Category: Social Media

  • Building My Own Super-Charged Hootsuite and Buffer App Replacement

    Building My Own Super-Charged Hootsuite and Buffer App Replacement

    I’ve been building my own replacement for Hootsuite, Buffer App, and other social media monitoring and sharing systems. I have only a couple of relatively minor aspects to figure out, and then I’m cutting the cord tying my social media life to stagnant third-parties like Hootsuite. Why I (and My Followers) Need Me to Use…

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  • New Kind of Notice to Facebook About Your Privacy & Personal Info

    This is not the same old privacy notice to Facebook. [Originally posted to my Facebook account.] Dear Facebook, This is an official notice that, as a rational adult with a modicum of common sense using your service, I realize that nothing I post ON YOUR SERVICE can be construed by ANY COURT in the United…

  • List of Closed Social Networks

    Today I decided to prune may My Social Networks bookmarks folder, getting rid of links to my accounts and profiles on those services that have closed. There were many. When I mentioned my activity on Twitter (@iamPariah, by the way), @Kathy_Writer suggested I list all the closed services I find, er, not find, so that…

  • Online Personal Brand Identity Calculator

    I’m “Digitally Distinct.” Are you?

  • Facebook Easter Egg: Magic Circles

    New Facebook Easter egg places magic circles on your page.

  • Reply to ReTweets—Is Twitter Breaking Community Features

    Following numerous reactions to Twitter’s announcement of officially making retweets a part of the Twitter system, but not retweets as we know them, my friend A.J. Wood posted to his blog a well thought out analysis of the retweet system might mean for users. In reply, I offer the below. I had faith in Twitter’s…

  • Twitter Down, World Stops

    Today Twitter went down at 14:00 (2 PM) Pacific for scheduled maintenance. During that time, the world stopped for many Twitter users–and not just for the no-life, shut-in kind of Twitter users.

  • Don’t Dig Diigo

    I wish I could use next generation bookmarking, link sharing, and online collaboration service, Diigo, but I can’t connect the service to any outside technology.

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  • I Don’t Care How Many Twitter Followers I Have

    For me, Twitter is a means of gathering information and connecting with people, and I would like to think that those following me do so with the same view of Twitter. For me, Twitter is about people, not numbers.

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  • A Simple Bookmarking Service for Link Sharing

    Surely there must be a bookmarking service that allows simple, fast link saving, and, through a properly built RSS feed, sharing.

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