Ain't U Got No Manners is a must read for the Internet age--Magdalena Ball, CompulsiveReader.com
The Bible of social media.--Patrick Evans, CBSTV-2 "Eye on the Desert"
May 12, 2017
When I originally posted this on May 12, I had read a piece on DailyKos, a Web site I generally distrust, by a woman named AuntieB, who described her experience as a mother who uses SNAP or food stamps. Whatever you may think about the entitlements issue, AuntieB calls...
May 3, 2017
Teens: If you receive an email inviting you to play the Blue Whale Game, you may want to do yourself a favor and block the sender.
The Blue Whale Game, simply put, is not as noble as its namesake. Nowhere near. The Blue Whale Game is a perverted Internet version of Rus...
April 26, 2017
Even the Supreme Court isn't immune to cell phone interruptions. The Supreme Court is a cell-phone-free zone, but today Justice Stephen Breyer's cell phone interrupted attorney Neal Katyal as he delivered an argument in the hallowed chamber. The lapse in cell phone eti...
April 18, 2017
The new movie "The Promise," a drama about the Armenian genocide, has incurred the wrath of the Turkish trolls--specifically Turkey's equivalent of hacktivists/tricksters 4chan--according to the Hollywood Reporter.
If you're wondering what Turkey has to do with Armenia,...
April 18, 2017
The call for Internet manners existed when we only had dial-up and Telnet:
Favorite quote from this 1985 video: "Why not try to be the Miss Manners or Emily Post of bulletin boards?"
A timely idea, thirty years ago and now. Some more thoughts on bulletin boards:
UGM Tip/W...
April 17, 2017
Over Easter, a murderer (I am not mentioning the name) used Facebook Live and live-streamed himself shooting and killing people in Cleveland.
Wired.com starts the digital conscience-pricking:
The number of viewers who actually saw the event was minimal. Facebook has take...
April 17, 2017
It's a depressing time for bad news on the Internet. The United Airlines viral video. A "60 Minutes" report on brain hacking.
However, if you just want to shut the bad news out and be productive, whether in an office or at home, but don't want to go to the co...
April 6, 2017
No matter what your opinion is on the differing opinions on the US or Europe accepting Syrian refugees, Syrians have a voice and a role in the future of their country.
March 28, 2017
How do you post to Facebook without using Facebook? The Social Media Hat has ideas.
Why would you want to post to Facebook without the site or app? Simple: You can get sucked into reading your feed--when you're working diligently, procrastinating by reading Facebook is...
March 28, 2017
The Sprout Social Blog offers five tips for businesses to be successful on Instagram. But an Instagram post can be worth a thousand words, as Sprout Social shows by including this post as an exemplar:
Social Media Sprout's five Instagram success secrets summarized:
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