Social Media Category

Build a Custom Twitter Archive with WordPress

Published Thursday, April 1st, 2010

How to build a custom archive of your Twitter tweets using WordPress & TweetBackup. 3 steps to back up old tweets. 2 steps to archive future ones.

Mashable Goes Political

Published Monday, January 18th, 2010

If you live in Massachusetts, you’ve no doubt been inundated with Senate race campaign ads. They’re all over TV and now, in a new-to-me development, I encountered an anti-Scott Brown ad on Mashable.

Drum Corps – Chase Community Giving

Published Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Chase Bank & Facebook have teamed up to donate $5,000,000 to non-profit organizations. Close to my heart are the participating drum corps. These groups deserve all the support in the world.

Facebook Adds Twitter to News Feed

Published Friday, August 28th, 2009

I just noticed a surprising link on my Facebook News Feed. It says, “follow @jasonrobb,” pointing to Jason Robb’s Twitter stream. What’s this? Is Facebook partnering with Twitter? I don’t think this kind of social-media-symbiosis would appear on Facebook’s most popular page without some heavy financial consideration. Now, I might just be the last to [...]

Using Twitter for Smart Shopping

Published Friday, May 29th, 2009

The short version: use Twitter for smart shopping by (1) connecting with Twitter users who offer the product/service you want, (2) express your interest in their product, (3) watch them fight over you. It’s a brilliant tactic and I first witnessed it by observing @autoglassguy.