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Here’s the post I wanted to write for new Twitter users – not the step by step I outlined in “Twitter 101†(which discusses account setup). The bottom line is that, for me, Twitter is all about conversations. As always I’d love to hear your feedback either @MattSolar, by posting […]
It should go without saying that there are a lot more variables that go into Google’s organic algorithm. Most small companies, however, don’t have the ability to focus on many of the intricacies of SEO like the big firms do. In steps the 80/20 rule – do 80% of the […]
Well, it’s here – there is finally some financial incentive to use FourSquare and it’s in the form of discounted coffee. For a while companies like Harvard, The History Channel, and Starbucks have used FourSquare as a means to promote their products with the return to the user being the […]
In August of 2008 I wrote a blog post on how to adjust your Facebook privacy options within your friend network – this is still something I would suggest reviewing on a regular basis. (Mashable has ‘lists’ as their number one tip for Facebook users.) More recently, however, Facebook has […]
FourSquare just rolled out the ability to claim ownership of your venue on their site via http://foursquare.com/businesses/. This is great news but there is a caveat… and a work around. I wasn’t able to find the “Are you the manager of this business?†link on any of my business pages. […]
Back in January I was planning logistics for a winter Presidential Traverse of several peaks including Mount Washington. The biggest concern, as always the case to the “Home of the World’s Worst Weatherâ€, is weather and visibility. I was thinking about the limitations of GPS (which I don’t use) and […]
A friend was recently asking me why I use Google Reader – what value do I get out of it and why can’t a regular message board do the same thing?  Before I get into the specifics, Google Reader, for me, has essentially become a fully customized news site. Rather […]
When Yelp originally added the geo “check in†feature, I was very excited. I love Yelp and their iPhone app so I immediately put my Foursquare account on hold to focus on learning the ins-and-outs of Yelp. It was a very polished app but I made the assumption that the […]