Tag archive for "Twitter"

Ping.fm: Simplifying Social Media

Social Media Moms

Ping.fm: Simplifying Social Media

5 Comments 25 July 2009

Social media platforms have seen tremendous success with bloggers, businesses, and everyone in between. In my observations for the time I started really paying attention to social media, anyone who was anyone had a MySpace account. Whether you wanted to stay in touch with your friends who had moved away, gone to college, or you [...]

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Celebrating Apollo 11’s 40th Anniversary Online

No Comments 23 July 2009

Since I home school our two boys, I’m always on the lookout for fun educational activities. That’s why, when I saw this tweet by Queen of Spain, I had to check it out. Unfortunately, the boys weren’t nearly as impressed as I was at first, watching the preparations in real time is a little slow when [...]

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Twitter isn’t for Instant Gratification

1 Comment 17 July 2009

Every few days (or more, admittedly) I log into my Twitter account to check out who is new on my list of followers and who are worth following back. I have been getting about 5 to 8 new followers a day, yet maybe 1 or 2 of those followers I will actually deem worthy of [...]

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Blogging, Social Media Moms

No One Cares What You Had for Lunch (Or Do They?)

5 Comments 13 July 2009

When I first started blogging (about eight years ago!) the bulk of the blogging going on, as far as I saw anyway, was of personal anecdotes, questionings of mental stability, and a great deal of ‘a life in the day of …’ posts which included people detailing what they did that day down to, yes, [...]

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Avoiding Twitter Spammers

8 Comments 01 July 2009

It is a well-known and much lamented fact that twitter attracts spammers. When I first joined twitter, it felt like a small town. Perhaps everyone didn't know everyone else, but at most people were one or two degrees removed.

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Social Media Moms, Twitter

Dear Twitter, Please Fix Your @s

7 Comments 25 June 2009

Once upon a time, twitter had no @s. If you wanted someone in particular to see your tweet, you used their name and hoped they’d catch it. Then people started using @ in front of the name so others would know who the tweet was directed to. Twitter saw it, and thought it was good. Then Twitter decided [...]

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