(Caveat: this is mostly geared towards personal users of Twitter. Not business users.)
(Caveat x 2: Yes, a previous post of mine was similar to this topic. And I didn’t hear from you, so I’m asking again. My blog, my rules. Right?)
I want to understand your Twitter rules. I want to know what you consider [...]

It’s Blog Action Day – so I figured it might be a good time to pick up the slack and get moving here again. And for 2008, the topic is poverty – a subject which has recently become quite relevant in my life now that I’m working for Second Harvest Heartland (SHH).
After only a month [...]

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“There are three ways of dealing with difference: domination, compromise, and integration. By domination only one side gets what it wants; by compromise neither side gets what it wants; by integration we find a way by which both sides may get what they wish.”
Mary Parker Follett

A new social network has been created for the purpose of social media happy hours, and it has a few of us buzzing this afternoon.
My instant reaction was that of frustration with another seemingly redundant social network. While the Social Media Breakfast is breakfast, and is a big group, that isn’t to say that the [...]

When I graduated from college, I never expected to be so fortunate so soon in my professional life. My first post-grad workplace was full of welcoming, engaging, generous and helpful people. I feel blessed to have worked for Vibrant Technologies over the last two + years, and it’s with much sadness that I’m saying goodbye [...]

It all started with AIM and AOL chat rooms when I was 14. Then it was Blogger, then MySpace, then, eventually, Facebook finally added my itty-bitty (yet super-progressive) university to their repertoire. I was hooked instantly; It was smart, clean, intuitive and actually functioned without error messages or timeouts. It provided everything I didn’t know I [...]

I got into a mini-discussion with a Twitter friend today in regards to the assumed (and favored) “ways to use Twitter.” She sent out a Tweet, respectfully asking Twitter enthusiasts (and recruiters!) to help newbies learn to DM, @ reply and follow other users.
At its most basic, Twitter is a microblogging tool. For me, and [...]

I volunteered to be interviewed for a Pioneer Press article, as a willing target for impending criticism and anger from the MSP and likely entire State of Minnesota. When the reporter prefaced our conversation with “Just so you know, I text while driving too,” I thought there was a chance it would wind up being [...]