21 Nov 2013 » 1 min read about social networking
ast week I mentioned how I am no longer active on Goodreads. I figured I should compliment that post with a post reminding folks that I am active on Twitter and Facebook, and more so on the former than the latter. For those interested, you can follow me on Twitter at @jamietr. On Facebook, I have…
16 Nov 2013 » 2 min read about social networking
ust a couple of updates I wanted to mention with regard to me and social media, specifically Goodreads and Twitter. Goodreads I think Goodreads is a swell social environment, but I have found that it is just one too many for me to keep up with. I have stopped putting the books I’ve read in…
21 Sep 2012 » 2 min read about social networking, Technology & Gadgets
ETA (8/28/13): Twitter triggers are back in IFTTT! They were added back in August 2013 using the new Twitter API. If you use IFTTT to capture your Tweets and send them to another service, you probably received a notice from them yesterday about how they will be removing Twitter triggers on September 27: In recent…
11 May 2012 » 1 min read about social networking
I mentioned this on Twitter yesterday, but for those folks who don’t follow Twitter, and who have found my series of Going Paperless posts interesting or useful, I have created a Going Paperless board on Pinterest where each of the posts have been pinned. If you are a pinner or prefer Pinterest as your primary…
05 Apr 2012 » 3 min read about Reading & Books, social networking
I’ve been a member of Goodreads since March 2008, over four years. I found out about the social networking site from a friend who knew of my predilection for books. Indeed, he told me about the site in the parking lot of the Magic Kingdom at Disney World. I joined shortly thereafter. I use the site as…
07 Nov 2011 » 1 min read about social networking
Charles Stross has a post this morning, “Evil social networks” taking aim at Klout.com that you should read. Some time ago, I signed up for Klout. I forget exactly how I came across it. I know that someone mentioned it and I took a look at it. The idea behind it is that it is…
22 Sep 2011 » 2 min read about social networking
I figured I’d give the latest changes to Facebook a day of use before I commented on them. When I saw the changes early yesterday, they didn’t seem so bad. My biggest problem was trying to understand how they worked. I’m a fairly tech-savvy guy and I don’t think it took me too long. I…
29 Aug 2011 » 2 min read about Reading & Books, social networking
I’ve gotten an unusual number of friend requests on Goodreads recently and so I thought I’d take a moment to clarify a few things about my various book and reading lists in the social networks arena. Yes, I am on Goodreads, and the list of books that I have read can be found there. I…
14 Jul 2011 » 1 min read about social networking, Writing & Publishing
You’ll hear writers say that writing is a lonely business. I’ve said it. But Google+ may be changing that. Last night, I attended my first “writers hangout” hosted by Jason Sanford. It started at 9pm and went on for close to two-and-a-half hours, following some basic rules that Mary Robinette Kowal suggested earlier in the…
12 Jul 2011 » 4 min read about social networking
I like it. I got my invitation to Google+ last week and I have been slowly digging into it, using it more and more over the last several days, growing my circles and other interactions. Here are some thoughts that I’ve had about Google+ since I’ve been using it. Circles are not only for privacy,…
08 Jul 2011 » 1 min read about social networking
Thanks to my friend and coworker, Monica, I am now on Google+. I’ve had almost no time to really look at it or play around with it (although did manage to add a few folks to circles), but once I have I’ll post here about my preliminary experiences so far. Anyone else out there on…
02 Jul 2011 » 3 min read about social networking
In light of the recent outage on my website, I got to thinking about how my social network helped to make sure people could still get to various posts and other information, even though they couldn’t get to my website directly. My online presence was more or less maintained, even though my website was not.…