(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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I’ve been blogging for about a month now. Thirty six days, to be exact. Not a long time by most counts, but certainly long enough to make a few observations about the nature of the beast. First, I must say blogging adds a certain level of pressure to my daily life (for better or for [...]
Most of the television shows I’ve seen have presented the classic scenario of a character trying to choose between two lovers. “Who should I choose?” they whine. “Who’s better?” Then, inevitably, their sidekick-y friend steps in with the perfect solution: make a list! List the things you like about both people, and whichever column is [...]
Last week I was scrubbing the bathtub, and I don’t know if it was the bleach, or my circulation being cut off at the knees, but I got to talking to myself. (Inside my head, mind you. I haven’t completely lost my marbles.) The conversation went a little like this: “Why am I scrubbing the [...]
