I often get into discussions with friends who have not taken the plunge yet about what exactly Twitter is and why they should want to join. Most of them are just starting a website, or just getting into blogging, or starting a business venture and asking about promoting themselves. So, I thought I would throw…
Blogging & Social Media
iPhone Social Media and IM apps
If you are on the go alot, and you use social media, chances are you want to keep up with it while out, while on the train, waiting at the bus stop, or just bored! These are the apps that I use that get the job done for me: 1. Facebook Mobile: Available in the…
Twitter: Prevent show spoilers
It never fails. Each week as I tweet away with other Lost fans or BSG fans, I soon see a tweet fly by that says something like “Nooooo I see BSG spoilers” from someone that has not seen the show yet. Well I have only been on Twitter for a couple of months, but I…
My Twitter Follower ‘Categories’
I realized that I am all over the place on Twitter. I seem to follow by category. I am not into any one thing, but not just random either. So this seems to be my breakdown of people that I follow: 1. The Mommies 2. The Twin Parents (us Twin parents gotta stick together) 3….
Twitter Parties & #hashtags
What are Twitter parties? Twitter parties are either scheduled times, or on the fly times to get together and “chat” with a bunch of Twitter users at once. Tweets are appended with a #hashtag. It is also a great way to make it easy for others to find relevant info later. For example, if you…
Hmm, perhaps Comcast really does care!
In the comments of my posts titled “Comcast’s DVC is driving me nuts!!” I received a comment from Mark Casem, of the National Operations Team at Comcast. My initial thought was “what the??…. do they have an alert system with a flashing read light on it that tells them every time a blogger posts a…