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Category Archives: Information and Communication Technology
Am I spamming my friends via TrustCloud? If so, sorry!
I’ve been a member of TrustCloud for two weeks now, logging in just about every day to distribute my daily allotment of endorsements to friends and watch my own “trust score” inch towards the maximum possible 1000 points (Woot! I … Continue reading
Posted in Information and Communication Technology, Social Media
Tagged TrustCloud, Web of Trust
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Let’s Build up a Web of Trust. Endorse me on TrustCloud!
I am no longer goofing around with TrustCloud but going further to use it to build up a web of trust online that goes beyond simply USING social networking platforms to TAKING OWNERSHIP of the reputation these connections and actions … Continue reading
Posted in Information and Communication Technology, Social Media
Tagged TrustCloud, Web of Trust
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Goofing around with TrustCloud
While looking into trust marks and online reputation platforms, my latest fascination and potential inspiration for what’s next for Kabissa, I came across TrustCloud (http://www.trustcloud.com) which I can imagine having the potential to really make a difference for people who … Continue reading
Posted in Information and Communication Technology, Open Data, Random
Tagged craigslist, facebook, linkedin, reputation, trust, TrustCloud, twitter
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Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit
I am getting ready for the Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit taking place this weekend in Seattle. I’m looking forward to it – should be fun to feed my inner geek by delving into Drupal, the open source software platform that … Continue reading
Posted in Information and Communication Technology
Tagged Bainbridge Island, Drupal, kabissa, open source, redmine, Seattle
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Reconquering Twitter and shifting my Twitter following to @tobiaseigen
Recently a wonderful new Kabissa volunteer, Ziyanda Xaso, has taken charge of our social media outreach. Ziyanda has given me an opportunity I have been waiting for to let go of the @kabissa Twitter account on a daily basis and … Continue reading
Posted in Information and Communication Technology, Random, Social Media
Tagged facebook, kabissa, linkedin, twitter
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Google Drive or Dropbox or Both? What should geographically dispersed teams do?
OK, it’s time to tackle the question of the potential role of Google Drive in the online infrastructure we use at Kabissa for coordinating the work of our volunteer team spread all around the world. We use dropbox now for … Continue reading
Posted in Information and Communication Technology
Tagged Google, google docs, google drive, kabissa, nptech
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Please reply – goofing around with SOCIAL WordPress Plugin
Consider your shoulder tapped. For a new site I am working on for CISLAC Nigeria, I am experimenting with the social wordpress plugin by MailChimp which apparently pushes out posts to Facebook and Twitter and then aggregates replies back here on … Continue reading
Posted in Information and Communication Technology, Social Media
Tagged facebook, mailchimp, twitter, WordPress
5 Comments
Why I am creeped out by this Facebook invitation by Jay Inslee?
Jay Inslee recently announced he’s running for Governor of Washington State. I like Jay Inslee but I haven’t decided yet whether I want to support his campaign or not. I am definitely intrigued to be observing how he is communicating … Continue reading
Did you know? Technically, LinkedIn invites are personal email from your contacts, not LinkedIn spam
Yesterday I posted some tips to help deal with unwanted LinkedIn invitations. Today I received another invitation and, out of curiosity, followed the link anonymously in a chrome incognito window (control-click -> open link in incognito window). This allowed me … Continue reading
Posted in Information and Communication Technology, Random, Social Media
Tagged linkedin, spam
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Preventing LinkedIn spam – how it works and tips for the spammer *and* the spammee!
LinkedIn is an important online tool for professional networking and maintaining a handy and attractive online curriculum vitae (mine is at http://kb2.org/eigencv), but one of its strengths (that so many people use it) is also directly related to one of its … Continue reading
Posted in Information and Communication Technology, Social Media
Tagged linkedin, networking, spam, tech tip
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