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Social Media

Why I Don’t Like those ‘Who’s Online’ Toolbars

It all started with Facebook. A little blue bar on the bottom saying who was online. I turned off the online chat. Then MySpace did it. Then YouTube did it. I don't mind that they have these little "Widgets" around the site. Still - You should really ASK me before assuming I want that option turned on. Especially if you

Be Careful How You Use The “T” Word

I’m talking about the company that starts with “Twit” and ends with “er”, and seems to be the hottest social media site around these days. A year ago I would mention that I was using Twitter to friends and family and I would get a strange look. Now it seems everyone wants you to follow them on Twitter: radio and

Please Stop Emailling – Please Start Calling.

Tell me what you see with this email (remember you have to read up on this one): to: Bill from: Tom Original Message: Hey Bill - don't have your email. call me: 555.4321 -------- to: Tom from: Bill Original Message: Hey, Tom - Call me: 555.1234 ------- to: Bill from: Tom Original Message: Hey Bill - call me: 555.4321 -------------

Goodbye Geocities.

Yahoo announced over the weekend that Geocities will be phased out. Started by a small company out of Beverly Hills (That's where I wanna be - Gimmie Gimmie), it became a very popular free service. Yahoo saw the opportunity and in 1999, they snagged this internet portal up for 4.7 billion. Ever since, Geocities has gone downhill. Part of it

When Plugins UnPlug – An Open Source Nightmare.

I have been working on some upgrades. My own sites are basically going to get a face lift. In the last week I reset up my Sandbox - basically a place I can install and test programs without messing up my websites. In doing that, I went to update my plugins. I go down the list, update each one, find

Twitter Masks

I have a Twitter account. @geekazine is where you can find me. My Twitterverse has been growing steadily for the last couple months. I have been following as much as I have been followed. Today I went up to my Twitter to accept the newest batch of people. I saw a person on there that really disturbed me to the