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“To be a person is to have a story to tell.” – Isak Dinesen Written for October 5th, in commemoration of National Storytelling Festival Day… Aristotle wrote in his treatise Poetics that there are seven golden rules to being successful in telling a story – plot, character, theme, dialogue, chorus, décor and spectacle. Learning to [...]
Does it seem that, everywhere around us, the young are taking over the world? With the takeover of our daily lives by shape-shifting push-button technologies and new, sometimes flighty forms of personal interaction, are the elderly getting lost in the shuffle? Perhaps not… Grandma Moses Day September 7th is Grandma Moses Day, a celebration of the [...]
March 4th is Courageous Followers Day, set aside for leaders to stop, turn around, and thank those that supported them on their journey. After all, how would they have gotten to where they are today were it not for those people who took a chance on them, way back when? In social media, it’s all [...]
Looking for the Social Media Marshall Plan? Click here! On this day in 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed today National Bill of Rights Day, on the 150th anniversary of the introduction of the document by James Madison to the First U.S. Congress. Did we even need a Bill of Rights? So, why do we [...]
November 30th is Computer Security Day. I suppose it’s the annual Cyber equivalent of ignoring proclamations to check those home fire alarm batteries. You’ve probably noticed the growing number of people on FaceBook and Twitter mourning the hostile takeover of their social media accounts. I’ve helped a few over the phone, going over the [...]
Happy 81st Birthday, Mickey Mouse! Mickey Mouse officially celebrated his birth with the screening of the cartoon Steamboat Willie on this day, back in 1928. As usual, when discussing what day it is, I had to put some thought to how the remembrance and/or celebration of this popular character’s storied life can be tied to [...]
Awhile back, when I received the beta invitation (or warning) for the new Retweet feature at Twitter, it’s one “improvement” that I had not been looking forward to, and I’ve worked diligently around it for awhile now. I’ve been using the “Old School” retweet method of forwarding those nuggets of information I like to my [...]
Tolerance n. 1. Recognition of and respect for the opinions, beliefs, or actions of others. 2. The amount of variation from a standard that is allowed. 3. Capacity to withstand pain or hardship. 4. Physical resistance to poison. I thought I’d start out with a propaganda film from the 1950′s regarding Homosexuality, just to put [...]
You just wrapped up your first week of Twitter, said hello to the world, quietly squeaking inside over your very first follower, discovered the joys of that reply button, and publicly thanked each and every new follow and @mention you received. As the week progressed, you discovered the naughty Follow Bots and how to block [...]
We’ve been awaiting (or dreading) their arrival, and now they are finally here. I’m not talking about the Beiber-Kardashian babies – no, I’m going to take a little bit of time to discuss the Lists feature on Twitter and how you might want to think about using (and when not to use) it. When I [...]