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The rumors have been flying for a while, ever since the Promenade has had it’s “Extreme Orange County Makeover”. I’d say that the rumors are true…

• according to Monster.com
• according to Apple

So, now when you’re iPhone locks up, or your wireless card goes out on your Mac – all you have to do is head over to the mall!

Oh yeah, you can also buy cool stuff there too – seriously.

Anyone know when the open date is?

I saw this idea over here & thought, what the heck – I’m not blogging much and this is a good idea for a post.

• I like my kids’ imagination (that’s them as Jedi Knights)
• I like my job
• I like living in Temecula
• I like Twitter
• I like Facebook
• I like Wii
• I like that Conan Obrien is the host of The Tonight Show (I can go to bed an hour earlier now)
• I like good design
• I like good photography
• I like the beach
• I like people (really, I do)
• I like epic movies
• I like walking with my wife (anywhere)
• I like playing drums
• I like playing guitar
• I like to strategize
• I like to cook
• I like to have friends over
• I like it when the kick & snare are really tight & loud
• I like the internet

What do YOU like?

Yesterday we woke up to a hot air balloon practically landing on our house. I mean every time the pilot lit the flame, it shook the walls – of course I slept right through it, so Jen went outside and took that photo (I’m so proud of her!).

Miles came and woke me up and we ran outside to catch the action. Here’s the video of the balloon landing on our street:

Hot Air Balloon! from alex mclean on Vimeo.

That just doesn’t happen every day…

I get this question a lot, “You must spend a TON of time on Facebook”, or “You’re so addicted to Facebook!”

Truth be told, I am spending more time on Facebook lately, but I never update my status from there – I use Twitter (as I’m sure many of you do). Here’s some reasons why:

• I was using Twitter before I joined Facebook
• When I update Twitter, I’m (a) reaching an immediate network of over 600 people, and (b) reaching potentially thousands more thru friends of friends on Twitter
• I can do it from my phone, anywhere, anytime
• I can do it from an app like Tweetie (not having to open a webpage)
• Did I mention that I can do it from my phone, anywhere, anytime?

Maybe I’m putting the cart before the horse here – maybe you’re not convinced that Twitter is a valuable use of your time (to which I would argue that if you update your status on Facebook, ever, than Twitter will be valuable to you). Or, maybe you just don’t understand Twitter, to which, I propose you watch this little video:

Now back to the main point: How to connect your Facebook account with your Twitter account. Rather than reinvent the wheel here, I went out and found the best tutorial I could find.

Here’s a little tutorial on how to have Twitter update your Facebook status. (note: on step #2 you may need to click on the “Application” tag. See screen shots below).

Click on the “Applications” tab.

Click on the application name: Twitter, and then continue following the tutorial.

That’s it. Now you are a power Facebook/Twitter user. Every time you update your twitter, your Facebook status will be updated. And from my experience, there’s not much lag.

Any questions?

Oh yeah, if you’re not following me on Twitter, go on over and follow me.

I’m just starting to really get the hang of Facebook pages – let’s just say I’m pretty much infatuated with them right now (although I wish they would let you do recurring events…). I’ve set up seven pages in the past month and it’s been really cool to see them grow and be a hub for online community.

One of the biggest questions I get about pages is, “How do I tell people about them?” which really means, “How do I tell people about the page, online”. It’s really a lot easier than you might think & here’s my three step process to promote your page.

When you’re on your Facebook Page (not your Profile Page), look over to the left, under your photo and there’s a small button labeled “More” – go ahead & click on that.

When you click on “More”, it will reveal “more” options for you, one being, “Suggest to Friends” – click on that.

When you click on “Suggest to Friends”, another window will pop-up with all your friends. Simply start typing the name of a friend who you want to suggest this page to and click “Send Invitations”. You can add as many of your friends as you want here (I think).

And there you have it! They will all get a little notification that you think this page would be something they’d be interested in, and before you know it, you will feel like a rock star with a plethora of “Fans”.

Till next time…