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Re: The first day of NaNoWriMo

tojosan — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:06:09 -0000

Definitely I'll not overdue it. Likely I'll under do my capacity today as I'm feeling the yawns striking. Ha.
Best wishes on your novel as well.

Re: The first day of NaNoWriMo

tojosan — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:04:11 -0000

Go go go Anne. I'm moving slower today than at midnight. but it might be that I was up till the wee hours. Ha.
Best of luck. I'm tojosan on Nanowrimo. Be sure to buddy up!

Re: Interesting Builds an Audience

ChrisCree — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:43:47 -0000

L.L., You are in fact interesting. And I'm a little loopy this afternoon on cold meds. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. ;)

Re: WordPress – .com vs .org For Business

ChrisCree — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:39:52 -0000

Heya Fiona! Glad you found it helpful. Thanks for stopping by!

Re: Dungeons and Dragons comes to Facebook

tojosan — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:50:39 -0000

Yes. D&D, it is about time! Seems like these folks would have been early adopters.
No doubt determining the best way to capture the experience was a tough call.
Hopefully this is the beginning of a new set of apps.

Re: Twitter Lists Risks and Worries

tojosan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:28:08 -0000

Told you so?! Yeah, maybe I'll get to say that. Hopefully more in the future than less though.

I'm working the geography thing but now am considering a private list version of each as well for those that don't want to be outed.

Also I'm avoiding labels that aren't useful to me personally, such as gay or hetero. Likewise, ethnicity isn't a big concern of mine, but ethnic interests or cooking might be.

Thanks for stopping by.

Re: Twitter Lists Risks and Worries

tojosan — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:37:42 -0000

Libel & more are my Lists concerns. I can see it getting way out of hand as well with students and bullies and cliques. That'll start taking place immediately.

Re: Angry Robots debut at Forbidden Planet

tojosan — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:59:24 -0000

@Loudmouthman digitally signing the Kindle would be cool. That would seem to be a small enough app to capture some handwriting and tag it to the relevant book.

Re: Twitter – Blocking Followers

tojosan — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:35:00 -0000

You and I likely block more than our share. Makes up for the folks that don't block anyone.

Re: St. Louis Apple Picking Tweetup – This Sunday

tojosan — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:35:10 -0000

Yes silly. Nanna J and I both went.

Re: St. Louis Real Estate Guru – Video Blogging

tojosan — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:54:23 -0000

Karen, you've become more than just another realtor to me and others in the St. Louis Community. Your promotion of events beyond realty and your work within that community really stand out.

Cheers,
Todd

Re: Mafia Wars – Assisting Made Easy

tojosan — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:46:26 -0000

It's working again. Yes!

Re: Twitter ReTwweet Integration: Project ReTweet

tojosan — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:36:55 -0000

Your comments are valid for sure. Yes, seeing at a glance who was person retweeting helps, especially if you enjoy what they retweet.

Re: Twitter ReTwweet Integration: Project ReTweet

tojosan — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:36:10 -0000

Great comment. Twitter will indeed change, or it will die. Nothing is so bad or good as much as we make it so.

Re: Get More Twitter Followers TODAY

ChrisCree — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:42:33 -0000

I have noticed that I seem to attract more followers the more I tweet. On days with just a few tweets (and there are lots of them) I don't gain that many followers.

Just a general trend I've seen though I haven't formally tested it. Not really sure why it would be the case either 'cause my tweets tend to be all over the place - from work related to silly personal stuff.

Re: Thesis vs. Headway – why are we at war?

ChrisCree — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:48:04 -0000

Heh. I'm no counselor.

For my part I have no desire to get in the middle of a pissing contest over which theme's better. Don't see how it adds value to the conversation.

Re: Why I Promote the HELL out of Thesis

GlendaWH — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:22:25 -0000

Ari, I felt the same way when I was coerced to remove my Archives from the sidebar. Even if my readers didn't use them, I did! Now I view and search for posts through the admin panel in WordPress. The filter feature helps. I'm not totally convinced that way is easier. But, its not about me, its about my readers. Right?

Re: Why I Use Amazon Affiliate Links When Reviewing Items

ChrisCree — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:09:37 -0000

I get that. And I agree with you, Chris. Really I do.

Didn't mean to say you were compensated for the review. Just for the "referral" of the affiliate link. IF someone clicks through AND makes a purchase.

It's totally above board and any cash that you happen to get as a result is a fraction of what I think you deserve for steering folks like me to quality products. Anyone who has a problem with THAT has bigger issues in my mind.

Not to mention, I'm very interested in what you have to say about pocket video cameras. With my new video site I know I'll be buying one soon. :)

Re: Bowlher09 St. Louis Style

tojosan — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:41:47 -0000

Had a wonderful time Suzanne. I'm already looking forward to the next event. And yep, I'm in love with supporting St. Louis, #STL. Be sure to let me know or St. Louis Social Media Report know about any upcoming events.

Re: Quid Pro No

CathleenRitt — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:04:51 -0000

Seth,

Thanks so much. I think Chris does a great job of bringing these questions out in the open and having us puzzle it out with him. He helped me a few years ago when I had maybe 30 followers. I got a DM from a guy to let me know he was breaking up with me as a follower. "you're a nice girl..." I was traumatized. That's taking the real world too far, a silent unfollow was all that was needed. Glad this post introduced us.

Re: Quid Pro No

CathleenRitt — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:32:49 -0000

Marti - I've had similar things happen recently. I went back through my favorites - what else is there to do when you have a book to write - and found all these @replies from people and to people that I don't follow or communicate with anymore. I couldn't even tell you why. I've been feeling melancholy about it, but I end up going back to my point in my comment to Chris, some of these relationships aren't as real as you think or hope they might be unfortunately. And people get busy or don't have time, etc.
One follower in particular dumped me and it puzzled me so much that I sent him an email apologizing for whatever I had said or done, but got no response. I comforted myself with another thought from my comment to Chris, that whatever it was, it was his thing not mine.
The other thing I told myself is that maybe some people have started consolidating their info. Now that you can get your Twitter stream on Facebook and FriendFeed, if you use those more it might make sense not to follow on Twitter. I don't know, probably nobody does that, but it makes me feel better to think so.

Anyway, I think the whole "add value" is a lot of crap especially if adding value is defined as Retweeting- that's just playing telephone. If you tweet something nice, thoughtful, funny or smart once a week, you're adding value.

Gary Vee made a great comment at the 140 Conference. He said that even if you have only 1 follower, that is 1 person that cares about what you have to say. Just like I tell my friends when their boyfriends dump them, "you're better off without them." So if people are unfollowing us, that's a blessing because then we are not giving our energy to people that don't appreciate it, same as when we unfollow them.

Anyway, I love all your hats and I, like Chris, am not only proud to follow you, I'm proud that you follow me. (If you still do, I better check - ha ha)

Love,
Cathleen

Re: Facebook Scams – Are You Next?

ChrisCree — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:58:05 -0000

Yeah, Thom. Like moths drawn to a light, the scammers will crawl to where ever the largest crowds are gathered online. And Facebook has hundreds of millions of users today so we all need to stay vigilant.

Re: Borders, Amazon, Context

tojosan — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:49:53 -0000

Thanks for chiming in. Not sure a Kindle will ever replace a good old paperback.

Re: Innovation – can’t or won’t?

tojosan — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:49:29 -0000

A key thing you said is that people are worried about spending money just to understand how to innovate. They need to stop 'figuring it out' and just do something. It's easier to course correct when you're moving.

Re: What is Social Media?

ChrisCree — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:08:28 -0000

Thanks Travis! Not being a foodie I had to look up who Alton Brown is. Wow! I'll take that as a high compliment indeed. :)