Inspired by the foolishness and mayhem we see on Clean House, my husband and I spent much of the past weekend cleaning house. We cleaned out the kids’ closets and dressers — removing outgrown clothes, those they don’t want anymore and shoes without a partner (yep, my daughter had several of these). Then, I tackled … Read more
Steve Champeon (@schampeo), “first blogger I ever read” and long-time friend, dropped me a line in response to my tweets in Twitter. The gist: twitter isn’t meant for group chats (to distinguish it from standard tweetversations). He likened chatting in Twitter to sending large file attachments in email. “Twitter for reach, other medium (whatever it … Read more
I lived in my first and second houses in Washington, DC. We had to move to a second home because the first had to undergo renovations. (Why they put us there in the first place, I don’t know.) The second house had a small empty flower bed in the front whereas the first didn’t. So … Read more
LinkedIn can do more than just grow your connections and look them up. I love using LinkedIn Answers, which gives me an opportunity to ask questions to the vast network. Some of you may not have discovered this feature or realize it can help you with an assignment. Take advantage of LinkedIn and all of … Read more
I had been thinking about when is prime time on Twitter and a post from Lisa Angelettie pushed me to think harder. We all want others to hear our questions or what we have to say. So we wonder when’s a good time to tweet for the best response. My experience — and I am … Read more
If I see one more person tweet, “Get more followers fast, go to www.whatever.com,” I’ll … I’ll … stop following him or her! Like bloggers want lots of readers, Twitter users want lots of people following them. Human nature does that. C’mon, admit it — no one talks on social networks for himself or herself. … Read more
Photo credit Naama y.m. I started writing a post about Twitter this morning. Then I realized, the post would work for one of my clients and moved it there. My clients come first, which makes it harder to produce high-quality blog entries for my own blog. And I am not about to abandon this place … Read more
Image credit Flávio Takemoto I love participating in Twitter chats. These bring together intelligent individuals with a common interest yet each one adds something unique to the conversation. I’ve already covered how to join Twitter chats. This post looks at the process of participating in the chat. #journchat set many of the standards that other … Read more
This guest post is from Ben Johnson of Logoinn, a custom logo design service provider based in UK. Your logo is the proverbial “calling card” for your business. The appearance, style and design of your business logo will be responsible for the all-important first impression to a potential customer or client. Understanding the importance of … Read more
Photo credit Sheila VooDoo I had surgery last week (doing fine, thank you), so I prepared ahead of time not knowing how much time I would miss work and blogging. I had no desire or energy to work for three days. By the fourth day, I could do a little work. Yesterday (one week after … Read more