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Category Archives: Social Networking

People I Would Like To Meet On Twitter

My Friend @NongLing posted an interesting tweet this week. She asked if their were people on Twitter you would like to meet. I thought about the question and though I would turn it into a blog post. Below is my list: 1. @OwenGreaves - Owen is a great friend of mine from British Columbia. He is ...

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The Decade In Review

On New Year's Eve 1999 I was at work in the client services area trying to check computer systems to make sure nothing blew up and we had done all the Y2K patching that we needed to do in order for our computer systems to survive. We all know 10 years later that Y2K came ...

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Thank You

Normally I use this space this space to talk about what is new in Technology or my opinion's in social media. Today I thought I would do something a little different. I want to say thank you to all my friends online and offline who have supported me especially over the last few months. As ...

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Why I Hate Auto DM’s

In early October, I did a post on respect. If you have not read it, I would suggest you do. it explains how to show your respect on the Internet and how to get respect back. One of the things I touched on was Auto DM's in Twitter. I explained why I disliked ...

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Why Do I Spend So Much Time On Social Media

I walked into the office today and was talking to one of my colleagues and he asked me a question this morning. His question is why do you spend time on Social Media? This question left me pondering for a bit. Her are some of the reason's why social media has become a big part of ...

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Blog Talk Radio Show

Tonight Owen Greaves (@OwenGreaves) and I were invited by Brian Adrian(@BrianAdrian) to appear on his radio show to talk tech. It was a lot of fun and the show can be listened to by clicking on the player below. Please chose the Early Adapters Episode Owen Greaves ... in the player to hear the show ...

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Social Networking Services I Use

Last night I had the pleasure of being involved in a live discussion on OwenGreaves Live concerning the kind of social networking services which people use. Since the discussion I thought I would summarize which services and tools I use. 1. Twitter Twitter is the prime service I use these days. This is where all the Geeks ...

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Respect Online

The last few weeks I have spent more time online in social media websites because I generally enjoy the people. Despite all the enjoyment I have I think it is time to address a major problem online and in society and that is called RESPECT. How do you show respect online and how do you ...

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Security On Twitter

Lately their have been many issues with Security on Twitter. These have generally come into two forms: 1. Phishing schemes. 2. Password hacking. Spending some time on these two issues will help save some people major issues in the long run. A lot of it is pure common sense and can be applied from other knowledge which we ...

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