Category Archives: twitter

Connecting with me in social space

robinna/ October 7, 2011/ social media, twitter/ 0 comments

Hey there,Want to connect with me at facebook?Please visit http://www.facebook.com/RobinFayArts – I share a weekly photo, technology news and more. I’d love to start a conversation with you there! I don’t accept friend requests to my PERSONAL account unless I tell you to friend me. we’re close friends in real life. we already have a relationship at another social media

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Peekyou, search across the web, social media & more

robinna/ September 27, 2011/ social media, privacy, twitter/ 0 comments

peerindex (a reputation management/metrics site) has launched a new search engine called peekyou (http://www.peekyou.com). It searches across facebook, linkedin, twitter, friendster, myspace, several people search engines (intellius, spokeo, etc.) and even wikipedia. Results include email addresses, phone numbers, documents, web sites, and public records (although some of those results are offered through paid services like through peoplesearch or spokeo). An

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It’s not you (or is it?) – on why you can’t get a job

robinna/ August 18, 2011/ Libraries, twitter/ 1 comments

Karen Schneider of Free Range Librarian, has an excellent post, Why you didn’t get an interview. I started writing a comment and realized I was probably 2000 characters over the limit. 😉 I did leave a brief comment but I’m blogging my thoughts. Karen points to 5 main factors: TMJS (the job market sucks – definitely true), the Known Quantity

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Google+ : thoughts on Google’s new social effort

robinna/ July 1, 2011/ social media, twitter/ 0 comments

So, I’ve been playing a bit with Google+ the new social media site from you know who. (Clicking on images will show you the full size, btw…)Is it a Facebook Killer? At this point, I’d say no for a variety of reasons: There is no page functionality. Alot of us (including me) use pages to network and share without having

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Who says twitter is irrelevant?

robinna/ May 27, 2011/ my projects, twitter/ 0 comments

We all share and learn together – collective learning and knowledge on a big scale. (My mention is May 23) I also really like the idea of audiotweets – might have to give a try. I wonder if I could embed them into a blogger post though… thoughts?

on criticism and critique

robinna/ May 27, 2011/ twitter, tutorials/ 2 comments

On Sunday evenings I often attend a twitter chat called #blogchat. One regular topic is blog review. Bloggers will submit their blogs for review along with either questions for the group or insights into their vision/mission of their blogs. As with all critiques (especially online ones), these can turn personal and even mean-spirited. However, given the nature of text based

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What happens if we don’t invest in staff & they stay?

robinna/ May 3, 2011/ twitter/ 0 comments

A twitter post (@sabram @eranium) a few weeks ago posited this question:CFO asks CEO “What happens if we invest in developing our people & then they leave us?” CEO: ‘What happens if we don’t, and they stay?” Interesting thought, isn’t it? For many of us, we have staff who work for us, take advantage of training (either that we offer

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How can you tell if it’s an Auto DM (Twitter)?

robinna/ April 21, 2011/ twitter/ 2 comments

I do use DM (direct messages) in Twitter to “email” my Twitter followers and those I follow, esp. if it’s of a more personal nature.My DMs are always real; however, some Twitter users use various tools to create an AutoDM. It can sometimes be hard to tell if a DM is “real” (actually handwritten by a person) or AUTO (generated

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Social Media Policy & Best Practices

robinna/ March 17, 2011/ social media, twitter/ 2 comments

My social media policy:Use appropriate social media tools to professionally connect and cultivate a community of interesting individuals while sharing my experience, knowledge, and creativity. I will not friend/follow network everyone for the sake of numbers. Best practices1. Participate2. Be respectful and appropriate – remember your audience3. Share but don’t overshare – if your mom or boss shouldn’t see it,

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