Whodathunkit? Retweeting
There are right and wrong ways, as explained by Brian Carter.
There are right and wrong ways, as explained by Brian Carter.
I’ve become much more appreciative of Twitter as time goes on (my profile is here) as time goes on. At first it seemed like a waste of time, but I decided to try it. In looking around for folks who were using Twitter in a serious way. I think there should be a simple social…
For several days I had a problem logging into my Twitter account. I wondered at first whether I had been banned for some reason, but I couldn’t think of any reason for that. Then I checked that I could see my profile when not logged in, so all was well there. Unfortunately, as soon as…
I find people’s reaction to various technological tools somewhat baffling. If your child is about to use a hammer, you’ll likely give her some pointers. There’s a learning curve. If it’s a power tool, the instruction may be more careful. When the tool is technological, we tend to fear it and decline to spend the time actually learning to use it.
Twenty years ago, I might have told someone to refuse to listen to gossip, and to check any stories they did hear carefully. “You need to get to the source,” I would say. There’s a reason that Paul puts gossip on so many sin lists: It can tear up a church. But readers of this…
More than a decade ago I was called in to do some work on the computer used by an office receptionist. After hearing the explanation, I sat down for what would be a rather easy job. Moments later, the receptionist interrupted me and said, “I guess you’ll need my password.” Problem was, I was already…
Having reached the 2,000 follower barrier on Twitter, I needed to bring my follower list down closer to my followed list. There are some services that will simply unfollow those who don’t follow you, but since I follow–and read–some tech gurus, news services, and such, that don’t follow me, I didn’t want to do that….