Kevin Smith & Southwest Air, Dave Carroll & United Airlines, countless Comcast customers – seems like social media outlets are the go-to place to post your gripe these days, but is it really worth it?

It’s becoming more and more common for social media fans, especially those on Twitter, to carry their mobile device like a gun on their hip just waiting for something to happen. In most cases, something bad. Then, when he or she is wronged or offended, the Twitter gun is fired. Now, I will admit that I have been guilty of this on an occasion or two, but I can honestly say that all it did was get a strange look from my wife and occupy a couple minutes of my time. That’s about all.

This most recent “issue” with director Kevin Smith being removed from a Southwest Air flight because he was too overweight to “comfortably fit” into an airplane seat really got me thinking. Shouldn’t we try to focus a bit more on the positive things these days? The economy is suffering. Unemployment rates are out of control. Why should I care if Kevin Smith is overweight? I’m still going to fly Southwest because the price is right and more often than not they are on time or even early to my destination.

Here’s a suggestion, if you experience something good, post it on Twitter and shout it from the rooftops. Rather than continuing to stifle our own economy by complaining about the bad decisions made by businesses, let’s put more emphasis on promoting the good ones and help everyone feel a little better about things.

How does it work? You have 4 Easy options:

Go to to NFLticketexchange.mobi and search for the tickets you want and click to buy.

Then either:

1. Call the NFL Ticket Exchange 800 number

2. Enter your email address to have a sales representative email you with information

3. Enter your phone number to have a Sales Representative call you

4. Use Google Maps to get directions to The Clevelander Hotel in South Beach and pick up your tickets there. *This option is available for mobile devices with Google’s map already enabled. Otherwise, you will see a map of the location for your reference in you phone browser.

1. This January, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes (formerly of R&B group TLC) released a new, but posthumous, album called Eye Legacy. I don’t recall ever hearing any of the tracks, but apparently it made it all the way to #44 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop charts.

2. The Dirty South caught fire this summer when Red Bull came to town with their Soapbox Race. Congratulations to the Atlanta race winning driver, Christopher “Killa” Miller, and the team from The Beer Connoisseur Magazine. Um, duh, of course the guy with the nickname “Killa” is going to win.

3. Despite rumors to the contrary, Jeff Goldblum, Zach Braff, Britney Spears, and Natalie Portman are still alive. Thank you, Twitter.

4. “As Seen on TV” products hit a new low when the Snuggie craze spilled over into the dog market. I have neither a dog nor a Snuggie and my life is just fine.

5. Charles Burnett III broke a 100-year-old land speed record for a steam-powered car. He averaged 140 miles per hour in two drives at Edwards Air Force base. That’s hot!

6. In the category of Easter candy that I never eat, this year we were blessed with Chocolate Mousse Peeps. Apparently they have only 28 calories and 0g fat per Peep, but I’m afraid I won’t be expanding my love of chocolate into this realm.

7. The auto industry has been hit pretty hard over the past couple years, that we know. What you may not know, however, is that 2009 will be the last production year for the Chrysler PT Cruiser. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, don’t worry, they won’t be making any more of ‘em.

8. Blueye account manager, Heather Williams, ran her first Chicago Marathon this year. After months of training, she finished in 29,897th place, just 29,896 people behind the winner, Sammy Wanjiru. Congratulations again, Heather!

9. Ace Ventura has done it again. Okay, maybe not. Apparently there was a new addition to the Ace series this year (who knew, honestly) as Ace Ventura Jr. Pet Detective was released in March. Did anyone see it? No? We didn’t think so.

10. Swingers unite! Just this month, as the new year looms, 632 Chinese took place in a Guinness record-setting event. Get your head out of the gutter, silly. They took place in the largest ever golf lesson, taught by Zhang Lianwei of China. What a great way to spend your lunch hour.

Here’s to a healthy and happy 2010!

Yes, we have Obama standing at his desk reading a document in the Oval office, but what about that shaped our year? These photographs are certainly stunning and some are certainly effective. I just wonder if there are any other moments in this year that would be more memorable than the ones presented? You tell me folks, what are the events this year that you felt impacted our history this year?

Do you have a favorite photo that you feel truly captured something that impacted the world this year? Let us know!

AMANDA:

Trade Gothic Std Condensed No. 20

Kewl Script Regular

Adobe Caslon Pro Italic

BRICE:

Helvetica Neue 45 Light

Ohrada Regular

Electra Regular

And, just for fun, some fonts we’d love to have:

Costa from Veer

Cyclone from Hoefler & Frere-Jones

Mercury from Hoefler & Frere-Jones

Adios from Veer

Have you seen a font you love? Please share it with us and add a comment below.

After 3.5 days of tracking the #THTH hash tag on TweetDeck, and a ridiculous amount of SMS updates from @tonyhawk, the Chicago clues finally came in. About 20 minutes later (including Loop lunch time traffic and a 2 block sprint), Brice met Stephanie and Zoe at the Katherine-Anne Confections tent at the farmer’s market in Daley plaza and received his prize.

Congratulations, Brice. Let’s make it 3 for 3 when the next time comes around!

(By the way, the caramels from Katherine-Anne were fabulous!)

Follow Blueye Creative on Twitter for more updates on Brice’s Twitter Hunt explorations.

Recently, Where I’ve Been (whereivebeen.com) launched a revised version of their already successful travel-based social media platform and has been steadily gaining users and followers alike through use of their Twitter trending topic: #TravelTuesday. Currently, @whereivebeen has nearly 17,000 followers on Twitter and 25,000 fans on Facebook, proving once again that people love to travel and they also love to share their travel experiences with others.

Over the past several months, Blueye has been working closely with Where I’ve Been on several projects. The latest project, Stadium Stops, is a new Facebook application for those hard core fans of college football. The application allows users to create their own map to show others what stadiums they have visited and ones that they plan to visit. In addition, users can choose specific college teams to support and taunt friends supporting rival teams. The taunting doesn’t end at the stadium, parking lot, or the bar anymore!

This list of Chicago area start-ups places Where I’ve Been in some elite company, right alongside some large names in the technology field, including The Onion, 37Signals, Sittercity, crowdSPRING, and Acquity Group just to name a few. Their growth and success would be enough to make even Casey Kasem proud. Congrats to the team at Where I’ve Been and remember to “Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.”

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