Lately I’ve been seeing social media pros suggesting that, in light of recent changes to Facebook’s algorithm, organizations start focusing less on Facebook Pages and more on having staff members use their own Facebook profiles to promote the organization’s agenda. Call me cranky, but I think this is a terrible idea. The rationale behind this […]
Archives for January 2012
Community Manager Appreciation Day
Photo by elkokoparrilla, on Flickr Unless you are a community manager (and maybe not even then) you probably don’t know that today is Community Manager Appreciation Day (CMAD). Well, guess what? It is! Two years ago Jeremiah Owyang suggested that the fourth Monday of January be a day to “take the time to pause, recognize, […]
Movie Recap 2011
Photo by ToastyKen (I originally posted this on my other blog but am reposting here) It’s that time of year again…time for my movie recap. In case you don’t know this about me, I’m obsessed with going to movies. Not watching movies at home–too many distractions. But going to the movie theater. In 2008 I […]
I Will Stop the World From Ending in 2012
Ok, sike, but I couldn’t resist that headline, because the subject of the world ending in 2012 has been a hotly debated subject in my house for the past three or more years, ever since my daughter (now 15) saw the trailer for the movie 2012 on YouTube and became obsessed and freaked out. Did […]
If This is What Being an A-List Blogger is, I’m Happy to be on the D List
I swore I wouldn’t write about this and send traffic to her blog, because that’s the last thing I want to do. But I can’t stop thinking about it and feel stupid for being so affected by something written by a person I don’t even know–or at least barely know (I did meet her once). […]