Stream of Consciousness

Academia.edu

soapstar — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:52:55 +0000

One of my co-workers has his page on this site as a tagline to his email. It is an academic social network where you can upload your publications, presentations, and CV - very nice! So I have registered there to see how it goes. I like the idea, and it will even play nice with your Facebook account too.

Blogs and Spam

soapstar — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:22:33 +0000

Thanks to those of you who made true comments on the subjects at hand. I have found that even small blogs like this one get a lot of spam, that makes it more difficult to moderate the comments that do come in and filter out the ones that are off topic.

You will notice that I do approve both praise and criticism of the work at hand, I feel that both are important in shaping my writing communication. Thanks for the feedback!

P.S. - I did just edit my settings to see what effect it has if people have to register first before they comment.

P.P.S. - SUCCESS! The comments are now much less ’spammy’ than previously!

More thoughts…

soapstar — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:13:32 +0000

I’ve been thinking more about the Julie & Julia movie, how Julie was frustrated with her job but it was what she did on her own time that made her happy. The personal satisfaction and sense of accomplishment that I used to get from the actual work that I do has not been there for about a year now. I’ve got some volunteer projects starting that might provide me with some relief, but overall I need to become more aware of what makes me happy and find ways to do those things.

Julie & Julia movie

soapstar — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:02:12 +0000

I recently watched the Julie & Julia movie, and found it interesting that she was able to blog with no mention at all of spam during the process or of any marketing for people to find her blog. I wonder if anything like that would be successful today, or if there are just too many blogs out there for that sort of thing to happen?

Social-media Marketing

soapstar — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:21:31 +0000

I’m in an interesting class this month on marketing, and we’ve been talking a lot about how the internet has revolutionized marketing and created more customer empowerment to share their experiences with a particular company or service. Apparently, there are actually professional marketers that you can hire to help you manage your social media presence - tweet marketing campaigns, etc. Seems a bit funny, but I suppose it is to be expected as that’s the public part of the public relations business.

Twitter

soapstar — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:58:47 +0000

Great article on why Twitter is important to the social web: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_reverses_policy_change_for_now_this_is_nut.php

Twitter was one of the technologies highlighted at a recent conference I attended, so I found this very interesting. The speaker was Patricia Martin, who wrote “RenGen” - all about the coming renaissance, old systems are dying and new things are growing aided by technological connectivity.

Self Publishing

soapstar — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:08:55 +0000

Very cool book I read recently gave some links/tips on self-publishing (creating your own book). I did some reading and here is my favorite site: createspace.com

Text message from email

soapstar — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:49:42 +0000

Very cool - most cell phone companies have set up a system where you can send an email to someone and put in their phone number plus a predetermined string and it will be sent as a text message to their phone. Example:number@tmomail.net and there are more examples at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_gateway#Carrier-provided_Email_or_Web_to_SMS_gateways

Neat Library Programs

soapstar — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:20:12 +0000

As seen in “Library Administrator’s Digest” (May 2008) there are some neat library programs out there. Two of my favorites are “Paws for Reading” where certified therapy dogs are read to by children, and the bicycle loan program at Fort Collins, Colorado, to “reduce air pollution and traffic congestion”.

Twittering by text message

soapstar — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:38:38 +0000

I finally figured out how to Twitter with my cell phone. Oh boy, this is going to be cool. Now all I have to do is get my BFF and BF to follow my twitter on their phones, and I’m all set. They’ll both know if I missed my bus, if I need a ride, etc.