Photo Credit: Colts.com Fan Cam

As you can kind of see from all the little smiley faces on the photo, you can zoom in and find yourself in the stands and then tag the photo that you were there.

I think this is a very cool idea. I’ve seen similar events, like BlogIndiana, where a large group photo is taken and then shared on Facebook, then attendees are encouraged to tag themselves in the photos. With the functions of Facebook, this allows the photo, and ultimately the event, to be widely promoted on the network. The same can be true of the Colts organization sharing this photo. Hopefully they’ll be doing this for all future games.

Colts owner Jim Irsay has been getting some media attention lately with his activity on Twitter. Also at the Titans game, they gave away a Toyota Prius and $4000 cash to one of his Twitter followers after they correctly guessed the number of footballs that were stuffed into the Prius, a promotion that some may consider genius. Others may think the sometimes incoherent ramblings by Irsay on Twitter are reminiscent of those of Paula Abdul on American Idol’s judging panel. I on the other hand think both individuals are just unique human beings and I enjoy hearing what they have to say most of the time.

They responded that they did so I let them know I would plan on coming into their downtown location to have them give me an estimate.

When I walked in to the location, Danyel greeted me warmly and I let her know that I was interested in getting a quote on repairing my seatbelt in my car. She confirmed that I was the person that asked about it on twitter and I asked if she was the one that managed the account.

Danyel said no but that their corporate office was looking to use twitter more to interact with customers and potential customers and they contacted her because I said I’d probably stop by their location today.

Danyel got a specialist, Wes, to come out and look at my car and see what I needed with my seatbelt. While he was looking at the car I also asked him about replacing some of the interior door handles that were starting to crack and break. Wes worked up a quote for me on the price for replacing the items and the labor involved. I couldn’t have asked for any better customer service and interaction from Danyel and Wes. They both did a tremendous job.

What a great extension of using twitter to work with customers, then build on that interaction by letting locations know to expect that customer and to reinforce the positive experience of using twitter.

Bravo and kudos to the Church Brothers Collision Repair team for making my experience with their company and absolutely positive one.

Now I just have to figure out how I’m going to pay the money to get the new seatbelt mechanism replaced and installed. Seat belts aren’t important are they? Yeah, that’s what I thought.

Not only is it cool to see, but the quality of the video production is also very impressive. Red Bull does some great stuff and does it very well!

Hat tip to @Coxymoney, @david_bdml on twitter that I saw mention this in the last hour or so.

One of the posts that continues to get ongoing traffic on the I Choose Indy site is the one about Extreme Home Makeover coming to Indy.

There’s now confirmation of a little bit more of the details and they sound good. The IBJ.com has announced that Estridge has been chosen as the builder behind the project. The deserving family will be notified on March 27th.

ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition will be filming the Indianapolis build as their special 2-hour season finale episode.

Estridge has already setup a special section on their website for more information. They’re taking further advantage of the social media scene by allowing you to follow their build on twitter and Facebook as well.

I got introduced to a new website this evening from local Indianapolis developers Brandon Corbin and Mark Anderson. It looks and feels a bit like twitter, but it’s a different spin that combines the user-interface of twitter, with the functionality and usefulness of the old school classified ad.

Introducing PickyList.

Everything is in beta, but give it a try and let the developers know what you think and any issues and bugs you find.

I can’t wait till they integrate it with some other great micro-blogging tools like twhirl though, that would be great!

If you know much about me you know I enjoy and am fairly active on twitter. It was good to notice something this evening as I was reading a news story on the WISHTV8 website that’s currently in beta I guess.

Down in the sidebar of the site is a box listing some of their site tools. Included in the list: RSS Feeds, Mobile, Weather Alerts, Newsletters, Closing Alerts and my favorite now to see them active and promoting their activity on Twitter.

Have you heard of twitter? Very quickly it’s a micro-blogging application (140 character limits to each message) that lets you share information and stay in touch with people all over the world that are also on twitter. Think of it as a virtual water cooler at your office that you can always have a little conversation around throughout the day.

The people you’re interested in following what they’re saying you “follow”. You receive those people’s updates (a.k.a. tweets) and the dialogue begins when you see something interesting.

I’m eager to find more and more local Indianapolis people who twitter (a.k.a. tweeps) and would love to follow the conversation your having. If you’re looking for some people to start following, all the photos above are great places to start.

If I mentioned you above, I’d love to have you say a little hello and maybe give a quick reason of why you chose Indy as your place to live right now.

I’m still adding more and more people to my follow list, so if you’re not on it, just let me know and I’ll start following you if you’re from Indianapolis or the immediate surrounding areas.

Soon I’ll add a page to this site that we can kind of work like a little directory of local Indy tweeps. Be sure you’re on the page, and let the conversation begin.

UPDATE: Here’s the new Indy Twitterers page. Be sure and follow the instructions for adding yourself to the directory.