Tag: Social Media
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Kirk Petersen, Professional Blogger
I’ve just been notified that as of August 24, 2011, I have entered the august and distinguished pantheon of professional bloggers. Specifically, I received my first payment from Google AdSense. My autograph is now available for purchase.
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What Part of “Don’t Bury the Lead” Don’t You Understand?
When leaving a voicemail message, many people will speed up while giving the all-important phone number — at the precise time when they should slow down. So someone says "nineseventhreefiveohfiveonetwoonetwo" as fast as they can, and you have to listen to the message twice, or even three times, to capture the number. What they should say is "nine seven three"… [pause] "five oh five"… [pause] "one two, one two".
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Governor Christie Kicks Ass and Takes Names
I couldn’t bring myself to vote for Chris Christie, because of his extreme anti-gay position, and I imagine I’ll have occasion again to oppose him on that topic. In the meantime, I love listening to him talk about the budget and take on the teachers unions, as in the video above. If you don’t have […]
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What Distinguishes Valid Self-Promotion from Spam?
Active bloggers get used to seeing comments along the following lines: I wanted to thank you for this excellent read!! I definitely enjoyed every little bit of it. I have you bookmarked your site to check out the new stuff you post. Or: This post is beyond awesome. I am always wondering what to do […]
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Dateline Maplewood: Center of the Blogging Universe
Maplewood Patch has published a feature article I wrote about Social Media Today, a Maplewood-based social media company that draws on the work of bloggers from around the world. It’s a part of my continuing effort to establish myself as the premier chronicler of the Maplewood BlogolopolisTM. (It may already be safe to claim that […]
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Facebook Continues to Peddle Scams To Its Members
(Welcome, Social Media Today readers. While you’re here you might want to look at other posts under my Social Media tag.) Several weeks ago, I wrote about having been taken in by an IQ test scam on Facebook.  Lots of other people have also written about that and other scams. Somehow I naively thought […]
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Googliath Continues Patchwork Expansion in NJ
Patch.com, the venture-capitalized, Google-zillionaire-backed startup that recently launched town-specific news and information websites in Maplewood, South Orange and Millburn, today announced plans to expand into an additional three nearby communities. The newest Patches are slated to open in May in Summit, Westfield and Scotch Plains (including Fanwood), all in Union County. Summit is contiguous with […]
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Live-Blogging the Tuscan Road Water Main Break
As the crisis unfolds, the Avellino Waterproofing ad appears as a cruel joke… mocking me. About 6:05 a.m., Eastern DAYLIGHT Time — The Web Goddess reports no water pressure at any upstairs faucet. “I hope we don’t have a burst pipe in the basement.” Yoicks!! This would have to happen on the very morning that […]
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Think Twice Before Having Fun on Facebook
(I subsequently wrote a followup to this post.) (Insert cruel joke here about my apparent IQ) I love the Internet. For starters, I met the Web Goddess on an online divorce support group. Thanks to the Internet, I have been able to pontificate on this blog to an audience of literally dozens of people who […]
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Israel’s Further Adventures in Social Media
Israel continues and escalates its efforts to use social media to press its case in the global court of public opinion. Benjamin Netanyahu, the once and perhaps future Prime Minister, is pulling out all the stops to explain Israel’s position in the war with Hamas. In addition to an excellent op-ed in the Wednesday Wall […]