Congratulations, former Facebook promotions rule-breakers–it’s now officially ok to break those rules. Actually, you won’t even have to–Facebook has changed those pesky Promotions Guidelines and made it easier to run and administer contests. Gone are the third party app requirements and restrictions on using the like or comment features as entry mechanisms–businesses can now run promotions […]
Archives for August 2013
Using Microsoft Word With a Chromebook
So it’s been a few months with my Chromebook and I have to say–I love this thing. If I could change one thing about it, it would be get one with a larger screen, since this is the only computer I use at home anymore…but then it would have cost more than $239 and would […]
Parent Brag Sheets for College? SMH
This year back to school time is more bittersweet than usual for me (ok, who am I kidding–it’s not usually bittersweet because I’m always glad that school is back in session and summer is over) because this is my daughter’s last year of high school. A year from now, I’ll be crying my eyes out […]
What You Need to Know About Facebook’s News Feed Changes
(This post originally appeared on Socialfish) Facebook page admins take note: just when you thought you’d figured out Facebook’s EdgeRank algorithm, they’ve changed the game and the way News Feed works. That’s the good news, because I’m sorry but anything that requires multiple infographics to explain it is just wrong. However, as Facebook flips back and forth […]
Why You Shouldn’t Use Google Chrome With Squarespace
Ok, yes, this post is going to be full nerd, so apologies to my regular readers–I will make it up to you soon with something fun. You know, like an overview of Facebook’s most recent news feed changes or something equally entertaining. 😉 So you know that I recently purchased a Chromebook and that it’s […]
Are We Supposed to Be Surprised that Google+ is Failing?
Ah…Google Plus (or is it Google+?…let the list of confusing things about it begin). It was supposed to be the Facebook killer that we Facebook haters had waited for. When that didn’t happen and Facebook thrived, it was supposed to be a lot of things: great for SEO, the new “killer app” as far as […]