12 Sep 2015 » 1 min read about social networking
his blog hasn’t been quite as active as it once was, although I am doing my best to change that. But just because the blog has not been as active, that does not been I haven’t been active online. Let me take this opportunity to point out the various places you can find me online…
29 Dec 2014 » 1 min read about social networking
t is clear by looking at my Twitter profile that I don’t follow a whole lot of accounts. But every now and then, I’ll find something on Twitter that stands out from the crowd. Here are 20 of the Twitter accounts I enjoyed in 2014, and I would certainly recommend them if your tastes align…
27 Dec 2014 » 1 min read about social networking
iven that I recently wrote a post about how I update and manage my social media profiles, I thought it might be useful to have a post letting people know where they can find me on social media. Like many people, I started out on a wide variety of platforms, but in recent years, I…
04 Dec 2014 » 2 min read about social networking
here was a time, two or three years ago, when I paid close attention to Twitter statistics, and in particular, that ever important Number of Followers. It’s a number so in vogue that I’ve seen in mentioned in half a dozen TV shows. Somewhere along the way, I pretty much stopped paying attention. The last…
28 Oct 2014 » 4 min read about personal automation, social networking
omething about social media metrics makes me antsy. How many followers do you have on Twitter? How many friends on Facebook? How many likes did you get for that post? How many times was that clever tweet retweeted? Perhaps these are useful measurements for a brand or business, but for the average person–me for instance–they…
29 Sep 2014 » 1 min read about social networking
he social network Ello has been getting some press lately, and thanks to good people, I got an invite last week, and have been giving it a try. I haven’t done much there as yet, but I see that a lot of folks in the science fiction/fantasy world are over there, too, making it feel…
08 May 2014 » 1 min read about Personal & Family, social networking
esterday, I had this thought and decided to share it, thinking I was being both original and clever. The main problem with the #amwriting hashtag is that you’re not. You’re tweeting. — Jamie Todd Rubin (@jamietr) May 7, 2014 According to ThinkUp, it was a pretty popular Tweet for me: and it drew a lot…
30 Mar 2014 » 2 min read about social networking
ate last year, I wrote about how I use Facebook less and less. I’ve used the last few months to figure out what works best for me and I’ve come to the conclusion that the easiest thing for me to do is divide my Facebook activity into two parts. My personal Facebook page will be…
01 Mar 2014 » 1 min read about social networking
have been using ThinkUp since it was released to its early supporters back in January and I really like it. Unlike some tools which try to make your online activity into a popularity contest, ThinkUp provides insights that are fun and useful. As they say on their home page, “ThinkUp makes you feel good about the…
26 Jan 2014 » 1 min read about social networking
arlier today, unbeknownst to me, I made my 15,000th tweet. Nothing terribly dramatic. I was responding to my Launch Pad pals, Christian Ready and Jeri Smith-Ready telling them I’d send them details of the upcoming Daily Science Fiction book launch this Saturday at the Baltimore Science Fiction Society. Hint: I’ll be there! For posterity, here…
24 Dec 2013 » 2 min read about social networking
mentioned the other day how I was backing away from Facebook in order to give myself a little more peace of mind, better focus the time I spent on social media. I’ve gotten a few questions about this, and so I thought I’d provide some clarifying points: I am not quitting Facebook, I am just…
20 Dec 2013 » 2 min read about social networking
ver the next two weeks, I will be dramatically dialing back my day-to-day participation in Facebook. There are several reasons for this. 1. Facebook has become a generally negative place. If I am going to spend time browsing, I don’t want to do it in a place where the vibe is generally negative. I look…