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 […]
on Twitter. via TheGoliathFile
After an interesting conversation about editor, magazine ruiner, and gossip addict Bonnie Fuller (yes, really; it WAS interesting) over on Gawker I came up with (and why do I always give Gawker my best ideas before I put them on my blog? WHY????) a new rule of Teh IntarWebs: The Janet Jackson Rule of Twitter […]
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 […]
Just a friendly reminder about the difference between Friends and friends.
This about says it all. Hi Mom!
Sometimes you’re the Operator, sometimes you’re the Operand.
This started with a much-better-than-I-could-have-put-it post over at Hummingbird604’s blog on charging actual, real money for social media work. I have volunteered my time for the Vancouver social media/tech community to extreme lengths. I am not self-absorbed or self-congratulatory in saying this, I am just being truthful. I have liveblogged numerous events for free. I […]
raincoaster media 
February 24, 2010
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