This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. If you’re renaming or rebranding your business (or yourself, for that matter), and consequently need to change your Twitter username, you can do so without losing your followers. Instead of creating a new Twitter account, head over to the Account tab on Twitter.com. There, you can change your username, as well as your email address and security settings. You’ll also want to visit the Profile tab to update your picture and bio. In the bio section, it’s wise to let your followers know — for the next few weeks, at least — that you’ve changed your account username, and that you’ll ... Continue reading →
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Professionals working on the Highway 520 bridge project needed to be told this week not to drink on the job, after some were filmed having beer in an Eastside office building. The drinking occurred in a temporary office of Kiewit-General-Manson, paid $587 million from gas taxes and tolls to widen the highway's Eastside approaches, build new columns and spans over the shoreline and assemble the floating pontoons on Lake Washington. KOMO television news broke the story Tuesday, using hidden-camera footage that showed employees with beers in hand or on desks. The station also filmed two men each bringing a half-rack of beer to a lunchroom. The drinking didn't involve the 35 state employees in a different part of the building, said Steve Pierce, spokesman for ... Continue reading →
Behold! The Swagga Suit! Jon Brockman models the Swagga Suit. (Gillian Pennington/SWAG) It may just be the next big thing to sweep the sports world. And I’m being completely serious. These big, purple, full-zip onesies — emblazoned with the UW logo — are right up the young folks’ alley. The Swagga Suits, as they’re called, are a product of a new company called SWAG, short for Sweet Washington Athletic Gear. SWAG was started this year by UW undergrad Gillian Pennington, an entrepreneurship student in the UW Foster School of Business, who developed the jumpsuit with a group of classmates. “After sitting in a locked room for a total of 13.5 hours we not only became good friends but we decided to produce jumpsuits,” SWAG’s website ... Continue reading →
