Many and varied are the things people find to discuss via that 140-character padded room full of characters known as Twitter: from world events to haiku, from indie bands to mainstream media, from airline cuisine to breaking news, all these things and more, yea, all the subjects under the sun have been discussed, hashtagged, and […]
Uh, Foursquare? I got on the bus once and as I was putting my fare in the box the driver looked me in the eye and asked, “What’s your next-door neighbor’s name?” Well, I didn’t know what that was about, but I’ve been raised properly and part of my training included answering the questions of […]
Our old favorites the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre are showing unexpected expertise in the fields of tech blogging and social media lately. Here we present their insightful tutorial on the proper use of the new-ish YouTube feature, Annotations! You can’t cheat with this one and work in another window when it plays; don’t you […]
From kittehs to Cthulhu, smileys are the slowly taking over the communication wavelength that used to be occupied by a tight grimace and a little wave of the hand, used to indicate everything from “Hi, I’m here and I wish to be mistaken for a virginal Japanese teenager” to “I’m sorry I ran you over […]
And listicles. Listicles are HUUUUUUUUUGE. Seriously, could this be any more brilliant? Particularly the “I just retweet Mashable” comment? That happens to remind me of one of my pet peeves: people who just rt stuff they themselves never bother to read, just so they look smart. Let’s face it: nobody goes to Twitter to find […]
Got this from an alert on Facebook. Once again, here they go changing things without notifying the users! When will they ever learn? What will it take to stop them???? IMPORTANT: If you don’t know, as of today, Facebook will automatically start plunging the Earth into the Sun. To change this option, go to Settings […]
This about says it all. Hi Mom!
Of all the songs in all the world, I’d have to say that this song has the best odds of being posted to the most Facebook pages. Romance has truly entered a new era, one where pickups are done via text and dumpings by a change in one’s Facebook status (“what does he mean he’s […]
Ah, autoresponders. Who doesn’t love to hate ’em? Please, PLEASE somebody spread this on Twitter.
Here’s my little monologue from last week’s Blogger Meetup at the St Regis downtown. You can read my post on the announcement for background, and you can see videos of the whole presentation on AHAMedia’s page at YouTube. Thanks again to Raul Pacheco for putting the event together, Colleen Coplick for moderating, Shane Gibson for […]
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