Category Archives: social media

0204, 2014

Social genes – you are where you are?

robinna/ April 2, 2014/ Culture, social media/ 0 comments

Fascinating – giving insight into the nature vs. nurture theory: Your DNA is not a blueprint. Day by day, week by week, your genes are in a conversation with your surroundings. Your neighbors, your family, your feelings of loneliness: They don’t just get under your skin, they get into the control rooms of your cells. Inside the new social science

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1601, 2014

Creating ongoing events in Facebook

robinna/ January 16, 2014/ social media/ 0 comments

At one point Facebook removed the ability to create an ongoing event, but now you can (well sort of) ! First you have to CREATE your event.  There are several ways to get to the create page, but here is one place: https://www.facebook.com/events/calendar Click on the actual event page from the calendar (or if you have the URL handy, you

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1211, 2013

Why and how twitter is important

robinna/ November 12, 2013/ social media, twitter/ 0 comments

I’ve written before about why twitter is important to me and tips for how to get started tweeting , but what about everyone else? Does twitter have impact on culture at large?  “It is becoming the preferred social network for American teens. It is an important “second screen” for TV viewers of NFL football and “Dancing With the Stars.” (My

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