Before you tear me apart for a sensationalist title, let me explain. I do not think that Gawker Media, the multimillion dollar blogging corporation, will fall. As a general rule, I do not second-guess the business strategies of multi-million dollar companies. However, the bloom is definitely off the rose as far as Gawker’s standing in [...]
David Armano has written an interesting piece on social media trends of 2011 for the Haarrrrvard Business Journal which is worth taking a look at. He talks about how the mobile and tablet wars will be heating up. He discusses how Facebook is going to take the location-based world by storm. Armano also talks about [...]
“ Quit counting fans, followers and blog subscribers like bottle caps. Think, instead, about what you’re hoping to achieve with and through the community that actually cares about what you’re doing.” – Amber Naslund, Social Media Today I came across this quote today and it really struck home . . . it’s about the QUALITY [...]
Blogging as we know it has been around for over a decade now. And the web has been around even longer. If you’re like me (you’re not. I’m hotter), then you’ve accrued a goodly amount of free blogs and spaces. Now, you can collect them all in one place with UnHub. What UnHub does is [...]
After a rough week surrounding my first Mother’s Day without Mom, a look back at how we grieve and how social media can help us in those times of loneliness
Apple is the low-hanging fruit of tech writing. Things seem to have come to a head with the iPhone 4G leak. It’s time for the blogosphere to stop reporting on Apple at the expense of better, more interesting news.
Cayohoga County Judge Shirley Strickland-Saffold has sued the Cleveland Plain Dealer for alleged privacy violations after they revealed comments on articles about a high-profile murder case originated from her e-mail address.
I want to start this by saying that I am very fond of the people over at Mashable and have nothing but respect for them. Not to mention that it is always a treat to see Pete Cashmore’s adorable face flowing through my Twitter stream, but I’m not impressed with the Mashable Iphone app. Now, [...]
Thank you for the warning Harriet. ( The BBC NEWS seemed to agree back in 2007) I use my private Gmail account to email my boyfriend and my mother. There’s a BIG drop-off between them and my other “most frequent” contacts. You know who my third most frequent contact is? My abusive ex-husband. Which is [...]
Let’s face it, if email was a movie character, it would look like the zombies in Night of the Living Dead. Just like the spammers who messed it up for the rest of us. Fortunately for many of us, we are smarter. We figured out social media. We know Facebook, and Twitter, and RSS. We don’t need your stinkin’ email.
Engadget suspended their comment section of the site due to a few abusive, rude commenters who felt like they ran the place. Engadget decided to pull the plug on the comment section However, there are many, many highly intelligent Engadget commenters out there. So a few bad apples on Engadget with bad attitudes are spoiling [...]
Gawker Compromise Sparks Action- Protect Your Passwords and Protect Your Privacy
…. is a very good reason to create a “garbage” email account and only use it with your non-monetary transaction sites. For monetary transaction sites it’s up to you if you want connect them with a main real email account. BUT do NOT use the same password no matter what. So…when Gawker said that they had been hacked I just ….
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