Now that I’ve achieved the milestone age of 62, I’m going to make some changes around here. I’ve been reading and pondering, writing and revising. I’m close to retiring from my day job, but not quite ready for the big plunge into full-time writing. That doesn’t keep me from planning, […]
One of the most informative (and frightening) posts I’ve read on trying to stay safe in the “wild frontier” that is (still) the Internet. Click here to read Anne R. Allen’s post, “The Laws of the (Amazon) Jungle—Eight Rules Authors Need to Know to Stay Safe.” Be sure to take […]
To start off this post, please vote in the poll here and then read my post. Please also share by reblogging, tweeting, etc. Thanks a bunch 🙂 I think I’ve gotten in over my head. Maybe because I’m such an introvert, I think that having multiple social media accounts is […]
For the adventurous, Sean’s calling for 50 bloggers to participate in his “experiment.” I signed up (gulp).
In some venues, the freedom to tweet, tag, or snap is being denied. Clubs are denying entry to anyone who takes pictures of other groups at the club and then posts them to Facebook. A storytelling venue prohibits tweeting during the show. An article in this Sunday’s NY Times talks […]
No, I’m not going to bash Twitter. The application, like Facebook, is great in and of itself. But how these apps are used begs the question of mundanity. See Matt Bai’s essay in today’s New York Times: “The Chatty Classes.” Bai poses the irony of how, back in 2004, presidential […]
I’m starting to think that it’s not Sunday unless the New York Times has an article on Facebook. This week’s story gives a pretty balanced view of the latest controversies with the young whipper-snapper, the absolute latest being Facebook’s lovely (not!) new layout. But, first, what’s great about Facebook? Well, […]
As a Twitter newbie, the blog posts catching my eye these days are the ones about how to use Twitter efficiently. I have enough social networking drains on my time as it is (Mafia Wars in Facebook, anyone?). But my gut tells me that Twitter can be a powerful and […]
My good friends at ShesConnected set me up with a Twitter account, and I’m hooked. I now have absolutely no excuse not to be up-to-date on all that is happening in the writing and publishing world. [I’m not sure (yet) if that is a good thing :-)] If you’re already […]
