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10 Minute Guide to Kwippy

21 July, 2008 (12:59) | Beginner, RSS Readers, Social Media, Social Networking, kwippy, microblogging

Kwippy is a fun new service that allows you to post comments from Gtalk or Yahoo! It is very easy to get set up on kwippy, which is nice, and makes it a great site for introducing people to microblogging.

Why I Disabled Disqus’ Comment Plug-In

11 July, 2008 (10:38) | Social Media

I am no longer trying Disqus for a few reasons: 1) I was getting complaints about it. People weren’t being allowed to comment on my site until they’d registered at Disqus (and yes, I had it set to allow anoymous comments).

10 Minute Guide to Plurk - Part 4

6 July, 2008 (11:00) | 10 Minutes, Help, Mobile, Plurk, SMS Text Messaging, Social Media, Social Networking

julep67 asked, “I can’t figure how to text to plurk from my phone. It says in the terms that I can, but I can’t figure it out. Any help would be great.”

A Plurky Idea

29 June, 2008 (10:52) | 10 Minutes, Hacks, Plurk, Social Media, Social Networking, Tricks, social networks

We really needed a way to know someone else has referenced us. Unfortunately, I know next to nothing about coding, so can’t write a program to do it. I do know about hacks though, tricks you can use to enhance your experience with a program or site.

10 Minute Guide to Plurk - Part 3

26 June, 2008 (09:59) | 10 Minutes, Help, Plurk, Social Media

Because of our school memories, cliques have a bad reputation. Having cliques automatically means that someone is left out.

10 Minute Guide to Plurk - Part 3a

23 June, 2008 (22:57) | 10 Minutes, Emoticons, Plurk, Social Media, Social Networking

Barbara decided to test out plurking from her phone. It might be bearable, she decided, except for one thing. There was no list of emoticons for her to use.

10 Minute Guide to Plurk - Part 2

20 June, 2008 (23:43) | 10 Minutes, Help, Plurk, RSS Readers, Social Media, Social Networking

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Let’s Get Plurking
Welcome to part 2 of the Guide to Plurk. If you missed part 1, you can find it here.
It didn’t take me long once I started using Plurk to realize that I needed karma. Okay, maybe [...]

10 Minute Guide to Plurk - Part 1

19 June, 2008 (19:41) | 10 Minutes, Help, Hints, Plurk, Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter

There are a lot of people there who won’t “get” Plurk. It’s scrolling timeline and raging chats will throw them off. For those who are brave enough to spend a few days exploring, hopefully this guide will help ease the transition.

Save the Fail Whale, Block a Twitter Spammer

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

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 a twitter issue, and she sent me to this page, which discusses “The unusual case of [...]

Design the Perfect Social Networking Application

12 June, 2008 (09:51) | Social Media

What elements would the ideal social networking application have? What things are there that you can’t live without or wish someone would hurry up and add? What would your ideal communication application look like?