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January 25th, 2012
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It’s the 4th week of 2012 and no one is talking personal or business resolutions any more. I did make a fresh to-do list. It includes refreshing, rethinking, eliminating and replacing. This is where about.me comes in.
I first got wind of about.me from collaborator Laura Bazile in her new year greeting and it caught my eye again on Facebook when I spotted a “hire me” ad that landed on an about.me page.
Turns out that at least 313 of my contacts have about.me profiles. Why?
We designed about.me for ourselves. A lot of us have multiple online profiles scattered across various services, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Flickr, and Twitter. And one problem we face is pulling all of this information together to build a single on-line identity — be it for personal use, or to create a professional on-line profile. We’ve focused on enabling you to create your personal splash page, quickly build a personal and dynamic splash page that points visitors to your content from around the web, and understand how many people see your profile, where they’re coming from, and what they do on your page.
–about about.me
Meet the people behind about.me. They just may be on to something.
September 27th, 2011
The most recent mutation of Facebook seems to have more people in an uproar than after previous mutations. And it’s not over yet (but since social media is always evolving we shouldn’t be surprised).
Next is “Timeline”:
Zuckerberg, Facebook creator explains that Timeline is, “the story of your life,” significantly altering the way people’s information is shown on the world’s leading social network, presenting “all your stories, all your apps, and a new way to express who you are.
As of today:
I am not sure if I will enable Timeline or not for my personal profile but would love to that option for business pages. One could highlight and showcase important business events such as product launches including photos and videos, customer feedback and customer service, events, human resources news and more.
Read more about Timeline on Facebook.
People are considering Google+ as an alternative to Facebook as the recent changes and repeated privacy concerns are leaving some users displeased. I have decided to cautiously use Google+ while I decide how I should use it. I am leaning toward using Google+ as an additional place to have a business profile. A site that feels friendlier than linked in and not as noisy as Facebook. To that end I probably have to go back and rethink my Google+ circles.
It is anything but boring when working in social media and the plethora of choices can only mean that one has to really consider why they are engaged in social media.
February 3rd, 2011
Here is the simple premise behind Hyper Alerts:
Many of our friends administer one or more pages on Facebook, but there is one essential feature Facebook “forgot” to make – the option to get email alerts when somebody posts or comments on one of your pages.
Hyper Alerts is a feature that sends you an email within minutes after a posting – or only a summary each hour, day, week or month if you so prefer.
Try it out – it’s totally free!
Hyper Alerts is in Beta and was created by Hyper Interaktiv in Oslo.
I am giving Hyper Alerts a whirl because I manage several Facebook pages and of course I want to know who posted what and when. Now I don’t have to go looking for that info, it will come to me.
October 26th, 2009
I did a brief stint in the Public Affairs office of Ford Motor company before social media exploded in society. I am very impressed with Ford’s use of social media. For example, their social media director (first of all they have an executive position slotted for social media) was at Blog World!
October 19th, 2009
A dear friend has an incredible talent for creating beautiful works of art in stained glass.
I offered to create a social media campaign to help get the word out about the holiday ornaments he is now creating.
He’s leery of too much private information being made public via social media so I convinced him to let me create a Facebook gift application so that I could give all of my Facebook friends a piece of his art best suited to their taste.
So look for the “Lyle’s Stained Glass” application on Facebook to give beautiful works of art to your friends. Here is a sample of the gift collection:
October 18th, 2009
Helsinki Commission to Hold Briefing on New Media
WASHINGTON—After a year in which Twitter and Facebook catalyzed protest movements in Iran and Moldova and authoritarian regimes around the world unleashed new tools of Internet control, Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission), and Co-Chairman Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) will hold a public briefing:
“Twitter against Tyrants: New Media in Authoritarian Regimes”
Thursday, October 22, 2009, 2:00 p.m.
1539 Longworth House Office Building
This briefing will consider the ways in which new media and Internet communication technologies affect the balance of power between human rights activists and authoritarian governments. Panelists will focus on new media’s role in protests and elections, the ways in which it empowers civil society activists, and the darker side: how dictators use new technology to control and repress their citizens.
The following panelists are scheduled to speak:
· Daniel Calingaert, Deputy Director of Programs, Freedom House
· Nathan Freitas, Adjunct Professor, New York University Interactive Telecom Program; developer of
groundbreaking technology for protests
· Evgeny Morozov, Yahoo! Fellow at Georgetown University’s E.A. Walsh School of Foreign Service;
contributing editor, Foreign Policy
· Chris Spence, Chief Technology Officer, National Democratic Institute
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The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the U.S. Helsinki Commission, is an independent agency of the Federal Government charged with monitoring compliance with the Helsinki Accords and advancing comprehensive security through promotion of human rights, democracy, and economic, environmental and military cooperation in 56 countries. The Commission consists of nine members from the U.S. Senate, nine from the House of Representatives, and one member each from the Departments of State, Defense, and Commerce.
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November 11th, 2007
JobsinStockholm.com has become the go-to site for English speakers in Sweden seeking professional jobs.
November 12, 2007 (Halmstad, Sweden) Over 10,000 visitors a month turn to JobsinStockholm.com looking for professional English speaking jobs in Sweden after only one year since its launch as part of the JobsinHubs.com network. Successfully filling a badly ignored niche was the goal of JobsinStockholm.com. “I know how hard it is to settle into a new country”, says general manager Adrianne George, “so I wanted to make a difference in the expat community”.JobsinStockholm.com has become a life line for current and want to be expats in Sweden.
“These sites (www.jobsinstockholm.com and www.jobsincopenhagen.com) are great by the way, by far the best resource for English speaking professionals looking for a career change”, says user Joe Eagan.
“As someone who is actively trying to find a job in Sweden (preferably Stockholm) the JIS website has been invaluable as it can be frustrating trawling through other sites to find job opportunities, says user Corin Huke.
Institutions including foreign embassies, the Swedish employment agency, women’s clubs, universities, social clubs, relocation companies and businesses that provide services to expatriates around the world have linked to JobsinStockholm.com in order to better serve their members and website users. The success of JobsinStockholm.com is also a result of providing Swedish-based companies good candidates for positions that require English speakers. “…we did get a number of good candidates from your website and will definitely use your site the next time we are recruiting people”, promised Alexander Hughes.
“…we’ve received a number of qualified candidates through JobsinStockholm.com. We’ll continue to keep the service in mind for future openings, says the Stockholm Environment Institute.
During the past year JobsinStockholm.com has opened a shop on CafePress and incorporated several social media concepts including the JobsinStockholm.com blog, a Skype chat group, Facebook profile and MySpace page.
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September 13th, 2007
Campaign ’08: Barack Obama
I was fortunate to be able to grow up seeing America from varied viewpoints. My childhood was spent in Hawaii and Indonesia. After college I worked as a community organizer on the South side of Chicago focusing on improving living conditions in poor neighborhoods.
I came to understand that to truly solve the problems facing our communities, it would take a change in our laws and our politics. I ran and served for seven years in the Illinois State Senate, where I fought for expanding children’s health care, providing tax cuts for the working poor and enacting welfare reform. In 2004, I was elected to the U.S. Senate, where I have worked to pass laws securing dangerous weapons and making government more accountable. I have also opposed the Iraq war from the start and believe that we need to bring our troops home by March of 2008 so we can refocus on the wider struggle against terrorism.
Of all my life experiences, I am most proud of my wife Michelle and my daughters Malia and Sasha.
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March 2nd, 2007
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