Archive for the ‘social media’ Category
Monday, October 11th, 2010
Welcome to the Hotel Cali-Facebook
"You can opt out any time you want...."
When Facebook Groups came out, it intrigued me (ok, partly because it's my job). I was also pretty miffed pretty quickly, for reasons that have been well-documented:
People can add you to groups without your knowledge or permission. The "opt-out/your ...
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Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
How do we write and where do ideas come from?
That's too big a question for me to solve, but it was the topic of a recent Six Pixels of Separation podcast, in which host Mitch Joel interviewed Mark Levy. Levy went on at length about free writing, reminding me that ...
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Facebook Down?
This is a first to me- a Facebook service disruption on September 22. Just a reminder to have other ways of connecting at the ready if you are relying on a service- even Facebook- that you don't own. That goes for people and businesses. What's your backup plan?
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Wow, it's September already-- kids are back to school, the beach and summer camp are but memories,- and the work-related activities are already ramping up.
Next week (September 14), Jeff Pulver & Co's 140 Characters Conference rolls into Boston (at the Back Bay Events Center). 140, of course, is a reference to Twitter, ...
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
In the past, I have seen people bristle at the notion of "personal brand."
You know, and I know, people who have gotten high off their own Google Analytics and displayed an inflated sense of their own self-importance.
So what?
Really, so what?
That's no reason to sublimate the ego in social media.
It is, ...
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Friday, May 21st, 2010
First thing first. No, I am not deleting/deactivating/scorning my Facebook pages.
It's not because I am afraid of this (although on some level I am- and btw, some NSFW language on this South Park clip, if you can believe it):
On the other side of the issue, neither am I one of ...
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Sunday, May 9th, 2010
I am breaking up my usual “Top 5″ post for a couple of reasons: first, the two (not five) topics I picked were enough material to stand on their own; second, I wanted to monkey with the format to see if the posts turn out better if they are a ...
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Saturday, May 8th, 2010
I am breaking up my usual "Top 5" post for a couple of reasons: first, the two (not five) topics I picked were enough material to stand on their own; second, I wanted to monkey with the format to see if the posts turn out better if they are a ...
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
It's not about quantity, but the gold you can get from the chaos you create.
I joked during the Olympics that some of the duller (to me) sports could be "crossed up." That is, have four or more athletes compete at once to create excitement, as in the snowboard cross ...
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
This summary is for the benefit of blog subscribers who might not see some of the gr eat content over at MediaBullseye.com. Please visit there for my full article with details on how and why I made these changes. How has your social media usage? How will it change?
I started using ...
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