As many of you know I spend a lot of time on Twitter and have been spending more and more on it. 40,000 tweets later I have finally decided that TweeDeck was not the client for me. Yes it handles multiple lists very well and helps you organize your twitter experience. At one time TweetDeck ...
Everyone who does not understand the new way of doing things should look at this situation I was in. On Friday morning Kelli and I were supposed to get our rental car at 12pm. We had arranged for this by calling the local Enterprise Outlet days before we needed the car. Well at 11am we ...
Twitter is my favorite social media avenue of choice. Many people ask me why Twitter instead of Facebook? How do you carry on a conversation is only 140 characters or less? Is Twitter not really a waste of time? The answers to these questions and many more are to come. Twitter was originally a platform that ...
Last week I finished listening to a new audio book about Twitter. Twitter Power by Joel Comm with Ken Burge was a good listen. The book was well read and informative in parts. Parts of the book had something to be desired. One of the things in the book that Joel does is tells you ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
