Thanksgiving was over a week ago, so there’s no denying that the holiday season is officially underway. By this logic, your marketing campaigns should be underway as well. But if they aren’t, it’s not too late! There’s still time to start marketing for the various holidays, or improve upon existing campaigns.
But what if you don’t know what to do?
Yesterday was a special day for some of the eZanga.com team members: Programmer Day. Programmer Day is an international professional holiday to celebrate programmers and thank them for the work that they do. In 2009, it even became an officially recognized national holiday in Russia.
Programmer Day is celebrated on the 256th day of every year. This is usually September 13, but was celebrated on September 12 this year because it’s a leap year. It’s celebrated on the 256th day of the year because…
“A byte can have 256 possible values, bytes are very important to programmers. Not because they are required for programs to work, but because the payroll system and Krispy Kreme doughnut cash registers require them.”
Programmer’s celebrate in lots of ways – from meetups and parties to spending even more time programming than usual. Of course, this can all be seen by taking a look at the #programmerday hashtag on Twitter.
We’ve already picked out some of our favorite tweets, from memes and jokes to programming tips and pictures of binary keyboards, and everything in between, and put them in a Storify!
Did you do anything for Programmer Day yesterday? I’m sure our IT Department (aka the Geek Pad) did!
Halloween and social media could be a match made in heaven. Social media can be a perfect match for almost any activity, but it can really pump up Halloween spirit. Lots of people, including myself, care more about Halloween than their own birthdays and spend crazy amounts of time planning their costumes. It’s tough when you have all this Halloween spirit and your friends and family don’t appreciate the holiday as much as you do.
But have no fear, Halloween fanatics! Social media has embraced the fun and festive holiday as it has so many things, from fashion to sports. We can stop trying to get our friends to care more about Halloween and take to social media to find each other! Here are some ways social media has celebrated Halloween:
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Independence Day Fireworks Explode on Twitter
Hope everyone had a fun and safe 4th of July! It sure looked as though crowds were pleased by various fireworks shows, as seen via Twitter posts. Mashable compiled some of the shots that were captured.
And the rocket’s red glare, The bombs bursting in air….
Fraudulent Tweets Investigated by Secret Service
This Sunday, a team of hackers was able to tap into the Fox News political Twitter account and posted six false tweets stating that President Obama had been assassinated, as seen here. There is talk that the hackers responsible for the fraudulent tweets are called The Script Kiddies, whose logo replaced the Fox News logo on the Twitter account for a short time late Sunday night.
Fox News (the real Fox News, not the hackers) contacted the Secret Service, which announced yesterday that it will investigate the situation and handle it with an “appropriate follow up,” said by Secret Service spokesman George Ogilvie.
Biden Now on Twitter
On another presidential note…make that vice-presidential…Vice President Joe Biden has a Twitter account as of this Independence Day. Biden posted his first tweet from @VP stating “”VP & Dr. B hope you take time to think about our troops & military families this Independence Day, Happy 4th from OVP!”
While some of the tweets for his account will be made directly from Biden, his staff will also be managing the account for him, much like President Obama runs his Twitter presence.
Announcement of the @VP Twitter account was made in a Whitehouse blog post, which stated “Through @VP, Vice President Biden’s staff will keep followers up to speed on all things happening in the Office of the Vice President (OVP) – from the West Wing, to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building and the Office of Dr. Jill Biden, to the Naval Observatory. @VP will be on the road with the Vice President across the country and around the world, providing updates on the latest news and announcements coming out of OVP, as well as a behind the scenes look at Veep-life.”
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The 5th of May is routinely celebrated each year as a celebration of Mexican heritage. Many people are under the impression that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico’s Independence Day (which is actually on September 16 and called “Grito de Delores”). That is in fact not the case. Cinco de Mayo is actually a holiday commemorating Mexico’s improbable victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.
Time Magazine described the Battle of Puebla as a victory that came to “symbolize unity and pride for what seemed like a Mexican David defeating a French Goliath.” The victory is said to be responsible for restoring a sense of patriotism for Mexico.
Surprisingly, Cinco de Mayo does not hold as much significance in Mexico as it does in the United States. It has become an Americanized holiday and serves as a day to celebrate Mexican pride. The holiday was actually started by people of Mexican and Latina decent, living in California as a means of celebrating Mexican freedom and democracy.
So, whether you are Mexican or not, enjoy your Cinco de Mayo celebrations today! Have fun and be safe! Happy Cinco de Mayo!
