There has been a lot of talk and maybe a little drama surrounding the Fast Company Influence Project and I wanted to write a little something about why I wanted to be a part of the project and why I continue to ask for the support of my friends and colleagues by the way of [...]
Well, the new TweetDeck came out this morning and I have to say …color me impressed! I am not going to argue with anyone over what is the best software to use to Tweet, I like TweetDeck. I’ve tried others but I keep coming back. So I was pleasantly surprised this morning when I woke [...]
This is one of the most disturbing FAILS I have ever heard of. “(CBS) At a warehouse in New Jersey, 6,000 used copy machines sit ready to be sold. CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports almost every one of them holds a secret. Nearly every digital copier built since 2002 contains a hard [...]
April 7th 2009 was the date that my company hosted our first TweetUp. It ended up being well attended and well received. We had news coverage from multiple local stations as well as local papers. It was that night that prompted the birth of the TweetUp Girls concept. Flash forward a year to April 22, [...]
The information below is from an email I received today sent by The Ning Team from new CEO Jason Rosenthal, explaining the changes coming to monetize the social platform in July. . . however – hold on to your pencils!! Ning will remain free for teachers. Hello! We’re writing today to let you know about [...]
Back in the day, AOL was notorious for being anti-user and making escape from their walled garden near impossible. Now, there is a new horrible walled garden. And escape is not much easier.
While checking in with my company fanpage I noticed the nice, neat little message that today Facebook is rolling out the “like” button for Fan Pages . . . I’m not sure how much I really “like” this idea Facebook. When you become a fan of a site doesn’t it make more sense for me [...]
In the perfect world, a client needs someone who knows the Social Media scene & not only gets it but can set the tone for a brand. Oh yeah, and someone who knows that control is futile.
Just a few minutes ago as I was surfing between Facebook and Twitter – I saw a simple post “8.2 Quake in Venezuela” WTF?! Yeah. I had the same reaction . . . This article about how Chile’s earthquake knocked Mother Earth three inches off her axis quickly came to mind – swiftly followed by [...]
As I mentioned in an earlier post, when I was at JobCamp there were all sorts of questions on how to use Twitter for a job search. Unfortunately, I had lost my voice and it was difficult for me to talk but this gave my business partner, Jeanette and opportunity to perfect her “Twitter Advanced [...]
Last week I had the opportunity to work with the fine people over at Milwaukee JobCamp, if you don’t know who they are you should check them out at www.milwaukeejobcamp.org and follow them on Twitter @JobCamp. Basically, what they do is host free daylong events that focus on helping people with their job search and/or [...]
Thanks to a retweet – I discovered possibly the best Dear Facebook post that ever needed to be written in a 140 characters plus. Seriously. @RedheadWriting spells out every frustration toward Facebook in big bold letters (insert witty font conference reference here). From telling it like it is about their customer service (or lack thereof) [...]
Internet stalking is so easy to do these days. I have to admit, I truly enjoy researching people and finding out pieces of information before I meet them face to face. I feel that I get to understand them a little better ahead of time and then I can use that information while we meet. [...]
Social media vernacular is amazing in its reach, and often hilarious in its final accepted form. Crowd sourcing is certainly interesting, and when you apply it to linguistics you never know what you may get. There is usually a semi-logical genesis for the terms we use. For example, in the world of online gaming the [...]
Last week, Compete.com announced that their data showed Facebook had beaten Yahoo! in number of unique visitors in January 2010. Why is this such a big deal? What I want to know is: Why hasn’t Facebook had more visitors than Yahoo! already? And the numbers are really close too! This is Compete’s graph: Now how [...]
In a recent article titled Stop the World Posted by George Packer of The New Yoker the author goes on a rather long winded rant about his fear of Twitter, going as far as comparing it to crack and stating that he won’t even considering using the service for fear that he’ll let his child [...]
