On Mantras and Meanings
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Later this week I leave for Mom 2.0 Summit where I will be learning, connecting and speaking with some amazing people. The posts will get a little lighter then, but for now, I’m still thinking about Julie. Julie was a …
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The Blog Killer
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Admit it, when Twitter first came on the scene, you could see how it could impact blogging. Rather than writing a thoughtful, coherent piece about some event or idea, you could tweet it, but only in 140 characters or less. …
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Tagged Blogging, Facebook, foursquare, social media, Social Networking, Twitter, updates
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Soundtrack of Your Life
Since I am all about reuse, I bring to you content originally seen in a Facebook note… Pick the “top twenty” songs for the “soundtrack of your life”! You can write in NA for anything not applicable (e.g. #2 if …
Social Networking at Work – Who Does What?
In what has become a 3 part arc, today I am going to talk about who should do what at work when it comes to social networking. It’s inspired by a question I got recently from a co-worker who knows of …
Social Networking at Work – Parameters
In a previous post, I talked about how I feel about social networking at work – that it’s a great opportunity for employees to be able to interact and converse with our customers and others in the industry. That said, …
Posted in Facebook, You gotta have friends
Tagged drunk dialing, Facebook, Social Networking, Twitter
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Social Networking at Work
I had an interesting question from an employee yesterday. She was commenting on someone’s Facebook status updating during a meeting, and asked what the rules were on that. That is, did I permit employees to be doing social networking stuff, …
Facebook and Fate
As I mentioned in a previous post, one of my Facebook rules is that I try to always accept friend requests from people who went to my high school. I went to a very small private school in Westchester that isn’t …
Facebook: Here we go again
It’s been a little quiet around these parts. Sure stuff is going on at work and at home, but we have a new social media crisis brewing for the IT Girl. I’ve been banned from Facebook. Again. But this time, …
Borders – this doesn't make me smile
I was particularly bummed to see the articles about Borders mulling a possible sale. It’s never a good thing to lose any bookstore, whether it’s the small corner store rapidly going the way of the do-do bird, or #2 chain in the …
Posted in Facebook, Social Networking, The Business of Books
Tagged Alton Brown, books, bookstores, Borders
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Dummies Man takes over Facebook
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I’m a little late on this one, but I was thrilled earlier this week to see Facebook make “Dummies Man” available as a “free gift”. This was accomplished to honor the publication of “Facebook For Dummies.” Our wonderful authors Carolyn …
Posted in Books I love, Facebook
Tagged blake ross, carolyn abram, Dummies Man, Facebook, Facebook For Dummies, leah pearlman
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Scrabulous Not So Fabulous
The news was all over Twitterthis morning…it seems that Mattel/Hasbro has issued a take down order on the popular Facebook application Scrabulous due to what they call a trademark infringement. I must confess, I don’t play this game, but I know …
Scobleizer banned from Facebook
First, they came for Dummies Man. Then they came for Robert Scoble. Who will speak out when they come for you?
The return of Dummies Man to Facebook and the Beginning of My Identity Crisis
Some time ago I blogged about Dummies Man’s profile being pulled from Facebook. I’ve got some good news and bad news about this. The good news is that my efforts with Facebook customer service have paid off and the profile for …
Work is a four-letter-word
This week is a busy one in IT Land. My company is involved in our tri-annual division wide sales meeting. It’s being held at a hotel not far from our offices, but it still presents many challenges in terms of …
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Tagged Blogging, book publishing, Marketing
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