Years ago when I realized I could not use my work email for personal use - I set up a Yahoo email address. I still use Yahoo Mail and view my RSS feeds via myYahoo page. So when Yahoo created a Mother Board program for outreach to mom bloggers, and I excited to participate. The first Mother Board Summit was mid-July, I was excited to see the fellow Motherboard members, meet … [Read more...]
RE: Twitter Who To Follow Feature – I would rather follow the real Walt Mossberg
I value using Twitter not only as a social media tool but as a way to interact real time with an engaged community. So I end up spending lots of time each day on Twitter. I read about the new "Who To Follow Feature" and was curious to try it. Suddenly it appeared on my Twitter screen - so I was excited to view the recommendations. Then I received a suggestion to follow … [Read more...]
Many people search the web, read content every day and share that content. While advances in search technology has made finding information easier and easier, saving and organizing information in a way that captures a story or conversation can still be very challenging. I just posted on Techmamas.com about my first experience with Pearltrees.com; I was on a Traveling Geeks … [Read more...]
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Twitter Virus Gone Viral: “Is This You?” (Don’t Click on That Link!!)
I did a quick check on Twitter this morning and I saw lots of direct messages (or DM's) with the same type of wording - which always sets off phishing or virus alarms for me. I NEVER click on those links and neither should anyone else! Phishing is defined on Wikipedia as " the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as … [Read more...]
Traveling Geeks 09 Paris: Microblog via Twitter
My platform of choice during the Traveling Geeks 09 trip to Paris was first Twitter to microblog, then loading the microblog items to a blog post (my blogging platform is Typepad). Twitter is an application that allows people to share what they are doing at the moment in 140 characters or less. My niche on Twitter is to share parenting and technology updates, so this … [Read more...]
