Klout – a lot’s been made of it. Klout purports to measure your online influence, social reach, and even your relevance. Metrics? Number of followers, retweets, and mentions. Seems fairly reasonable. Reducing all of those down to influence though is obscure, and the value of the things measured is of questionable return. Clout is where…
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Social Networking Breakfast Minus Twitter
These days it seems some of us only social network off line if it has something to do with Twitter, LinkedIn or some ***camp event. It doesn’t have to be that way. Yes, you too can get together with friends that don’t share your online proclivities. And it still counts as social networking. Sunday I…
Offline Reading – Alive in my book
Are you still reading magazines and newspapers? What are reasons for still enjoying print over pixels on occasion? Reading print is faster than reading online. This reason alone might be enough for some. I find that I read faster with print once I’ve established a pace. It’s also faster when all of the print is…
10 Things To Do While Twitter is Down
Yes, it happens, Twitter goes down, or wonky or kaput. Whatever you call it, your favorite social networking tool is not there for you, so now what? Here’s a few suggestions. Rediscover that book you bought at Amazon and never read. Yes, the one on 100 things to do online. Visit with your kid. Yes,…
