Dear Social Media Purists – There is Nothing Wrong with Automation

Social media automation

A lot of social media purists will tell you that you’re the spawn of the devil if you use automation. To truly use social media properly, you have to “be there” constantly, otherwise you’re just fooling yourself and your connections. I call bullshit. Maybe to the purists and “experts” that are on Twitter and Google+…

Why I Unfollowed Myself on Twitter – Not Your Daddy’s Unfollow Post

Fuck you Twitter unfollows

I’ve been thinking about the value of following myself. Years ago, I thought that if I followed my own tweets, I’d get daily nuggets of wisdom, positivity, links to content I tweeted, and good cheer from myself. If I was feeling down, I could tweet my feelings and I’d get a supportive tweet from me….

The Why and How of the PinPal Story

PinPal works

So – that PinPal site, huh? Matching singles on social media and putting them in a private Pinterest board to get their thing on – so crazy it could have been real! But it wasn’t – it was our take on the annual April Fool’s parade, and sure had a lot of people talking about…

Bacon Jumps, Kills and Eats the Shark

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Stop it. Just STOP IT. This week alone, I’ve been bombarded by tweets of bacon coffins, bacon-scented kitty litter and bacon-draped websites. What. The. Frak. Seriously, I do not want my kitty litter to smell like bacon. I do not want to be buried in a coffin that looks like it’s draped in bacon. I…

Don’t Pick Up the Soap: It’s a Trap

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First things first: The views expressed in this post are mine and mine alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the Chairman, the Commissioners, nor my colleagues at my Secret Government Employer.  So there. When the guy behind me in the social media shower kindly invites me to pick up the ego-bait soap, I…