First let me clarify: I’m not getting rid of my iPhone and my iPad isn’t going anywhere either. However, my love affair with Apple is definitely over and my MacBook is on my shit list. That, and there’s a new HP laptop in our house and I’m pretty sure it’s going to be taking the […]
Archives for January 2011
Facebook Page Alert App SmackDown
If you administer one or more Facebook Pages you know that the most frustration feature (or lack thereof) of that task is the fact that Facebook does not offer any kind of alert mechanism to let you know when someone posts a new comment on your Wall, or comments on something you post. HUGE failing, […]
Five Reasons Why Facebook Will Never Replace Your Website
(I wrote this for Socialfishing, but given my recent bloggers block, I’m reposting it here.) Today someone said something which still has me reeling hours later: “Facebook will eventually replace websites.” Was this person the first to ever have said it? Surely not. But it was the first time I’ve ever heard an actual person […]
How Do You Handle Blog Burnout?
I don’t know if it’s because of the weather or the fact that I’m busy with work and side projects and secret Facebook groups and family or what, but I’m feeling a weird shift in my feelings about the whole social media thing. A shift which is making continuing this blog seriously hard. I don’t […]
Why Facebook Groups are Killing my Blog
Wow, long time no blog (or at least it feels like it to me). I’ve missed it. Well, sort of. What’s been keeping me away, you ask? Several things: First, my Macbook wasn’t working right. I’m embarrassed to admit how many computers there are in my house but here goes: 2 desktops, 3 laptops (not […]
For the Love of GOD Can Someone Please Explain Quora?
Have you seen the story about the homeless guy with the dream radio voice yet? I’d venture to guess the answer to that is “yes,” given the amount of press the guy has gotten over the past week or so. But there’s something that’s gotten even more coverage than radio guy lately–at least in my […]
2010 Movie Recap
I usually do this post on my personal blog, but since the number of subscribers to that blog has dwindled down to 4 (yes, that’s right, FOUR), this year I’m posting it here, even though it has nothing much to do with social media. Ok, nothing at all…unless you count checking into movie theaters on […]
