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 [...]
Someone on Google+ shared this image… I’ll give you a minute to figure it out… With Google+ coming on the scene recently, and Facebook, and Twitter, and LinkedIn, and etc and etc and etc. It’s easy to become overwhelmed with all of the various features and networks of each individual social networking site. For someone like me, it’s actually important for me to be involved in as many as possible. I want to be where the people need my information, [...]
Today we’re going to dig into some of the other great features of Google+. Specifically Huddles and Hangouts. Hangouts – First up is the group video chat feature of Google+ called a Hangout. Essentially, I can click “Start Hangout” and if you are following me, a notification will come into your stream that I am “hanging out”. Up to 9 more people can come join me in my hangout and talk. One thing that is great about this is that [...]
A few of my friends have recently asked “So what IS Google+?” Then a friend of mine who is already ON Google+ posted yesterday “OMG, GOOGLE+!!!! I DO NOT GET YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1” So I decided some serious tutorials were in order, in addition to the review I have already posted. Plus, (no pun intended), I’ve been using the service some more, and have really liked what it’s got to offer. This week will be all about how to do stuff in [...]
News from the folks over in Palo Alto had the interwebs in a buzz yesterday! Facebook held a live press conference over the web yesterday at 10 AM PST. Mark Zuckerberg started the announcement with a background on trends they are seeing, and what they predict will happen over the next few years. Zuckerberg spoke about how at first it was more about the numbers, and increasing the amount of users on Facebook. He mentioned that they hit 750 million [...]
Seems like right on top of the heels of Google+’s release, Facebook has opened up Facebook messages. While I know they have been beta testing this technology for a while, it does seem to be released in response to Google+ (to me). When you update your status on Google+, the people who are not members of Google+ that you have added to your circles will receive an email about your status update. Integrating with Gmail is a big perk for [...]
I was lucky enough to score an invite to Google+. This is Google’s latest attempt at a social network to try and rival the powerhouse that is Facebook. It’s still very much in the beta stage (meaning that the program isn’t quite ready to go out to the world, and will still have many bugs). Last time they tried it was with Google Buzz, and I listed the pros and cons of that system, stating that unless it had some [...]
You see people post on Facebook with hyperlinks to people and pages on Facebook all the time, yet you don’t know HOW to do it! Facebook has actually made it pretty easy for you now (if not somewhat annoying). Now if you just start typing a friends name their profile will come up, you can click on it, and instant hyperlink. The reason I call it annoying is that every time I’m typing the word the my friend Therese pops [...]
Thank you to BING Social Search for sponsoring my post about social media. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do. I remember signing up for a Facebook account. Then I remember doing NOTHING with said Facebook account for pretty much about a year. I never really got into MySpace, and wasn’t too sure what Facebook was all about. My husband had a MySpace page, and I did too, [...]
If you haven’t quite gotten into Twitter yet, I’m here to tell you what it’s really all about. So many people sign up for a Twitter account, not really knowing what it’s about or how to use it effectively. Twitter is NOT just a simplified Facebook status update. It’s a tool to allow you to have conversations with other people all over the world! Things on Twitter can evolve so incredibly quickly that you would be amazed. You can get [...]
So, Facebook went and did it again… I think this time it may just stick (at least for a week or so, right?). Last week at some point the fine people at Facebook sent me an email. So I guess they sent the rest of the population an email too, but a girl can pretend that they totally know who I am, right? Anyway, it was talking about the privacy controls that they were rolling out. I typically ignore emails [...]
I’m actually talking about two completely different things with the title of this post today. First, one of my friends asked me if she could hide from her friends’ walls who she is becoming friends with. You know how it says “Sarah Kimmel just became friends with Trevor Kimmel”. I said I wasn’t sure and that I would look into it. The best option I have found is to just completely hide who you are friends with all together. To [...]
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