May 30th, 2010
Why you can’t afford to quit Facebook (yet)
I don’t like Facebook. I’m not a Facebook power user by any means and I’m less than a casual user. Everyone’s talking about quitting Facebook due to privacy problems and other high profile woes, but I have no plans on leaving Facebook. Regardless what “I hate Facebook because…” camp you sit in, Facebook is where people are.
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April 16th, 2010
Don’t let Facebook kill your blog
Don’t let Facebook kill your blog. I know not everyone has their own web site or blog, but if you do, don’t let Facebook quietly kill your desire to write and voice your opinion. And for that matter, don’t let Twitter kill it either. Your blog is YOUR playground. You can do what you want [...]
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August 13th, 2009
How important are social links?
Where do you find links of interest? Is it really from Google? I was looking up information on the Facebook purchase of FriendFeed and found an article talking about Facebook being the next big search engine…Google’s “real” threat. At first you probably go, “psssh, whatever,” but there was a time when you said that about [...]
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August 11th, 2009
Beware of the digital mob
Since I’m on the computer all day at work and monitor my company’s Twitter account, I’m watching Twitter all day, my own personal account included. So when I discovered my web sites were down I tweeted about it. In reply I was told that my hosting service, 1&1, had a major outage. Curious, I started [...]
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August 3rd, 2009
Please tweet your blog
I’m not sure if it’s sad to admit that I know get most of my news links from Twitter than your regular RSS feed, but that’s the way it is. However, there’s a fine line when getting Twitter links from article sites is more annoying than useful. Of course, the opposite is true to. If [...]
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July 19th, 2009
Twitter suspension
Mosey along now, nothing to see here. That’s what I saw Friday morning when I tried to log on to my Twitter account. To say it surprised me would be an understatement. And as of this posting my account is still suspended without any hint as to why or for how long…but it’s not like [...]
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July 1st, 2009
Billy Mays and what he can teach you
For me, the death of Billy Mays has been different than the passing of other recent celebrities. Sure, Michael Jackson died and that is and should be a big deal. He did a lot for music and reached heights of fame no one will ever reach again. But I just didn’t see Michael Jackson last [...]
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June 16th, 2009
Flickr finally figures out Twitter
Part of the fun in using Twitter is the ease by which you can share photos and even video. Twitpic was one of the early services that offered mail-to-Twitter but now Flickr has finally gotten their act together.
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June 7th, 2009
Facebook and Twitter, when worlds collide
I never really bothered with my MySpace page, I didn’t use my Facebook page. Instead I hopped on Twitter. Twitter made more sense to me for what I wanted to get out of it. Twitter is truly a tool that can be used in many different ways. I made some new friends by way of [...]
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May 22nd, 2009
Why tiny URLs change how we design
We’re in a time of short URLs. With the Twitters and Facebooks and everything else, the links we share with people need to short. Services like TinyURL and TwitterHat turn a long web address into something text message friendly, but do short links make your actual domain and address meaningless?
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April 11th, 2009
Death of Twitter Zombies
Well, you can’t blame a man for trying. What sounded like a fun idea finally died this weekend. TwitterZombies.com was put out to pasture after a bizzare outbreak last week.
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April 11th, 2009
Twitter tools will only lead to addiction
While I did hop on the Twitter bandwagon not all that long ago, Twitter remains a casual web toy. I’ve played with Twitter as a tool, connecting it to applications, services, and even a few games, but beyond that I don’t use it as anything more than a way to communicate with friends and what [...]
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March 24th, 2009
Another good Twitter episode
I had another atypical Twitter episode today and it was a good one. The media may be all anti-Twitter as just another fad they don’t understand, and I may use Twitter as an almost-chat tool with friends, but every now and then something useful comes out of Twitter. Good help.