Because Twitter can be anything you want it to be. It reminds of stencil art or sidewalk chalk. Something amongst the landscape of Twitter reminding us of the possibilities. Symbols. Poetry. Tanka. 140 character dreams. Urban memes. Who’s your favourite…
5 Ways to Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve Without Throwing Your Avatar in my Face
Once upon a time, when you wanted to raise some funds for a good cause you would ask your friends, neighbours and your local community. Nowadays when you raise funds, thanks to social media there’s a chance that anybody, anywhere…
Three Ways to Count on Interruptions
As any mother will attest, parenthood is full of all kinds of interruptions. Something like this… So, I’m making a concerted effort to count on interruptions this year. Yes, I’m planning on being unfocused. At home with my hubby and…
Emotional Intelligence meets Social Media
Just because I thought you might like to join in this study, which has been extended to November 5th 2009 concludes October 25th, please take a peek… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THHvcZO59Fs] In their own words (from the delightful @celiaprosser and @lukegrange) : “Knowledge…
The Commodification of Personality
I thought I should explain my current Twitter background which looks a bit like this: You might have read that teens don’t use Twitter. I wonder if that has contributed to the commodification of personality on Twitter. We have become…
How to be a social media explorer
Here’s a list of some ways you can begin to explore social media– or 13 tips for getting your social media mojo back :) A bit of background: In my last post I wrote about Keri Smith’s book “How To…
Exploring My World
Yesterday I picked up a copy of “How To Be An Explorer Of The World” by Keri Smith. And a small handbag-size journal with a combination of blank pages for drawing and lined pages so I can take lots of…
It's OK with me if you don't look like your face
Hello! It’s lovely to see you. Really, it is. But it’s OK with me if you don’t want to look like your face. Maybe you want to appear upside-down for a change. Or perhaps your 3 year old told you…
Tweet Thirteen
Meet @timecommander Dan Miranda. He’s thirteen years old and writes a blog about personal development. He is running a competition on his blog, with a chance to win a copy of Problogger’s book if you follow him on Twitter Meet…