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Re: Why it’s not really my birthday

conniecrosby — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:51:24 -0000

Awesome. I do the exact same thing, and advise others to do this as well. Happy birthday, whenever it is (was)!

Re: When Twitter Goes Down

conniecrosby — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:51:35 -0000

Ack! When is it coming back up again?

Um, oh yeah, thanks for sharing, Chris. ;-)

Re: Think before you face your manga

davedelaney — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:28:08 -0000

You're totally right Connie. Yes, Chris is an exception in the case. Let's
just hope he refrains from this again: http://twitter.com/YankChrisBrogan:-)

Cheers.

Re: Think before you face your manga

conniecrosby — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:54:46 -0000

Okay, okay, I have switched mine back. It was just a bit of fun and--for most people--only temporary. It was an interesting experiment really and did reveal to us the reasons for having the photos or other avatars and being consistent.

This is precisely why I begged LinkedIn for a long time to allow us to post our photos, because you meet someone at a conference or an important new business contact, and need both the face and the name to help remember them.

I quite like what Chris Brogan does--he often takes a new photo that day and posts it, so we can see how he is looking that particular day. It still looks like him and he is recognizable. I also reserve the right to periodically change my avatar for specific purposes--such as when I recently dramaticaly changed my hair and no longer looked like my photo, or when I did the "Blue Elvis" series of tweets on Twitter over a year ago.

It is interesting to see how important this has become.

Cheers,
Connie

P.S. I have this (different) avatar in the comments because Discus won't let me use my other avatar claiming it is too big a file. I have to figure out how to resize my avatar so I can change it! I'll be honest--it bugs me that I am still using the Twitter fail robot here. :-P

Re: B-Day

conniecrosby — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:01:11 -0000

Congrats, guys!! What a beautiful baby boy. What terrific photos. Thank you for sharing.

Re: B-Day

conniecrosby — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:56:08 -0000

I'm checking in, seeing how things are going. I'm thinking about you guys!!

Re: Baby Updates

conniecrosby — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:41:05 -0000

I'm thinking about you guys, and hope things go well. All the best!!

Connie

Re: Weekend of music and hippies

conniecrosby — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:08:06 -0000

I'm glad to hear the Hillside Festival is alive and well! I volunteered there when I was a student at the University of Guelph a million years ago. I will have to keep it in mind for next year. Sounds like you had a great time. It is definitely a special event.

Cheers,
Connie

Re: 5 reasons why I hate Twitter

conniecrosby — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:51:15 -0000

Seesmic video reply from Connie Crosby.

Re: Help! My Twitter profile is missing!

davedelaney — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:36:06 -0000

Thanks for the update. I'm so sorry this has happened to you, a huge
Twitter advocate too.

I had over 1,500 followers as well. I feel completely at a loss, dare
I say depressed about it.

For others reading this, imagine someone cutting off your email
account. You have no backup of the messages or your address book. How
will you ever get this all back?

Are the conversations gone forever?

We put a lot of trust in the people behind our favorite social network
sites. In this case I have received no explanation from Twitter. This
saddens and scares me.

Re: Help! My Twitter profile is missing!

Connie Crosby — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:17:46 -0000

Thanks, Dave! I only just discovered it this morning when trying to get back on. And I had no warning. I have no idea how I was breaking the terms of service either, but haven't been told that was the reason. I had over 1500 followers and was following almost as many, just over 1400. That was from a year and a half of twitter use, over 9,000 tweets.

I accidentally sent a tweet via email which seems to have reinstated the account under my name, but have lost everything.

Thanks for posting on this...I was offline for 18 hours and had no idea this had happened until this morning.

Re: Connie Crosby

Connie Crosby — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:58:08 -0000

I have had terrific feedback so far! People comment on liking the look of the site: colorful yet professional design. They are also excited about the messaging which we worked on together. I am pleased that the text will evolve with my business, and am looking forward to adding to the blog.

You suggested three colors for the business cards to give a "collectable" feel to them. It has certainly worked when I have handed out cards to groups, taking care to give different colors to different people. People are especially delighted when I hand them a favorite color!

All the best with future projects, Mitch!
Connie

Re: Less is Always More.

Connie Crosby — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:11:09 -0000

Great find! I think this doesn't apply just to web design, but to all business/organizational problems.

Cheers,
Connie

Re: Oh Canada — not too bad, eh?

conniecrosby — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:26:54 -0000

A couple of great lists--thanks for this. Happy Canada Day, Mathew!

Cheers,
Connie Crosby

Re: 5 things you must have to attend conferences from your couch

Dave Delaney — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:25:35 -0000

I missed you guys too. It was nice to "sort of" be there anyway. Next time I'll be there in person. Glad you enjoyed our video.

Cheers,
Dave

Re: 5 things you must have to attend conferences from your couch

Connie Crosby — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:19:19 -0000

I'm so glad you could still be there virtually, Dave! We missed you in person. Thanks so much for sending in the great video. :-)

Cheers,
Connie

Re: Looking back at mesh 2008

mathewi — Sun, 25 May 2008 00:15:03 -0000

Thanks a lot, Connie. And thanks for doing all that live-blogging --
you and Dave Fleet and Guin Orvis pretty well had the whole thing
covered :-)

Re: Looking back at mesh 2008

conniecrosby — Sun, 25 May 2008 00:12:42 -0000

Another fantastic year! Congratulations to you and all the Mesh founders for a job well done.

Cheers,
Connie

Re: Online fiction, Facebook and transparency

mathewi — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:23:03 -0000

Thanks, Connie. I think you are right that we are still figuring a
lot of this out -- and in fact, this kind of thing has been going on
since the Internet was invented (which wasn't really that long ago,
when you think about it).

I found it interesting that Jill mentioned in her original post how
she thought Facebook used to be just kind of fun thing for students
but has become more professional and business-like, and how that might
have led to some of the negative reaction from people.

Re: Online fiction, Facebook and transparency

conniecrosby — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:35:02 -0000

You seem to have captured the essence of what happened. I was there and have been chiming in on the various discussions. I agree with you, Mathew--folks seem to be digging in their heals when really I don't think they are that diametrically opposed if we look at it closely.

I do find it fascinating. Jill Golick no doubt set out to provoke a reaction, at least on some level. What she didn't count on was, in return, being provoked herself.

It is fascinating how it is playing out, how we are still figuring out how to exist with each other in the electronic spaces.

Re: Dembot - Twitter Down Art Collection

andrewbaron — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:57:31 -0000

Your welcome Connie, thanks for dropping a line. Sometimes its hard to appreciate art when not in a gallery but if you stand back and squint your eyes a bit, you can see what it feels like when Twitter goes down.

Re: Dembot - Twitter Down Art Collection

connie — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:21:09 -0000

@andrewbaron LOL! Thank you for the art collection.

Re: Episode 68: On the importance of doing what you love

Connie Crosby — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:57:53 -0000

Hi Brent: Just checking out your last episode and noticed the photo from the Toronto Podcaster meetup. What a handsome bunch!

Cheers,
Connie