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You are being interviewed every day

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
Grease 2

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Remember the movie “Grease 2“? Michelle Pfeiffer, Adrian Zmed, etc.? I remember several months that it was being played nonstop on cable (oy!). I developed a huge crush on Michelle Pfeiffer. But that’s not what I’m here to talk about. Sort of.

“You got a rep to protect.”

I remember a recurring line in the movie from the T-Birds: “I got a rep to protect.(more…)

Can we finally stop poking one another on Facebook?

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
No Poking

My friend Carole Baker, who founded the New Media Dayton group, recently shared on Facebook:

I just want to say that I’ve been deeply involved in social media (for businesses and brands) for two years now and never once have I poked anyone. I do not understand why anyone would want to poke me, and I have no idea what it means. There I said it. I had to get it off my chest. And another thing…I have never thrown sheep. Why the heck would you throw sheep?

Now I’ve been using Facebook for about four years now, since 2007, and I have poked, been poked, and I think I’ve even been super-poked. I think back then Cliff Ravenscraft declared me the winner of an informal poking contest. I’ve often wondered what the metaphysical consequences of what happens when you poking yourself.

If I remember correctly, here’s the way it used to work: (more…)

What we have in common

Monday, January 10th, 2011
Close connection - Verbundenheit
Image by alles-schlumpf via Flickr

In the social media world, I think we tend to have a love-hate relationship with Facebook. At last Saturday’s New Media Cincinnati, we talked a lot about how Facebook continually is changing things around, which forces us to stay on our toes when it comes to our privacy settings.

And yet we still love Facebook. (more…)

Should you like your own Facebook posts?

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

We like it and we say so

If you’re active on Facebook, you probably have noticed that when you or others post something, other people can “like” what you’ve posted, and Facebook gives it a “thumbs up”. It keeps track of how many “likes” a post gets, and you’ll typically see verbiage that reads, “John Smith likes this”. This feature of Facebook becomes something of a promotion engine. (more…)

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