Category Archives: Social Media

Be Careful with Facebook Page Identities

Posted on August 2, 2012 by admin

I haven’t posted here much lately, but many more businesses are using Facebook pages, including some of the authors for my other company, Energion Publications. One problem with Facebook pages is that you can change your identity. You can post … Continue reading →

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TweetDeck for Ubuntu

Posted on February 11, 2012 by admin

I’ve been missing TweetDeck on my main office system, which uses Ubuntu Linux, ever since Twitter bought it and eliminated Adobe Air. I was suspicious of the stability of Air, but I liked TweetDeck, and it worked. I’m embarrassed to … Continue reading →

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Twitter Logon Problem – Continuous Over Capacity

Posted on January 11, 2012 by admin

For several days I had a problem logging into my Twitter account. I wondered at first whether I had been banned for some reason, but I couldn’t think of any reason for that. Then I checked that I could see … Continue reading →

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Governments Want to Control the Internet

Posted on October 3, 2011 by admin

No surprise there. Freedom of expression threatens would-be (and actual) tyrants. The Economist has some analysis.

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HootSuite5 is Alive

Posted on June 24, 2010 by admin

Well, at least HootSuite5 has arrived!  I’m pretty happy with the new look and features, though I’ll have to use it for awhile to find out what my complaints are.  I always have complaints! In general, however, the new user … Continue reading →

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Blogging and Fair Use

Posted on April 18, 2010 by admin

There’s a good article on WebProNews that explains the legal basis for this concept in the United States, which has its foundation in the first amendment.  Note that this article applies only to the United States.

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Twitter to Offer Promoted Tweets

Posted on April 13, 2010 by admin

They will, according to the New York Times and many other sources.  It’s a form of advertising that they’re testing, designed to build revenue.  At some point Twitter was going to have to do something like this.  It was just … Continue reading →

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Google Buzz with WordPress

Posted on February 19, 2010 by admin

If you’re using Google Buzz (link is to my profile – I’m trying it) and want to integrate it with your WordPress blog, Mashable has some options.  I haven’t implemented any of these, but it does look like integration is … Continue reading →

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Using Google Buzz?

Posted on February 11, 2010 by admin

Then you might want to read this article on MSNBC. I was setting up my Buzz account today and found quite a number of things that I thought would concern some people.  As a somewhat public figure, I expose more … Continue reading →

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Social Media Golden Rules

Posted on January 6, 2010 by admin

… from Web Worker Daily. Many of these will look obvious to you, but since I started in the Computer BBS world back in the mid 1980s I have noticed that things people take for granted in their daily social … Continue reading →

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