My post, Twitter: It’s a GenX Thing, caused a stir and flurry of comments on this blog. (Translate that as anyone who wants to read me being bashed might like the initial post.) I’m involved in the conversation there and just went a layer deeper with this comment, below:
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I offer that any conversation about generations, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Social Tools’
June 9, 2009
Twitter: Ask Y
May 3, 2009
Trenchant observations.
Trenchant observations … Smart and spry.
That’s how my blog and I were described in today’s Balt Sun article about Howard County bloggers. Smart and spry I understood. Trenchant, while it sounded good, I had to look up on m-w.com. So, first, if you’re here reading my blog because of the article, welcome. May I offer [...]
April 16, 2009
Hoco in UrbanDictionary.com
It was an accident. I didn’t mean to get to this website. But somehow, there it was, staring me in the face: the Urban Dictionary def of “hoco.” Did you know –
There are more, definitions that is. Give it a look if you’re curious. Who knows? Perhaps some creative, clever and ever-so-Web2.0-savvy folk in Owen [...]
Filed under A New World Order, My Hometown Columbia, Revital Eyes, Social Tools
Tags: Hoco, Urban Dictionary
March 30, 2009
Gubment 2.0
Attended one of them barcamps this weekend, I did. Government 2.0. Great stuff. Great people. Great concepts. Good work being done, discussed, shared. Best way to check it out is poke around on the blog for the event. The blog very much walks the talk of the 2.0 world. Mad props to @corbett3000, @cheeky_geeky and [...]
March 22, 2009
Shaq dat bro
Mercy. I just went over to THE_REAL_SHAQ, the twitter site for Shaquille O’Neal. It’s him alright. No fake. He’s got, as of right now, 381,852 followers. Not bad. Not bad at all.
As with anyone I choose to follow on Twitter, I first scan their tweets. He appears to write most of his tweets as @s, [...]
Filed under A New World Order, Social Tools
March 8, 2009
My Facebook Badge
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Playing around. Having fun with my computer and Web 2.0.
Filed under Social Tools
February 19, 2009
Listservs, Web 2.0; Boomers, GenXers
The conversation about whether to have listservs and/or Web 2.0 dialogue has come up in my life, once again. I believe that the technologies serve very different audiences and that generational preferences and communication styles can add an informative perspective to this conversation. Below is my response to a Boomer I respect (and like) very [...]
Filed under A New World Order, Generational Musings, Social Tools
January 17, 2009
Getting ready #inaug09
I’m starting to get ready for my trip down to the inauguration events on Tuesday. Until today, I’ve been a “really high maybe” vis-a-vis my desire to be there. But, now I’m a “yes.” A big yes.
So the preparing starts, as this is much more than a day trip to DC. I have to be [...]
December 9, 2008
Tweet me up, Hoco!
I’m borrowing an idea from someone who borrowed it from yet another. It goes like this: I’m going to make a financial donation to the Association of Community Services, of Howard County, for every new Twitter follower I get on @hocoblogs between now and January 15th.
But here’s my twist: I pay more money for more [...]
Filed under A New World Order, My Hometown Columbia, Revital Eyes, Social Tools
November 15, 2008
Stop crime
Check out this tool, easily tailored with relevant local data. http://www.spotcrime.com/md/howard+county Play around with the map views, options et cetera. It’s not that this particular set of data is so compelling; rather, this *approach* to data, particularly public data that is considered “publicly available” but few ever access because of the form in which it [...]
November 13, 2008
Apps for Democracy
Someone needs to give @corbett3000 a big ol’ kiss on the cheek. @corbett3000, Peter Corbett, IRL, and the man behind istrategylabs.com is bringing style, function and some serious vibe to social media and the DC scene. Sponsoring Apps for Democracy is his latest project, and I was down in DC this evening for the awards [...]
October 23, 2008
Lovin’ the new Facebook setup
I find that, once again, I’m focusing a fair share of my online social networking time over in Facebook. The new design and ability to comment on others’ status updates is just fab, fab, fabulous. I love it. If you’re not in Facebook yet, perhaps you’ll give it a whirl.
October 18, 2008
Social Media Etiquette
This post – http://bit.ly/3GqD62 – by @BethHarte is just stellar. A must-read for anyone curious about the dynamic world of social media.
September 30, 2008
40,392,057 words today.
From WordPress, today.
4,252,387 blogs, 148,698 new posts, 40,392,057 words today.
When I started blogging about 2.5 years ago, WordPress had about 400,000 blogs … and that’s just WordPress alone.
September 21, 2008
Blog. slooowing. down.
I find my desire to articulate my thoughts, share ideas and connect online surprisingly satisfied through Twitter. My blog activity here on this site — and my many (many!) blogs elsewhere — has taken a nose dive since I started using Twitter. I micro-blog on Twitter – @JessieX. And love it. That plus Facebook comments [...]
September 2, 2008
LOTD
One of my sister’s Squidoo lenses was just selected as LOTD: Lens of the Day. ‘Tis her Green Guide to Back-to-School that received such distinction. She’s got quite a knack, my sister, for doing these Squidoo lenses and received LOTD for her Vedic Math, lens as well.
I like the Squidoo lens option for organizing and [...]
August 26, 2008
Change the conversation
Blog action day. Oct 15th. The video presentation style is worth the click alone. Bloggers Unite! Just by doing what we do, speaking our minds.
August 2, 2008
Panoramio is Coolio-io
I discovered this rad site and Web 2.0 type tool the other day: Panoramio. It takes photo sharing (similar to Flickr) plus Google Earth images and makes for a very cool tool. Think of the fun and value a local community could have, posting and geo-tagging hyper-local images and helping to tell a visual story [...]
July 27, 2008
Exploring Plaxo.
My thinking buddy has been nudging me for some time to explore Plaxo. She speaks with a gentle and upbeat tone about Plaxo being a tool for organizing and navigating personal and business contacts. So, I created an account, but never paid it much mind. Til today. Plaxo has the stuff I love: FEEDS. Rather [...]
July 21, 2008
Millennials and Mobile Giving
I was recently contacted by a reporter who is writing an article on mobile giving and nonprofit organizations. She sent a few questions my way, and here are my answers. It’s about 8 minutes of recorded audio. The service I used — Utterz.com — is free and fabulous.
