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On Mantras and Meanings

April 12, 2011 3 Comments

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 newcomer to Facebook, but she loved connecting with all her friends and putting up posts …

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The Blog Killer

March 30, 2010 3 Comments

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.  A lot of the blogs I followed suffered for content when their masters got involved …

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Soundtrack of Your Life

June 4, 2009 No Comments

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 you’re an only child or #10 if you’re single) or come up with an alternate …

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Social Networking at Work – Who Does What?

January 30, 2009 1 Comment

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 my interest in this area.  Said person spoke of recently joining Twitter and asked if …

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Social Networking at Work – Parameters

January 29, 2009 4 Comments

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, there are some times where social networking activitiesjust aren’t cool.  What started this was when …

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Social Networking at Work

January 28, 2009 11 Comments

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, like FB, Twitter and blogging while at work, especially at the expense of other activities …

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Facebook and Fate

January 14, 2009 No Comments

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 in existence any more.  Friending classmates and participating in my school’s Facebook group gives me some sense of …

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Borders – this doesn't make me smile

March 24, 2008 7 Comments

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 US.  It’s a losing proposition for authors, publishers, and readers.  There’s a school of thought that …

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Facebook For Dummies LIVE

March 4, 2008 2 Comments

Tonight was author Carolyn Abram’s signing at the White Plains NY Barnes & Noble.  It wasn’t an ordinary evening for me for many reasons.  First, we don’t do many book signings in tech.  For the most part, outside of celebrity authors like a Kevin Mitnick or key locations like Seattle and Silicon Valley, tech books tend …

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Dummies Man takes over Facebook

February 14, 2008 No Comments

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 Abram and Leah Pearlman are Facebook employees and helped pull this off for us.  Thank …

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Scrabulous Not So Fabulous

January 16, 2008 No Comments

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 many (Emilie, Dani, etc) who are totally addicted to it.  Someone on Twitter pointed me …

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Scobleizer banned from Facebook

January 3, 2008 1 Comment

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

December 11, 2007 4 Comments

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 Dummies Man has been reactivated.  The bad news (ok, maybe not bad, but not good, …

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Work is a four-letter-word

November 27, 2007 No Comments

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 commuting and child care arrangements.  I decided not to stay in the hotel, because I …

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