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Talking about talking about social media
Aug 31, 2010 | Community
Daniel Greene has an interesting post about the need for offline conversations that can help us make sense of our lives online. As he puts it: I need a forum for discussion– a structured, moderated, real life, real time conversation about social media. I need to...
The size of social media
Aug 30, 2010 | Self
No one is perfect and you can’t expect to please everyone all the time, so the best trick is to be prepared for how to handle things if your company finds itself under attack in the social realm. That's the core of Mashable's advice in a piece running today, How to...
6 social web sites where you want multiple accounts
Aug 27, 2010 | Productivity
If you're trying to develop a consistent voice, brand or set of relationships across the social web, it's very useful to choose a username that is available on all the major social networks and use that as your consistent handle online. (I'm awsamuel, everywhere.) But...
5 life problems created by Facebook — and 1 solution
Aug 24, 2010 | Relationships
The launch of Facebook Places, which lets people "check in" to geographic locations the way they can with FourSquare, Yelp or Gowalla, has provoked a fresh round of reflection on how Facebook affects our lives and relationships. Here are 5 problems that Facebook could...
10 ways your smartphone will help you travel with kids
Aug 19, 2010 | Family, Tech advice, Top Family Posts
It was 9:15 a.m., and the Eiffel Tower had barely opened for the day. Nonetheless, we faced a 90-minute line-up before our two young kids -- ages 4 and 6, respectively -- would get to take the trip up the tower that they had been begging for since the moment we landed...
Alive offline
Aug 4, 2010 | Self
If the Internet is addictive, then how come there's no withdrawal symptoms? I've been on vacation for three days and haven't blogged, barely tweeted, barely Facebooked, and have yet to check into a single location using the local version of FourSquare. It's hard to...
2 weeks of tips on meaningful living online
Aug 2, 2010 | Self
Unplugging is not the only way to take control of your relationship to the Internet. If you want to create a more meaningful life and a healthier world, there are ways to pursue that online as well as offline. But you need to find tools that are more nuanced than the...
Responding to online criticism: reflections on my WNYC interview
Jul 29, 2010 | Community
Most people don't even read the blog they're responding to. That's one of the comments that came up during my interview yesterday on WNYC's Brian Lehrer show. I spoke with Amy Eddings (sitting in for Brian Lehrer) about my recent post for Harvard Business Review on...
10 Reasons to Stop Apologizing for Your Online Life
Jul 28, 2010 | The Harvard Business Review
#thankyoujesus for irl and online friends. Couldn’t live w/o either. Laptop down. It’s IRL Face Time! it was so cool…
5 ways to make your time online more fulfilling
Jul 26, 2010 | Self