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The Seven Deadly Sins of Social Media
Fact: When it comes to social media, it’s not really about the tools; it’s how you use them. The more effectively and productively that Twitter, blogs, Facebook, et al are used, the more success you will have. On that note, here are seven things that will probably kill your social media efforts:
1. Over-tweeting. It’s about [...]
Catching the Online Accounting Wave
When I was started ME Consulting, one of the biggest challenges was finding an accounting system that met my needs. To be honest, most of them have way too many bells and whistles for a one-person operation. This means your choices are pretty much limited to a few options, especially if you have a Mac. [...]
The Dyson DC25: Powerful But….
As some of you may know, I take an odd pleasure in vacuuming. In any event, the fine folks at Strategic Objectives have been nice enough to let me play with some Dyson vacuums in recent months. The most recent trial was the DC25 Animal. After a healthy two-week trial, the DC25 Animal is a [...]
Not a User But Fascinated by Foursquare
Like any good-standing member of the digit-rati, I’m bedazzled by new and shiny services. Blogs had their day in the spotlight, but now they’re un-sexy; Facebook was cool until everyone and their parents climbed on the bandwagon; and Twitter is suffering from being the most over-hyped Web 2.0 service ever.
This takes us to Foursquare. Unlike [...]
A Commentary About Blog Comment Systems
A few of you might have noticed that I recently switched blog comment systems – moving to Echo from IntenseDebate. The switch was mostly prompted by my frustration with IntenseDebate’s administrative features, particularly the inability to deal with spam on a volume/bulk basis as opposed to individually or groups of 10 at a time.
Having used [...]






Foursquare Supplanting Twitter? Ha!