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Introducing Allan Cockerill

13 August, 2008 (10:56) | Allan Cockerill, Facebook, Social Media

When Allan told me he was thinking of making some changes and moving different topics to new blogs, I knew the perfect place for his social media writing. :)

Allan Cockerill is the Facebook expert I call on whenever I have questions. He has been instrumental in bringing attention to much needed changes in some Facebook apps.

Save the Fail Whale, Block a Twitter Spammer

16 June, 2008 (13:26) | Friends, Help, Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A couple days ago, Mousewords mentioned that there was a guy on twitter who kept unfollowing and refollowing her. I said that following numbers had been going up and down for a lot of people, so maybe it was [...]

Seize the Day

20 May, 2008 (12:24) | Friends, Social Media

Do you ever have one of those moments where it feels like everything comes together for a purpose?

You Gotta Have Friends

26 March, 2008 (09:54) | Friends, Guest Bloggers, Social Media, Twitter

Friendship has been on my mind a lot lately. Social websites brought people together who most likely wouldn’t hang out on traditional forums or chat rooms

Time For A Beer With Cool Greeting Cards

28 February, 2008 (10:24) | Allan Cockerill, Facebook, Guest Bloggers

Allan Cockerill, a good friend I’ve mentioned a few times before, noticed that I hadn’t been posting much lately and offered a guest post. I gladly accepted and hope all of you enjoy this review of a recently revised Facebook app.

10 Minute Guide to Facebook - Adding Friends

10 January, 2008 (10:17) | 10 Minutes, Allan Cockerill, Beginner, Facebook, Social Networking

By Guest Blogger: Allan Cockerill
How many friends can I add daily on Facebook?
What is the maximum number for friends I can have?
These are the two most common search terms which bring people to my blog.
The answer to the first question is: I don’t know, and nobody seems to know for sure, but 20 to [...]

Stumbling is Perfect for Introverts

22 December, 2007 (05:07) | Comments, Friends, Introvert

I have a confession to make. I’m an introvert.
Now some of you are probably going, “Nah, really?!? We’d never have guessed. :P”
If you’ve never taken the Myers-Briggs or other online personality test, I thoroughly recommend it. The results (if it’s a good test) are a fascinating look into your own behaviors.
I know before [...]

Five Reasons Why You Might Not Want to be a Top Stumbler

26 November, 2007 (14:43) | Help, Hints, Posting, Research, SU, Starspirit, StumbleUpon, Stumbling, Thumbs, Top Stumbler

Thanks to a friend who noticed I was getting too caught up in being at the top of the list, and called me on it, I seriously cut back on my SU activity for a while, and when I came back to StumbleUpon, I noticed I was having fun with it again, instead of stressing about always finding good articles to post.

So, here are my top 5 reasons you might not want to push to be Top Stumbler:

Technorizing Stumbleupon

17 November, 2007 (08:53) | SU, StumbleUpon, Stumblers, Tricks

Here is a rather neat idea that I’d never thought of before. Did you know that you can set up your StumbleUpon page on Technorati? When you sign up on Technorati, they ask you to insert a piece of code into one of your blog posts…and then after the blog is set up, you can remove it (which is nice when you find that a website you thumbed up two days ago isn’t available anymore).

StumbleUpon’s Sidebar and CleanSUBeta

12 November, 2007 (20:19) | Beginner, CleanSUBeta, Drizzlein, Email, Friends, Sidebar

Today, I want to tell you about an add-on that I use all the time with StumbleUpon. It’s called CleanSUBeta and was written by Furman87 (http://furman87.stumbleupon.com).