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Farewell, Facebook

On Monday, I deleted my Facebook account. A day before I hit the button, I posted a note letting people know where they could find me online if they wanted, and promising more of an explanation: here it is. I’m a control freak. I run my own web servers,

James Socol May 6, 2010 • 3 min read

Education

New Information Processes

Robert Pondiscio started a great discussion on Twitter in the classroom over on The Core Knowledge Blog. In particular, I’m interested in one of his comments: If someone invented a 21st century hammer it wouldn’t dramatically change the training and experience a contractor would need to build a

James Socol Jul 8, 2009 • 3 min read

Marketing

Social Media Marketing: This is your Chance

If I could’ve sat down with Chris Brogan and Laura Fitton six months ago and asked them one thing, it would have been: “Who, exactly, are you marketing to?” There has always been a small thorn in my paw about social media marketing. It’s the same thing that

James Socol Apr 30, 2009 • 2 min read

Social Media

Communities within Communities

There is an op-ed floating around Twitter today: As a social network, Twitter is a dud. Is it ironic that an article deriding Twitter is being spread on Twitter? Irony is so ill-defined. Twitter is not for everyone, and I respect that, but the author, Alex Groves, seems to be

James Socol Apr 24, 2009 • 3 min read

influence

Why I Unfollowed You

Try these strategies to lose followers and waste your time on Twitter. 1) Have no name, photo, bio, or website. Avoid looking like a real person at all, in fact. If you arbitrarily capitalize and ignore the 140 character limit, you can look even more like a robot. These are

James Socol Jan 13, 2009 • 2 min read

bots

Oh the Humanity (of Twitter)

Twitter creates a powerful opportunity: no matter who you are, or how big your business, you can put a human “face” on Twitter. Comcast (@comcastcares), JetBlue (@jetblue), Biggby Coffee (@biggbybob) and Starbucks (@starbucks), even Britney Spears (sorry, I refuse to link that one) have all shown up on Twitter with

James Socol Nov 11, 2008 • 2 min read