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Speaking Submissions Deadline Came and Went - Now The Hard Part - Choosing

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  • Posted on June 9th, 2009 by User ImageJim

Now the real work for me begins.  I am getting inundated with questions from everyone that has submitted speaking submissions as to whether their submission was chosen.  To be frank, I am not done reading the more than, enter large number here, submissions that were submitted and I have yet to complete the tracks that [...]

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10 Things I Learned From Twitter

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  • Posted on May 31st, 2009 by Deb Ng

It’s no secret I harbor a Twitter addiction. Though I’m not yet at the intervention stage, my love for microblogging has stolen away hours of my time. Lest you think this is just a frivolous type of addiction, let me assure you it’s far from being harmful. In fact, Twitter is a learning experience. Don’t [...]

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Tweets From Space: Astronaut Twitters

If the White House jumping on the bandwagon and signing themselves up for a Twitter account wasn’t enough to convince you that the micro-blogging service had officially gone mainstream and its popularity has blown up, maybe today’s little gem of news will.  How about this:  a NASA astronaut part of their latest, ongoing mission not [...]

Here Are My Heroes…. Who Is Your Hero?

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  • Posted on May 12th, 2009 by User ImageRick

A few days ago a dear friend introduced me to a group of very special people and a wonderful organization; The Bob Woodruff Foundation.  Stephanie asked if we could help them spread the word for their TweettoRemind campaign and their goal to raise $1.65m by Memorial Day. We of course said yes!
What is Tweet to [...]

Did Ashton Kutcher Exploit The Children Of Africa?

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  • Posted on April 20th, 2009 by User ImageRick

While searching for other blog posts about the recent hubub over the hypothetical possibility of Oprah Keynoting BlogWorld this year, I came across another post that stunned me and brought a whole new perspective to Kutcher’s million Twitter follower quest that I hadn’t considered before.
Blogger Clement Nthambazale Nyirenda has a post accusing Kutcher of exploiting [...]

Social Networking Finds Higher Calling

Right when you thought you knew exactly what Social Media and Social Networking was capable of, right when you thought you knew exactly what it’s future would be and that it was officially shifting towards business, something pops up that gives you a renewed hope for just what all this new technology could be capable [...]

I Love Twitter

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  • Posted on March 31st, 2009 by User ImageJane Goodwin

I love Twitter, and I might be addicted.
Fortunately - or unfortunately - I have to work all day and so can’t access Twitter until I get home around six.  Even then, I don’t dwell on Twitter Lane as many people seem to do; I just love to walk up and down the Twittersphere and look [...]

Bloggers Blog Because. . . Well, Because!

Why in the world would someone like me want to go to Blog World Expo, or any other blogging conference?  Would would someone like me NEED to go?
Aren’t bloggers twenty and thirty-somethings?  Don’t they write about diapers and projectile vomit and daycare and breastfeeding at the workplace?  Bloggers are also techies, right?  Bloggers are always [...]

Shaq Tweets At Halftime

In a word:  Wow.  We’ve been talking a lot lately about just how big social networking is getting, how huge Facebook and Twitter have become over the last few months and how they are more than likely going to continue to do so.  In case you were still a non-believer (didn’t the simple fact that [...]

The Pricelessness of Blogging

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  • Posted on March 25th, 2009 by User ImageJane Goodwin

I live out in the country, several miles from the nearest small town.  I know only one other adult who blogs, living in this area.  We met and became friends because of our blogs.  We have little in common besides our passion for blogging, but a passion for blogging is a big enough passion to [...]