At the Epicenter of Influence

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by Lane on October 31, 2011

In the dark recesses of the social media mind (our collective or hive mind) lies the desire to be heard. Not just heard, but to be considered important and our words meaningful. Klout calls this “influence”. Is this real influence? Are you able to change someone else’s thoughts or buying patterns with a couple tweets [...]

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The Chupacabra Ate My Klout Score

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by Lane on October 27, 2011

I sat cowering in my office chair this afternoon as I witnessed the carnage. The horror was unspeakable, yet I could not manage to look away. It took all I had not to scream in terror as the beast ripped, clawed, bit and chewed at the Klout score I had worked so hard to build [...]

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The Chupacabra Effect

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I had fallen in to the trap of taking Klout topics and influence too seriously. Earlier this week I was honored to receive +K for Blogging from @ginidietrich. After exchanging a couple tweets she told me she picked Blogging when she couldn’t find anything funny like Bacon or the like in my list of influential [...]

7 Ways to Change Your View When Using Screen

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In a previous post I detailed the basic usage of GNU Screen. Below I will cover how to customize screen to make it easier to use and more convenient for you. This really is the meat of what @cgranier and I discussed via Twitter. If you’ve used screen at all you know out-of-the-box it can [...]

Are You Monitoring Your Children’s Use of Social Media?

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Like it or not, the reality of children today is that they are going to be on social media. When my daughters first asked me if they could have a Facebook account I flat out denied their request. Over time I saw that many of their friends were indeed using the social platform to share [...]

Secure Your Social Reputation

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Money can be replaced easily and is often insured. Too bad the same cannot be said for repairing your reputation and credibility. Both of which can be absolutely destroyed in a matter of seconds with no direct action of your own! You must be extremely careful in today’s socially savvy world with the power and reach of [...]

A Look Back…

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I didn’t lose anyone that I know in the September 11 terrorist attacks but I can vividly recall almost every detail of that morning at work as we watched the events unfold and I am still terribly saddened when I think of the lives that were lost and what has happen to our country in [...]

Tracking 301 Redirects with Google Analytics

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If you are anything like me you have several domains that are related pointing, or redirecting, to your primary domain name. The extra domain names can be helpful in protecting your personal or business brand. Of course you are careful to have 301 redirects in place pointing to your main site in an effort to [...]

It’s not you…. It’s me.

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Dear John Netflix, I’m terribly sorry I had to do this through a blog post, this is not easy for me at all, honestly. After all these years it is time for us to go our separate directions. Sure your pricing change prompted me to rethink our relationship but at the end of the day, [...]

Klout Perks: The Weather Channel Umbrella

August 30, 2011

In yesterday’s mail I was pleasantly surprised to see I had received my umbrella from The Weather Channel via a Klout Perk! I didn’t know what to expect for such a freebie but the umbrella is quite nice. Below are some pictures of the umbrella in case you care to see or have not yet [...]