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Web 2.O Basics and Blogging

August 19th, 2008 at 3:12 am » Comments (0)

Are you ready to learn the basics of web2.0? Are you ready to explore this technology with blogging basics?
Well, if the answer is yes, The WordPress Wizard has a brand new class starting on Thursday. You can check it out right here.



Social Bookmarking vs Social Networking

August 12th, 2008 at 5:40 am » Comments (3)

Social bookmarking is different from social networking. I got a really clear explanation of this recently. Yet, I have subscribed to many sites that belong in both categories and did not have a full grasp of the difference between the two of them.
Ok, this is my explanation:
Both are part of Web 2.0. However, social bookmarking [...]



A Squidoo and Twitter a Real Social Bond

April 9th, 2008 at 1:59 am » Comments (1)

Squidoo and Twitter are bonded together with bloggers both expert and evolving. I was on Squidoo and came across this content filled post on Twitter. There is an excellent discussion on how the two work together. In addition this is, so far, one of the most detailed descriptions of Twitter.
Pay particular attention to TWITTER TOOLS [...]



Social Networks-Scribd

April 4th, 2008 at 9:12 pm » Comments (0)

Scribd is new, now and not to be passed by! This is the information directly from the site.
What is Scribd? Scribd is a free, web-based, document sharing community and self-publishing platform that enables anyone to easily publish, distribute, share, and discover documents of all kinds. E-books, presentations, essays, [...]



Social Networks-IMEDIX

March 30th, 2008 at 11:14 pm » Comments (0)

Social network and health research are merged with the launch of Imedix. This social network site is easy to use and aimed at providing answers to health questions from people. This site is easy to sign up with. Although they have an option for your birth date it is not a required field.
Now , please [...]



Twitter-Insights from Wikipedia

March 28th, 2008 at 3:56 pm » Comments (0)

I thought it would be interesting to check out what Wikipedia had to say about Twitter. So, you can check it out right here.
I did not know the entire site is run on a software system called Ruby on Rails - Heavy brains are behind it. (Don’t feel bad if you if you [...]



Video on Twitter

March 27th, 2008 at 3:26 am » Comments (2)



Twitter Anyone? Audio Interview with Myrna Weinreich!

March 21st, 2008 at 1:00 am » Comments (1)

Twitter is a powerful social marketing site. Listen to my interview with Myrna Weinreich as she shares some of her experiences as a Baby Boomer Blogger using Twitter.



Social Networking Sites-Use Socialmeter To See How You Rate

February 13th, 2008 at 6:40 pm » Comments (3)

Social Networking is hot in the blog world. For baby boomers this means that if you want to share this network you might want to check out where you are in the world of social networking. But STOP, WHAT IS A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE?
I like defining social networking as a way to network online vs [...]