It didn’t hit me until Chris Brogan’s talk on Thursday that I’ve actually been doing this whole social media thing for a while now, and I can really help people who are struggling with it.
I was a Community Manager for a software company before that was even a title. One role I had at [...]

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First of all, the title seems harsh, but it’s a good title. The book isn’t about being a jerk to everyone, FYI.
Too often I see really talented people “not make it”. And then I see people with no talent and they are all over the place, and I want to gouge my eyeballs [...]

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As I have said time and time again in some form or another, the internet provides us with a big publishing tool. We can publish and we can also read others’ works. I have been an avid reader much of my adult life and would like to take this affinity for reading digitally. [...]

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Lynn Bender at GeekAustin (aka @linearb to many other circles) is a phenomenal piano player. He heard about my sister Debby’s financial strife while trying to overcome graft-vs-host disease, and decided he’d like to play to help her raise some money to cover her expenses. Right now her health insurance is over $700 [...]

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My sister just reported that she has a 102 fever. That’s very discouraging. She has been battling not fun symptoms for quite some time after undergoing a stem cell transplant to battle leukemia. As much as my parents paid to send me to college to make me articulate, I cannot express how [...]

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So I planned to go to the Refresh Austin website to leave a comment to the effect of “Hey, what’s up with this bunk wiki that’s been outdated for four months?” and what did I find? A lovely, revamped website! Very cool. If you are looking to meet up with a diverse [...]

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If you work for a tech company (which if you read this, you probably do), you are probably tired of hearing about how social media is the absolute end all be all for your marketing. The truth is, this is not the case. Don’t believe me? Try reading Jakob Nielsen’s report on [...]

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OK, so how crazy is it when people want to know what you read? I can only assume that the good people at Practical Ecommerce 1.) needed content, which I can certainly understand and 2.) figured I am geeky enough to have an ecommerce bloglist primed and ready for their audience (which I did). [...]

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In honor of all of the goofy women who go bonkers for a flatscreen TV on Oprah’s Favorite Things, I am compiling a list of my favorite sites for 2007. These aren’t my favorite sites per se; they are just cool ones I found this year. Please fight the urge to feel ungrateful [...]

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I read a Duncan Riley article in Techcrunch that well regarded blogger Susan Reynolds is undergoing surgery today for breast cancer. Although I am not familiar with Susan or her blog, I remember what it was like to go through my own sister’s cancer experience and I wish her and her family the best [...]

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