Rex Sorgatz: Calendar Model?

Former Minneapolitan, MNSpeak founder and current NYC social media powerhouse, Rex Sorgatz, is in the running to be included in the 2011 Men of Social Media Calendar. The first annual calendar, put out by a women-run social media organization punnily coined "The Bold and the Digital," will feature a "Digital Adonis" for each of the 12 months. And before you totally LOL, know that the calendar will be sold for a "good cause."

BUT, Rex isn't all the way there yet - he's a semi-finalist and needs your vote to advance to the final round. Friday (yep, today) is the last day to cast your vote. Click HERE to vote for Rex aka @fimoculous.

You know you want the calendar.


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Sorgatz and Carr a la Nic Rad

Now this is brilliant arts marketing! Artist Nic Rad has painted 99 pretty amazing portraits of influential bloggers and media-types and will debut this collection at Rare Gallery in NYC on April 3rd. Cool, eh? If we know the narcissism that goes hand in hand with new media (and we do), this artist has hit the jackpot. How many of his well-read subjects do you expect have re-posted his website? We'd think if even a handful of them did, it would guarantee a packed opening and some automatic notoriety.

The local connection? Well, former Minneapolis social media dynamo/MNSpeak creator Rex Sorgatz and ex-City Pages editor and author David Carr (now of the NY Times) are both featured in the show. We know Rex has already re-posted it on his blog AND on wired.com.

Rex Sorgatz by Nic Rad (are those Tumblr girls in the background?)

David Carr by Nic Rad

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