I love to look back and read my journals from when I was younger. I kept a pretty steady journal all through high school and the first part of college. I have several. I love reading through them and laughing about how dramatic I was, or just downright crazy. Whenever I pick up one of my journals from high school/college I get a little bit sad that I didn’t keep a better journal after I moved to California when I [...]
I’ve noticed a trend lately, and it’s one that I’m not quite fond of. Many of my blogger friends will likely agree, and already have experience with this, but most of my friends and readers aren’t bloggers, and therefore need to be informed as to what is going on. I saw a lot of my Facebook friends over the last few months sharing more and more recipes via Facebook. My entire stream gets filled up with images of super yummy [...]
I had the opportunity as Skype’s Blogger Ambassador for the BlogHer Entrepreneurs conference to interview Alison Coward of Bracket Creative to discuss Skype in the workspace, and how her company is using Skype to really move their business forward in this fast paced world. Of course we met over a Skype Video Call. One reason being that she is in the UK, and I am in Utah, and for some reason Skype didn’t want to fly me all the way to the [...]
I mentioned in a post a while back, that I’ve noticed a trend with younger kids and their sharing habits. It looks like a good portion (of at least the tweens/teens I interact with) don’t use Facebook nearly as much as they are using instagram. Even though instagram’s Terms of Service doesn’t allow for kids younger than 13 to have an account (just like most of the other social networking sites), many who are on instagram are younger than 13. [...]
Yesterday my Facebook stream was FILLED with friends of mine tagged in the Southwest Airlines Free Tickets Facebook scam. This scam is particularly nasty because if you fall for it, it will post a picture to your account and tag a whole bunch of your friends. So if I’m a friend of one of your friends, I’ll see the picture in my stream with my friend tagged in it, even though my friend didn’t actually fall for it. That is [...]
Here we go again folks. I’ve seen quite a few of my friends posting this status update… In response to the new Facebook guidelines I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal details, illustrations, comics, paintings, professional photos and videos, etc. (as a result of the Berner Convention). For commercial use of the above my written consent is needed at all times! (Anyone read…ing this can copy this text and paste it on their Facebook [...]
Instagram has started to roll out web profiles! Mommy bloggers of the world took to the streets rejoicing. OK, maybe not, but it definitely has been something that we have been waiting for, for a very long time. While my profile hasn’t been updated yet, it seems like by the end of the week it will have rolled out to the majority of users. Of course there still will not be the ability to upload pictures via the web, as [...]
One thing is for sure, I NEVER… and I mean NEVER thought I’d ever be writing a post about MySpace! Yet… here I am… posting about MySpace. In a video released today MySpace teased it’s new redesigned site. I mean RE-DESIGNED. This is definitely not the same sparkly beast that it has been in the past. Nary an animated gif to be seen. So, the question becomes, is it too late for MySpace to make a comeback? We have Pinterest, [...]
I see it far too often in my Facebook stream. Friend after friend of mine falling for it, over and over and over again. People that should KNOW better! Although, at this point I would think that all of my friends should know better, but yet, I see it happening again! So let me just reiterate…. No one will give you a free gift card on Facebook (there are possibly exceptions for places giving out something MAYBE worth $5.00), but it’s [...]
As is usually the case, I received a question from a reader, and was intrigued! The question was… “so, wha’ts up with all the new “non facebook ads” on facebook. Is it just a setting I have or what?” I responded with “I’m so confused as to what you are asking”. I had never heard of this before, and was therefore very interested in getting to the bottom of what exactly it was. She kindly sent me a screen shot of [...]
I used to think a hashtag was a crocht ball that hipster boys kicked around in their bare feet. Apparently that’s a hacky sack. Did you know the 33rd anual World Hacky Sack Championship will be in Poland this year? I don’t know of any hashtag conventions, but you never know. I’ll keep you posted. Anywho, let’s get back on topic. A hashtag is just a way to tag a conversation. It’s mostly used in Twitter. If you see it in Facebook, chances [...]
If you have been chillin’ on Pinterest in the last few days, you might have seen a comment that caught your attention. It typically reads, “This looks great! I am going to repost this on Pinspire… if this is ok with you!”. What seems like a friendly stat boosting referral, is actually a second “pin” style site recently created in Europe. It’s called Pinspire, and the resemblances are uncanny. First, let’s take a look at the typical front page of Pinterest. [...]
