Oh, my! Read a story about a jury where multiple jurors researched the case on the Internet and posted updates in Twitter and Facebook. Have they lost their common sense? Too much information (TMI) isn’t just about not revealing inappropriate details in your life, but also publicly sharing things online when it’d be better to … Read more
While we’re seeing more drop down menus on web sites, designers don’t always do what’s best for the users. How many times has a drop down menu unexpectedly popped up and you try to make a selection only to have it disappear? It doesn’t matter if a person has arthritis or other hand mobility issues, … Read more
In “I won’t Twitter my life away,” Leonard Pitts echoes the feelings of many who don’t see Twitter beyond “What are you doing?” He writes, “In the first place, you have better things to do. In the second, I am not that interesting. No one is.” I agree. But Twitter offers much more. Yes, people … Read more
We won’t debate the changing PR landscape and how PR folks need to reach out to journalists. Instead, let’s talk about how companies can better serve journalists. Jakob Nielsen provides five reasons journalists visit a company’s web site: Locate a PR contact (name and telephone number). Find basic facts about the company (spelling of an … Read more
Whether you like twitter or not, it can be a valuable tool if you make the most out of it. Standing by and watching conversations go by won’t work. Anyway, plenty of other posts about twitter use exist on this blog and elsewhere — this focuses on what it can do for writers. Thanks to … Read more
I’m hooked on As Time Goes By, a British TV show starring the Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer. I’m also getting into British-based Prime Suspect with Helen Mirrin. Not only do I enjoy the repartee between Dench and Palmer, but also hearing the British accents. While I may not have good hearing, I can see … Read more
I helped a client, Martin Amm of adenin, set up a twitter account since he’s a very busy feller. It was a breeze compared to when I set up my twitter account for the first time. The difference: Experience. I made two blunders, which better helped me understand the mistakes. Mistake #1a: Selecting a bad … Read more
I hit 2000 “following” on twitter. Yet, I discovered more brilliant people I wanted to follow and couldn’t because I hadn’t reached 2000 “followers”. This compelled me to do way early spring cleaning of my twitter account. Twitter puts this in place to minimize spammy accounts. It would be nice if it would use math … Read more
Typed note: This is sad. People said my first speech-to-text software entry was funny and I wasn’t even trying to make jokes 🙂 Seriously, I agree the software does funny translations of my speech. First the script, then the translation. Accurate Speech-to-Text Script Official test number two. I’ve revised the script from the original. I … Read more
Was inspired by with my mangling of “Let it Snow” into Let Us Blog. Since I use Twitter lots now, I thought we needed “Let Us Tweet.” Apologies again to Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, the composers of the original. Also, Dragon NaturallySpeaking makes an appearance at the end of the post with both songs … Read more