In case you didn’t already know this about me, I have two kids–a 12 year-old son and a 14 year-old daughter. One of their favorite things to do is watch stupid videos on YouTube–videos they hear about from their friends on Facebook (yes, I know you’re supposed to be 14 to be on Facebook but […]
Foursquare Fatigue
Am I the only one who’s gotten past the honeymoon period with Foursquare and is wondering what the point is anymore? Lately I’ve found myself either not checking in at all or feeling kind of like a chump when I do bother to check in. There seems to be so much hype about Foursquare and […]
BitDefender’s Downloadable Guide to Protecting Children Online
The prevalence of computers in our daily lives means that our children are exposed to them at a very early age. Our kids watch our every move, including those online, and want to emulate the behavior they see. Regardless of the many benefits that constant internet access brings, the online world remains a risky place […]
Good Salary News For Women…if You Don’t Ever Get Married or Have Kids
Don’t get too excited about Time.com’s triumphant headline “Workplace Salaries: At Last, Women on Top” unless you know of a way to freeze your age at 29 and are willing to forsake marriage and kids. Forever. First they say that according to a new analysis of 2,000 communities by a market research company, in 147 […]
What Free Costs Me
This post isn’t just about me, but about the royal “me” as in us. Plus it rhymed. But it is about free, and what free for companies costs those of us doing the free contributing. What inspired this post was two things: yesterday’s association Twitter chat (#assnchat) and a tweet by SmartBrief. The topic of […]
Use of Social Media by Older Adults Doubles
According to a newly-released study by Pew Internet Research, social media use among internet users ages 50 and older has nearly doubled in the past year: from 22% in April 2009 to 42% in May 2010. During the same period, use among those ages 65 and older grew 100%–from 13% to 26%. You can read […]
Top 5 Things That Make Me Wish I Were at #ASAE10
As I blogged about in my guest post on the SocialFish blog, I didn’t go to ASAE’s annual meeting, which is going on right now in LA, and I’m plenty bummed about it. All my (imaginary, per my kids, who think the people I “know” from Twitter are mere figaments of my imagination) friends are […]
Rant Time: Social Media ROI
It’s been pretty quiet in here for a while now. That plus it’s summer, it’s Friday, and I’m enjoying the last few hours of quiet before my kids get home from being away for a week. What better time than now to indulge in one of my favorite pastimes: the blog rant. Inspiring this week’s […]
Will Social Media Sites Replace Websites?
So an article in Advertising Age yesterday asked the question “Do we still need websites?” Facebook is killing your website. Coke is migrating its campaigns from branded sites to community platforms. Delta is selling tickets on Facebook. Who needs a website anymore, right? OMG, WRONG. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Consider this quote from the AdAge article: […]
BitMoms & BitDefender Provide a Lesson on Different Way to Save Files
August signifies the winding down of summer and the fresh school year. This year as you shop for back to school items, check your family computer to ensure that your antivirus software is current and can safeguard your machine from potential viruses that can come from opening infected files at home and school. These days, […]