In this day and age, this sort of behavior, unfortunately, is unacceptable. It’s a shame, too, as I’ve heard a number of members of my LinkedIn network appreciated tweets in their news feed. But if LinkedIn can’t play nice with the big guys and come up with a more satisfying arrangement, I doubt most people will lose sleep over their tweets being absent from the profile of a social networking site that doesn’t even make the top three. Read more
Dear Readers,
I have a favor to ask you. I’ve applied for a grant sponsored by Chase and LivingSocial for my company, era404. This grant could help me with some internal development ideas I have to help the company grow. In order to be entered into the competition, I need to have 250 votes from Facebook users. The process is really simple and should only take one minute. Here’s how it works:
1. Browse to: https://www.missionsmallbusiness.com/
2. Click the blue “Log-in & Support” button
3. A pop-up will ask you to connect your Facebook account to prevent users from voting more than once. Chase will not use your Facebook account to get any information or post anything to your newsfeed. They simply use it to tally votes. Click “Login with Facebook” from the pop-up.
4. Search for “era404” in the Business Name field at the bottom.
5. Click the “Vote” button to the right of era404 in the search results (there will only be one result).
That’s it! If you feel comfortable, please forward this message to friends and family. We only have until June 30th to get 250 votes to be entered into the competition.
Lastly, if you’re worried about Chase and LivingSocial having access to your profile (even though they will not user your information or post on your behalf), you can revoke the privileges after voting, here:https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=applications
Thank you SO much for your time and support!
I received this email today. I was curious of the authenticity of the email and the numbers affected and, after some digging, learned that it is, indeed, real (LinkedIn Blog: Taking Steps to Protect Our Members):
Android’s “Note to Self” feature has become a life saver for me. I remember things when I’m walking to and from meetings, sitting on the train, or generally away from my desk. And rather than keep a notepad or moleskine and pen with me at all times, I’d begun to use the message voice action that’s packaged with Android.
The only cumbersome aspect of this feature is that it doesn’t let you specify the recipient of the note to self. After all, in Google’s world, your Google Account’s main email/gmail address is (and should be) your “self.”
“Maybe I can recreate the main email address tied to my HTC Evo,” I thought, “so that it’s a more specific ‘self'”. I tried to change it from don.citarella to don.citarella+mobile, but had no luck. Apparently, once you’ve associated a main address with an Android phone, the only way to remove/change it is to perform a factory reset.
So, while it’s not the cleanest/best solution, Gmail Filters do the trick.
New [d]onism added to the page…
I thought of a funny idea for a t-shirt today that was simple, esoteric and capitalizes on the FML meme that has been creeping across the internet for the last year or so. I googled it, thinking that surely someone else had thought of it first — particularly in the wake of the feature film. To my surprise, it seems original. I doubt I’d be able convince Hanna-Barbera that a kitschy, risqué pun would be worth granting me permission to use their trademark, so I’m publishing it to the web for those who are ambitious enough to do it themselves.
Fun fact: The Smurfs are Les Schtroumpfs in French.
After noticing I only have a handful of followers on Pinterest, I recently updated my Facebook status with the question: why aren’t you following me on Pinterest? To which I received a rather snarky, but provocative reply from a friend: Because pinterest is for chicks dude.
And he’s 80% right, too. Pinterest’s user base is predominantly women. According to recent data from Google Ad Planner, as presented by Ignite Social Media, only 20% of their users are guys. Pinterest’s popularity among women in their late 20s and early 30s is illustrated (quite literally, ReadWriteWeb says) by the proliferation of images related to wedding planning and home decor.
But is Pinterest really for chicks, dude? Yes and no. Read more