Last year, I mentioned five “mistakes” I was making in my use of social media. Astute readers noticed I was being somewhat sarcastic, since I normally adhere to the adage that there’s no such thing as “doing it wrong” (unless you’re doing this sort of thing).
But there is such a thing as “doing it well,” [...]
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Last night, while I was conducting a Social Media 101 workshop at Baltimore’s Creative Alliance, my Twitter account was hijacked… by my girlfriend.
I’d logged in on her laptop before the workshop began, and then I forgot to logout. Since she’d accompanied me to the workshop, she suddenly found herself with two free hours to masquerade [...]
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‘Tis the season for charitable requests on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Over the next few weeks, everyone you know will be asking everyone they know to donate $$$ to Charity X. But there’s a fine line between a feel-good wave of DIY philanthropy and the kind of manipulative pandering that pollutes the very idea of charity.
Let’s [...]
