Social Networking

This week I was invited to be on Huffington Post Live show to talk about narcissism on the web on a segment called “Obsessed with Ourselves.” The producers found me because of a blog post I wrote in 2009 titled “Why Narcissism is Necessary on Twitter.” I had almost forgotten about the post but being…

This video was shot in January in Boston while James Dalman and I were at WordCamp Boston. We were being tourists and visiting Harvard University and all the while hundreds of miles away from “home,” we were staying connected to thousands of people via social media, in particular Twitter. Social media has been flamed for…

I tweeted this status update yesterday and got such great response to it that I wanted to post the conversation that ensued here: It’s sad that I use my blog reader maybe once a week now & Twitter everyday almost like a reader – how often do you use your reader? Here’s just some of…

I’ve been using Twitter actively for over a year now. Initially I started using it because I saw its potential benefits for my business. But after a couple of months, I started to absolutely love it. It became a means of expression for quick thoughts, photos, links, whatever, that wouldn’t normally be a blog post.…

Twitter has been described as a microblogging service for a LONG time, but that aspect really set in with me this week. For a while, I’ve considered it good therapy. I get to express and share what I want, when I want — from photos, links, quotes and thoughts. And I have to admit I…

The last few months, I’ve started to use social mega-network Facebook for two reasons: To communicate better with our church’s college ministry student (99% of them use it and love it) To use it as a great networking platform for my business (I like it much better than LinkedIn) It’s an incredible platform. As has…