Sandra Fernandez

Photos from Houston Hackathon 2013 #hackhou

#RedesHouston: Last weekend was the Houston Hackathon (A.K.A. the City of Houston Open Innovation Hackathon), the City of Houston’s first Hackathon event and an unofficial kick-off to this fall’s TechStreet Houston conference. It was a great event. (No, I wasn’t on any of the teams myself.) You can check out the information on the teams, projects […] http://bit.ly/1a8pc9L

How to keep your conference sponsors happy

It’s an undeniable truth: sponsors make your conference possible. They underwrite the key speaker, they pay for printing and meals, or they provide the cool giveaways for attendees (things that the registration fees alone won’t cover). Sponsors write the checks, big and little, that pay for the events and the workshops and a lot of […] http://bit.ly/ZdbS4m

WordPress plugin & security roundup

#GoingSocialHouston: I’ve been pulling together articles and posts about WordPress, because it’s my favorite content management system. Here’s a roundup for you. For a change, I am going to recommend that you read a post about the “5 WordPress Plugins Your Blog Can Do Without.” For most of the recommendations, the author is telling you that […] http://bit.ly/ZcPzff

Flickr now offers 1TB of space

#GoingSocialHouston: In case you missed it, Flickr has upped their free account limits: Free: 1 Terabyte of photo and video storage Upload photos of up to 200MB per photo Upload 1080p HD videos of up to 1GB each Video playback of up to 3 minutes each Upload and download in full original quality Good news for […] http://bit.ly/1a3oCdl

Resource: A copyright primer

(reprint from NotJustForTeachers.com) American Libraries has a great summary of copyright, as in who holds the copyright of any work you create when employed for someone else. “Copyright for Librarians and Teachers, in a Nutshell” is a must-read for anyone who works in a library or school, or anywhere else. If you create a graphic […] http://bit.ly/19UhUGp #librarypr

Best Latina Mommy bloggers

#RedesHouston: Congratulations to blogger Ruby Wright for being chosen for Latina’s list of “The 10 Best Latina Mommy Bloggers.” I met Ruby at last year’s LATISM conference, but I was already familiar with her blog and her writing. Ruby Wright is the founder of Growing up Blackxican, which chronicles Wright’s motherhood adventures. Wright focuses on raising […] http://bit.ly/19EDn6i

Tips on how to present a webinar

#GoingSocialHouston: Looking to host a webinar? Here’s a great article from ClickZ with “10 Secrets to the Perfect Webinar.” The tips include: Don’t use a speakerphone.  Have multiple presenters. Start five minutes after the hour.  Make sure there’s someone on the call or in the audience to ask questions.  Follow up with the attendees. Read the […] http://bit.ly/19DnBIR

Google Reader shuts down July 1

#GoingSocialHouston: Are you ready? More info at the Google blog. Learn how to back up your Google data. http://bit.ly/19AqNEY

Latina Magazine’s “Influential Latinas” list

#RedesHouston: Latina Magazine has compiled a list of “25 Influential Latinos You’ve Probably Never Heard Of,” spotlighting some great people. The list includes Maricel Presilla, a James Beard Award-winning chef, Ana Roca Castro, the founder and chair of LATISM, Ana Flores, founder of Latina Bloggers Connect and Spanglish Baby, Marisol Valles Garcia, who is in exile […] http://bit.ly/19xn6A6

Blogs are still best choice to reach consumers

#GoingSocialHouston: With all the options out there, are you wondering if blogging has lost its lustre? According to this article from ClickZ, the answer is no.  Technorati’s 2013 Digital Influence Report found that blogs are more likely to influence consumer purchase decisions than any major social network, online magazine, or forum. You can access the Technorati Media’s […] http://bit.ly/19s96rb

There’s still time to claim Dreamhost promo: web hosting for one year, only $20

#GoingSocialHouston: I’ve been using Dreamhost as my web host for myself for more than a decade. I recommend it to friends, and occasionally to clients. I’ve had nothing but good experiences with them and their services. Today I saw that Lifehacker arranged a great deal with them: just $20 for a full year of web hosting. The deal […] http://bit.ly/YSOMQt

My Takeaways From Hispanicize 2013 (#hispz13)

About the conference It’s been one month since the Hispanicize conference, “the iconic annual event for Latino trendsetters and newsmakers in social media, journalism, marketing, film, music and innovation.” If you had the misfortune of following my Twitter feed for the five days of the conference, let me apologize to you now (a little bit […] http://bit.ly/19lZQVv