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Posts from ‘July, 2008’

I once started a Twitter trend. #ramday

(For those readers who don’t know what Twitter is, I suggest watching this video before you read this post.) ————— Last Thursday I saw someone tweeting something that struck me as somewhat random. And I liked it. I thought, that’s really cool. I love learning offbeat things about people. And that was the beginning of [...]

Five Lessons from PodCamp Boston

This weekend the PodCamp train came to Boston, leaving a mass of tired (but excited) campers and little stuffed cows in its wake. For those of you who don’t know, PodCamp is a “conference-like” gathering of anyone and everyone interested in social media. I say “conference-like” because PodCamp bills itself as the “un-conference,” essentially, a conference [...]

Flock to It!: Bookworms on a budget

One of the best perks, so far, of having my own blog has been learning from the people who read it. Of course that was something I expected and hoped for when I started my journey in to social media, but unlike services like Twitter, which is so obviously a conversation between people, blogging seemed–at [...]

Ode to Books

It’s no secret that I like to read. Okay, that’s an understatement. I’m obsessed. With reading, with books, bookstores, all of it. There’s no one reason why. I like the look of books, the feel of books. I like the way they look sitting on my shelf. I like the way they look all neat [...]

Flock to It!: Picnic-style

It has been a whirlwind past few days for me. Between the short work week last week, the trip to NYC for the 4th, and yet another set of good friends leaving Boston for good, I haven’t been as tuned in as I like to be. That said, I did come across something fun and [...]