Category — social media
Twitter helps solve Amber Alert in MA – short version
Yesterday, Twitter helped to save a 1 year old girl who was kidnapped and in serious danger. Here’s the best Twitter story ever, in its short version.
February 19, 2010 3 Comments
Twitter may have helped solve Amber Alert in Massachusetts – long version
Yesterday, Twitter may have helped to solve an Amber Alert, and saved a 1 year old girl who was kidnapped and in serious danger. Here’s the best Twitter story ever.
February 19, 2010 4 Comments
See only friend’s status updates on Facebook ‘10 (Feb edition)
Want to see only status updates on Facebook so that you don’t have to see every time one of your friends buys pizza for someone else in Mafia Wars? Here’s how…
February 9, 2010 7 Comments
LinkedIn expert tip – find people without paying $25
Want to find LinkedIn profiles for “out of network” people without paying LinkedIn $25? Here’s how you do it for free.
February 2, 2010 4 Comments
LinkedIn training tip – new feature for sales people – see who you know someone “through”
A subtle beta feature was added to LinkedIn that will save sales people time. If you “Search Companies”, it will now tell you who you know someone “through”.
December 22, 2009 No Comments
LinkedIn training tip – put the name of your city in text somewhere in your profile
Summary:
Put the name of your city (in text form) somewhere in your LinkedIn profile. Otherwise, you may not be found in searches.
December 17, 2009 2 Comments
An itty bitty problem with bit.ly as your Twitter URL shortener
Bit.ly results are actually public, and I’ll show you how to see how many clicks your competition is getting. I’ll also explain why you may not want them seeing your clicks.
November 17, 2009 No Comments
LinkedIn and Twitter can now cross-post status updates, but it could be much more
LinkedIn and Twitter added a feature that allows you to cross-post, but it just embeds functionality that other software already had. Here are some limitations of LinkedIn status updates, and some features they should implement.
November 11, 2009 No Comments
Facebook – How do I see only status updates
Finally, you can see only “status updates” in Facebook, and eliminate Mafia Wars, “What 80s character would you be”, etc…
October 26, 2009 1 Comment
Finally, Twitter starts fighting spam – note the new “report as spam” button
Summary in under 140 characters:
If you go to someone’s Twitter page, you can now mark them as a spammer (under block xxxxxxxxxx)
October 13, 2009 2 Comments

