The past couple days the techiverse has been entertained and/or irritated at Google Buzz, Google’s stab at social networking.  This isn’t another post about Google Buzz, but rather the hidden gem of Social Circle and Social Search. Combined with their acquisition of Aardvark, Google is amassing utilities to enable social search to take social media... Read More →

One of the things we talk about in the social media space is sharing great things that others are up to versus talking about our own stuff all the time. I strive to share some interesting things that others are doing on Twitter but I felt the need to take the time out and offer... Read More →

Constructing a quick list of the top 10 posts of 2009 taking a page and suggestion from the geniuses from Marketing Over Coffee podcast.  I’ve got some new blogging goals for the coming year, which I’m actually starting a bit early.  Behind the scenes I’ve been writing like crazy.  In the meantime, check out what’s... Read More →

It must be true love…..or the mistletoe. BatchBook and I have been in love for three years now.  It started slow and easy, I met BatchBook after Chris Brogan wrote about it.  Diving into the program and it’s easy user interface made me all glowy with excitement.  I melted at the to do list and... Read More →

Every year on Thanksgiving I post here about what I’m thankful for.  It seems every year some significant changes come to my life.  Some of them good, some not so great.  This year hasn’t been different from that norm, but the changes it’s brought have been remarkable. I’m thankful most of all for the experience... Read More →

If you have gotten your Twitter account hacked because you’ve clicked on a phishing scam link, here’s how to get it cleaned up.  Otherwise you might find yourself on lists you don’t want to be on. Edited to add: Also, periodically check your sent tweets to see what your account has been doing without you!... Read More →

If you’re blogging on the WordPress platform, composing your posts in MS Word, copying and pasting them to the Add New Post window, this carries over encoding that makes your post look funky sometimes when you hit publish. To avoid this, use something like BBEdit, TextEdit (included on Macs), or another notepad type of software.... Read More →

If you’re a World of Warcraft fan, you know that players are anticipating two events on their way.  One, the killing of the arch villain the Lich King.  Two, the cataclysm that changes the whole world in a new expansion coming very soon ™, in an obviously titled expansion pack World of Warcraft: Catac >>> ... Read More →

Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor was having a stroke.  Not only was she having a stroke, she was aware of the process her body went through as it happened.  Dr. Taylor, as an neuroanatomist (a brain scientist), studied the stroke, the effects on her body, and got a glimpse into how our two brains work within... Read More →

I spent the weekend Dayton, OH.  It wasn’t for a conference or an unconference.  I made a choice that I needed to honor an opportunity to attend a seminar by Stephen K. Hayes called Evocation.  I owe a a great deal to Chris Penn, Mark Davis and Stephen K. Hayes for making this weekend possible for me, for opening... Read More →