let me know in the comments what you’re doing at the festival and what you hope to get out of your time in Austin.

Thanks!

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I’ve got a taping for LUNCH at 2PM and a few errands to run around town. But because it is a summer Friday I had already built in a  little free time.

Most Friday afternoons I wander over to HubSpotTV for the 4PM show or grab a bench on the waterfront to people-watch and drink iced coffee. Tomorrow is atypical for a summer Friday as it’s got a few social media events on the schedule.

First is some sort of cookout in the middle of the day up in Lincoln, NH or Lincoln, MA or somewhere named after Abe.

The second is a Mashable-organized event called the #Hyatt4Good Tweetup Tour. Here’s how it’s described on Mashable’s site…

Over the past several weeks we’ve been on the #Hyatt4Good Tweetup Tour raising money for the the Summer of Social Good charity fund. We’ve had the great pleasure of meeting a lot of you so far and we have one stop left, Boston, before next week’s Social Good Conference. From the tour alone, we’ve raised over $6,500. Thank you all for coming, a big thanks to Hyatt for the beautiful venues for the events and we look forward to seeing you in Boston or at the Social Good Conference.The Boston event features: Appetizers, Cash Bar, Skype Giveaways, Fiesta Movement Agent’s offering rides to and from, Make sure to RSVP for Charity (100% of ticket sales are being donated to the Summer of Social Good fund).

Sounds like a good time. A little party, a little socializing, a little drinking and some charity tossed in for good measure. I love the idea. SO I went over to sign up for the event and saw that it was $20 per ticket. Not a big deal, but there was an option for people who had already donated to the Summer of Social Good.

I went to their site to see what that was all about.

There I found their four charities – one of which I really agree with and three that I’m less inclined to contribute to. And I also found a donate page. This is what started me on this rant.

This year I worked for a charity – I should say volunteered – that collected $100,000 for charity. We did this by focusing on making it easy for our audiences to give money.

Similar to Obama’s campaign, we didn’t turn down any donation amount. If you wanted to give us a nickel, we’d take it. It all goes to the cause and every little bit helps.

Not so for Summer of Social Good. See this screen shot…

Do you see what it says up top? That’s right…

If you want to make a donation to this project, please select or enter how much you would like to donate. The minimum donation is $10.

Excuse me? Is it too difficult to take $2, $5, $9.50 from people that you just ignore anyone who can’t spring for $10 or more? In the midst of the 2nd-most devastating economic downturn in my lifetime you’re refusing to take people’s micro-payments?

Isn’t social media great because it’s participatory?

What happens to the large chunk of social media folks who might want to support your causes but can only afford to give you $3 because they don’t have jobs?

Maybe they could scrape together a couple bucks for you, but your group refuses to take their cash because it’s not in a high-enough denomination?

That’s just silly.

There’s a lot of “rah rah rah, aren’t we great because we’re using social media tools to raise money” going on all around us. It’s admirable that so many people are involved and that causes are being helped.

But when it comes to making the decision not to accept help because it doesn’t match your criteria, you’re just shortchanging your organization – and literally shortchanging the people and organizations you’re hoping to help.

Keep reading!

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