12 Days Of Giving: Because Giving Kicks Ass
There is nothing more worthwhile than promoting meaningful causes, but when they involve our Twitter friends; well, that makes them even more special. Today starts a wonderful extravaganza called the 12 Days of Giving. It involves 12 inspiring influencers, 12 incredible charities and one powerful me ...
Experience Today’s Social Media Services If Available In 1997
You're on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and all the other social networking services, and it's moving fast. Messages, tweets and updates fly through your screen like a stock market ticker giving you constant news about how your brand or personal feed is doing. The reasons why people get burned out are ...
Photoblocker: Stops Photos At The Club From Getting On Facebook
We've all heard the horror stories of people getting slammed because pictures from a night of partying make their way onto Facebook almost instantly as the event is happening. I've written before about an app that can delete a drunk night on Facebook, but even with all the creative ways to fix somet ...
A Twitter Chorus: Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Sings Tweets
Some people are reporting that this is the first professional Twitter chorus ever created. I don't know if that's true, but it sure is a fun use for social media. It all started when the Calgary chorus (@calgaryphil) decided to send a tweet to their 1,191 followers which read, "How do you stay warm ...
Twitter To Launch Redesigned Tweet & Follow Buttons
Twitter has been sporting the blueish Tweet button since it was launched, and nothing has really been changed with it since. I am sure that most people who have been on Twitter since the social networking giant's early days know that in the beginning, Twitter used "Update" instead of "Tweet" to send ...
Twitter Friends: What Are The Odds You Exist & Found Each Other?
Yesterday when I was on Twitter having a good 'ol time tweeting it up with my friends, I started wondering what the odds were that those particular people decided to follow me on Twitter and that we became friends. There are hundreds of millions of people on Twitter, so what are the chances that any ...
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Is The Internet Awake? [Animated Infographic]
Are you awake? That is the one single question I keep asking myself since I can't get any sleep most of the time. When someone asks how or why I can't sleep, there is no real answer that pops into my head. Maybe it's too much excitement. However, as with anyone, long periods of not being able to sle ...
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Online Dating: The Relationship Status Update [Infographic]
Online dating is completely different now than it was ten years ago. Back then if we met someone online that we thought was sponge-worthy, we kept it a secret, like we were walking on a forbidden path. I specifically remember that from back in my IRC days in the '90s. Also, back in those days, it wa ...
Check Into Foursquare By Marking Your Territory (Like A Dog)
As Richard often points out in his articles, people send us emails each day of interesting things you guys might like. We love it that when our readers find cool things, they think of us and send them to us. Last night we received an email from Jeffrey over at Eco-Snobbery Sucks, and he shared with ...
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Facebook Wall Of Shame: The Failures Stacked [Infographic]
It has been said so many times before and we just can't escape the truth, Facebook really is the most popular social networking service ever. I don't know what kind of party Mark Zuckerberg will throw once they hit 1 billion users (just listen to that number, it's INSANE!), but judging from the part ...
Firebox Twitter Art: Let Your Tweets Make A Portrait
If you have been on Twitter for a little while, I am sure you have built up quite an archive of tweets. They may vary from random thoughts to pictures from interesting adventures you have been on. Whatever it is that is mesmerizing your followers, I am sure you have no idea what to do with your twee ...
Tweets & Status Updates For All Occasions – Guidance Book
I think we have all had days when we've found ourselves facing the status update field not knowing what to type. It's a little bit annoying beginning your day like that since you know it's going to be one of those days when creativity just isn't on your side. It's especially hard when it comes to Tw ...
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5 Effective Social Media Strategies [Infographic]
In order to be successful in social media, there are a slew of things that you can do and think about when you first start out. The list can be long, but to tell everyone to do exactly the same would be a disaster. We network because we want to share, learn and connect with people who have skills an ...
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Social Media Brandsphere: Charting 5 Approaches [Infographic]
We all know that there are a million ways to use social networking, and your approach depends on which social media platform you are using. It varies from person to person, and staying true to yourself and your personality is always something that you want to do. If you don't, people will follow or ...
Tweet Speaker: Create A Live Podcast Of Your Tweets
If there is one limitation when using Twitter that I can think of, it's the fact that we can only engage with our friends and know what's going on by reading our tweets. I'm sure someone out there has probably developed a system for the vision-impaired to tweet, but there is nothing that is mainstre ...