If you are new to microblogging or have found yourself stumped by the tools and the process, this post could be your jump start to success. You may have attended workshops or conference sessions where presenters introduced their ‘network’ and demonstrated a hearty, global greeting from dozens of individuals who seemed poised on the [...]
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It pains me to say this, but I am no longer a fan of Ning for community building. It has been a year since I created my first site, a network for moms that has grown to 200 plus members, but I have no time to maintain. The network I created for faculty [...]
Well, maybe not blogging in particular, but I thought it was a catchy title. My brain is definitely broken. I know, without a doubt, that I am processing information and storing memories in a different way than I did ten years ago. It may be related to age, but I have serious [...]
Until now, facebook has just not sucked me in. I play Scrabulous a few times a week, but that’s about it. I only have 30+ friends, and never actively seek people. This morning, I logged into my account to check on Scrabulous and was excited to find a button to ignore all requests. (insert evil [...]
In my earlier post, I mentioned how Twitter played such a prominent role in the TLt experience. There was another theme that threaded through almost every presentation and deep into the private conversations; the importance of family. I’ve never been to a conference where so many presenters boldly expressed how their family motivated them to [...]
I don’t think I did a very good job of explaining the thinking process behind my Twitter experiment yesterday. I’ll try to do so now. When I first joined Twitter, I was in the middle of a research project. I needed information, lots of information, and in a short period of time. [...]
Twitter Karma couldn’t handle the task, so I went through all 303 people I was following and removed them. Although none showed on my list, it still said I was following 4! Before I was even done, Mark Wagner noticed something was up. Since he sent me a reply, I added him first! I added [...]
I had a crazy thought on my commute this morning. Well, I had many, but this is the first one I’m applying. I am going to try to rebuild my Twitter network and see if the dynamic changes. My hypothesis is that it won’t. I’m going to use Twitter Karma to stop following everyone. Then [...]
I think this social networking thing we have going on is more about brain chemistry and less about technology. We are making social connections, but I feel we are also making new internal brain connections, stimulating endocrine production and by nature, changing our personalities. The visual and audio cues we feed off create [...]