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Category Archives: SocialMedia

Useful links: gender, AccessWorks

Friday, July 29, 2011

We were talking a while back about Google+ allowing for an “other” option among the gender checkbox choices. Now a group called All Out is trying to get Facebook to do a similar thing. Their PR on the petition drive for Facebook linked to this two spirits map, which is quite interesting. Knowbility and Loop11 [...]

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A little test to see what drives Flickr views

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

I took some photos at an Eliza Gilkyson concert the other day. I put a few of them up on Flickr. Here’s one: Then I did a little test to see what social networking tool would bring more views into my Flickr account. I sent one photo to Twitter, posted a different one on Facebook, [...]

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Useful Links: Document Outlines, Google+ Gender, #Dell Listens

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Great explanation of Document Outlines at HTML5 Doctor. Perfect resource link if you’re teaching an HTML5 class. Google is listening to the feedback on Google+. Google isn’t the only company listening to what users want. Sarah Kimmel is on her way to Austin to talk with Dell. If there’s something you want Dell to know, [...]

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Google+ makes a lot of ripples

Friday, July 8, 2011

Google+ has been more popular as a topic of discussion this week than cute cat tricks. And that’s saying a lot. Most people are writing enthusiastic blog posts about how much they like Google+. See Bloggers React to Google Plus. A few folks are trying to point out the good and the bad. And, of [...]

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Useful Links: Handy, Google+, Captioning, usability tests, CSS3 Please

Friday, July 1, 2011

One Page Apps I Actually Use from CSS Tricks has several very helpful links for designers. You may want to keep them handy. I haven’t received an invite to Google+ yet, but I’m looking at other people’s reports on it. It’s so similar to Facebook, even though people are comparing it with Google WAVE. If [...]

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Useful links: Triberr, Hidden, WebVTT

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

That Tech Chick has a post about a new social tool called Triberr. You might want to give it a spin to see if it increases traffic to your blog. Hidden is a nice app for Macs. If your Mac is stolen, it sends you a location and photos of the thief. Recent developments around [...]

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Useful links: two from danah, WordPress + InDesign, Pride

Monday, June 20, 2011

Two new posts from danah boyd are worth reading. “Teen Sexting and Its Impact on the Tech Industry” (my RWW talk) and “Networked Privacy” (my PDF talk). The Bangor Daily News is now running on WordPress with integrated InDesign. Interesting. Wonder if they’ve written up how they are doing it – I’ll bet a lot [...]

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7 Things Social Media Has Taught Me About Life

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Guest blogger Mariana Fang Lin is an avid blogger and writes throughout the blogosphere. She’s most interested in social media, web hosting services, mobile marketing, and Internet marketing strategy. You can follow Mariana on Twitter here. Some things about Social Media Networking that offered real insight in this crazy little thing we call life: 1) [...]

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Useful Links: Games for Change, Jet Blue, HTML5 Template, Urban Outfitters

Friday, May 27, 2011

Find out about the Games for Change event this June. Getting the jetBlues. Derek Featherstone explains why Jet Blue is being sued for having an inaccessible web site. A basic HTML5 Template shows you the skeleton of an HTML5  page. Re the Urban Outfitters copying designs and the power of social media: Sharing Gets More [...]

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The election will be on Facebook

Monday, April 4, 2011

Here in my home state, longtime Senate Democrat Jeff Bingaman has announced he’s stepping down. Several people have already stepped up to announce that they will be running for the vacant Senate seat. Among them is Martin Heinrich, a Democrat currently serving in the House. How did Heinrich announce? On his Facebook page. The President [...]

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