Focus on sports at Sports Geek

Posted by @seancallanan in Sports on April 20, 2010

I’ve obviously stopped blogging here I may use it in the future for personal use.

Check out what I’ve done over at Sports Geek

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Using Twitter to connect to sports fans

Posted by @seancallanan in Sports on June 21, 2009

Over the past week I have been acting as #twittersensei to Peter Daicos (follow now @PeterDaicos). For the few people who do not know Daics by name please enjoy this clip show.

So why did I help Daics get on to Twitter? Well he is currently promoting his SportZstats counters. I explained that he could build a following through his AFL fan base and via his work on SEN to help drive traffic for his SportZstats business.

Now he is new to Twitter but is loving the interaction that Twitter is providing him with sports fans. One of our first issues was making sure that people believed it was him and not a fake account. One non-believer was local Melbourne radio funny man Dave Hughes at @DHughesy. Here’s how we got Hughesy to believe…

Here’s how things went…

@PeterDaicos Now having a beer with @seancallanan, thanks for setting up my twitter. I will no longer sleep. 5:51 PM Jun 11th

@PeterDaicos G’day @dhughesy new to twitter, my boy barracks for Blues can i sign your boy up for the Pies? 6:56 PM Jun 11th

@DHughesy @PeterDaicos how can we prove you’re the real daics? I want to believe. 5:28 PM Jun 16th in reply to PeterDaicos 

@seancallanan Heading off to meet with @PeterDaicos and yes @DHughesy I will prove it is the real Daics…stay tuned 9:28 AM Jun 17th

@DHughesy @seancallanan good, I want to believe, I almost fully already do. 10:59 AM Jun 17th

@PeterDaicos @DHughesy hughesy , will soon send on pic with today’ paper. Daics.12:13 PM Jun 17th

@PeterDaicos RT @seancallanan: Heading off to meet with @PeterDaicos -thanks for a good meeting sean!12:26 PM Jun 17th

@PeterDaicos Here you go @DHughesy with today’s paper-keep in touch, your my 2nd favourite comedian, in the world ! http://twitpic.com/7lcnh 12:42 PM Jun 17th

seancallananRT @DHughesy: @seancallanan good, I want to believe, I almost fully already do. #verified! http://twitpic.com/7ld5s 12:45 PM Jun 17th

@DHughesy collingwood supporters out there, club legend @peterdaicos is on board. I’ve verified he’s the real deal. Follow him, and thank him 4 1990. 1:55 PM Jun 17th

Thanks to Hughesy and a mention on SEN Daics now has a nearly 500 followers! I’m looking forward to tweets from him on AFL and his SportZstats. It is a great way to stay connected with your sports fans, this is just a small example how.

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Working on next step for SeanCallanan.com

Posted by @seancallanan in Personal on June 3, 2009

 

Just a quick update on what’s happening on SeanCallanan.com as I have been in “thinking-mode” on what exactly I want from this site for myself and for my readers/clients/friends.

I have been reading Guy Kawasaki’s book called Reality Check which is a great read on marketing and competing in a startup world. After working in the tech startup world I know that how a product is marketed and released is just as important if not more than the technical gadgetry that is behind it.

I have found my “professional sabbatical” to be very benefitial to me to find out how other people go about their business and how different fields engage in their business. Networking has been the biggest win especially via Twitter (@seancallanan) I have been able to connect with some very savvy people. Our sports show, SportzfanRadio is a humble left-of-field radio sports show on 88.3FM Southern FM now has regular listeners and interaction via the @SportzfanRadio tweets.

Twitter works very effectively when it is used as a conversational platform, it is not a broadcast platform which is where some celebrity tweeps do #FAIL. Twitter can become a very powerful platform to engage with your fans, that is where successful businesses especially in sports will gain terrific value.

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Why Jerry Seinfeld should be on Twitter

Posted by @seancallanan in Personal on March 25, 2009

Firstly a disclaimer I am a huge Jerry Seinfeld fan, he is one of the reasons Bunny & I hit it off. Nothing like a huge Elaine Benes “Get Out” chest shove while you are chatting up a good looking girl.

Anyway back to the title. Why should Jerry Seinfeld join Twitter? He has a standup bit where he comments as only he can that it was so much easier to make friends when you are a little kid. You walked into a playground stood next to another kid and asked, “Wanna be friends?” “Okay” was the standard reply.

It can be hard meeting new friends when you are an adult but not impossible. As Jerry points out (in a funnier way than I can) there are so many rules when we are adults. Twitter is fun as so many of these rules are broken or non-existent on Twitter.

Imagine chirping in on a conversation you are not involved in because you have something funny, interesting or weird to say. Not on your life! On Twitter it is a regular and welcomed occurrence. 

As a conversational platform people who “get” Twitter are talkers, listeners & networkers. It is amazing the people you run into as you follow. Twitterers set themselves apart from the “web chat stereotypes” who never venture away of their darkened computer desks. Tweetups are meetings of fellow twitterers like the Twitter universe it is a diverse group of interesting people. I recently attended the #melbtweetup, it was one of the most social user group/techy based group I’ve been to.

I spoke at Bunny’s funeral about how amazing she was at connecting with people without the use of Twitter. I think Twitter may (I stress may) have dragged her away from ebay. I can only hope to connect with my family, friends and colleagues as much as she did but using Twitter is giving me a great leg up to do that.

For my friends who have not caught the Twitter bug I will be in touch to get you tweeting. Jerry you should too, who knows you may find a new friend, I know you’ll get a follow from me. @seancallanan on Twitter.

I have Retweeted this post on HowIsBunny.com

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A new beginning

Posted by @seancallanan in Personal on January 21, 2009

I don’t know how many readers there are of this “my technical blog” when I started it I made a conscious decision to keep the technical and personal separate. I don’t know why but I guess it was just a privacy thing, but things have changed.

The past 2 months have been a rollercoaster of emotions, I lost the love of my life Bunny, Michelle Callanan, on the 26th December 2008. One of the biggest supports I had and continue to have is through HowIsBunny.com. To blog without any filter continues to lift weight off my shoulders, it’s not the same as a hug from my kids but it does help.

How does this relate to this “my technical blog”? Well for one I will just blog what is happening, what I am doing and where I am going. Hopefully some of you are headed in similar directions or face similar problems that I can help solve. What you will see is more of me as my Twitter bio points out “Husband, Dad, Sports fan, Geek, in that order…” that hasn’t changed and it describes me well.

So 2009 looms as a large year but I am sure by the end of it I will be able to count many successes that Devtest can achieve. Just looking at the projects we are working on now:

  • supplying the technical smarts behind an exciting web project based out of Seattle with IamSaintValentino.com
  • developing one of the most comprehensive child online protection systems ChatAlert soon to be in Beta
  • testing out the latest Microsoft offerings to see which ones provide the most advantage to us and our clients
  • even applying the Devtest successful processes to developing for the iPhone market, keep an eye on the App Store for a release soon!

My goal this year is to further develop the Devtest Melbourne office into one of the finest development shops this side of Redmond.

 

If we can help you with development, testing, project management, infrastructure then please give me a call on 0407 047 200 or email me seanc AT devtest.com

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