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Category Archives: Social Media
Allen! Allen! Allen! Steve!
I think of this early Internet video from time to time and want to share it here for future reference. What are your favorites from the early days?
Posted in Random, Social Media
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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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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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I’m awake. I’m awake!
I don’t watch broadcast TV much at all anymore, so am glad when friends share their favorite political ads with me via the interwebs. (oh, and yes – I am awake and will complete my ballot carefully) Here are two … Continue reading
Join me for a GlobalGiving webinar about online fundraising and my tips for succeeding in the GlobalGiving Open Challenge
Woohoo! I’m honored to have been invited to lead a webinar next Thursday, 20 September organized by GlobalGiving, by far my favorite online giving platform. I recommend GlobalGiving strongly for all Kabissa members and like it so much that I … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Social Media
Tagged globalgiving, online fundraising, Tobias Eigen, webinar
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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
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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
It worked! You can indeed ask LinkedIn to put you on a do not contact list
Recently I wrote a blog post about how LinkedIn email notifications work, and as part of that pointed out that there is no easy way to unsubscribe from invitations. Instead, people who never want to hear from LinkedIn can contact … Continue reading
The arrival of non-text Google Ads – part of the privacy policy changes?
I just opened my email and saw my first non-text Google Ad – see screenshot. One of the things I always liked about Google for email is that even though I’m exchanging free for looking at ads, the ads were … Continue reading
