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Re: 5 Tips To Avoid Being Filtered From Twitter Search

Corvida — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:49:25 -0000

Mapper,

You might want to check out Chad's comment above or reach out to Chad for more specific details.

Re: 5 Tips To Avoid Being Filtered From Twitter Search

Corvida — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:48:16 -0000

Persistence seemed to pay off very nicely for you Chad. Thanks for sharing some of the steps you took for those who have had questions on how to get back in once you're out.

Re: Share Your Latest and Favorite Twitter Lists!

Corvida — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:47:21 -0000

Do you care about them now? Have you started creating your own?

Re: Share Your Latest and Favorite Twitter Lists!

Corvida — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:47:06 -0000

You have some great lists Antonella. I wish I had time to follow them all

Re: Share Your Latest and Favorite Twitter Lists!

Corvida — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:46:46 -0000

Thank you! Glad I could be of help

Re: CNN Stories on The Psychology of Lifestreaming and Living it for a Week

krynsky — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:27:13 -0000

I agree with you and what I logged was exactly those things. But even then I think it's important to do this selectively and in moderation so as not to detract from the actual experience.

Re: An early look at 2010 - Northwest Indiana elections

daltonsbriefs — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:09:15 -0000

thanks pundit, I think Vicki is running as a Democrat correct?

As a general announcement, if you have links to candidates' sites or facebook fan pages, I'll try to start adding those too. Eventually would like to have all the candidates listed, with links to their pages, so that those who aren't political addicts can find information and contacts. Anyone have a great page for State Rep and Senate maps so people can even figure out who their rep is?

Re: Literal Lifestreaming in New Motorola Cliq Commercial

krynsky — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:14:13 -0000

Wow, that's a very cool video. Thanks for sharing.

Re: Time for regional tourism collaboration

daltonsbriefs — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:32:17 -0000

So Pete would you prefer the bed tax go away completely, or be redirected to economic development, or be used in a regional effort to market NW Indiana? Those are the three proposals I've heard recently.

Re: 5 Effective Ways To Use Lists On Twitter

Corvida — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:03:05 -0000

Oh Doctah have your twitter lists been activated yet?

Re: 5 Effective Ways To Use Lists On Twitter

Corvida — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:02:42 -0000

Do you use Twitter list for doing any sort of outreach or networking?

Re: 5 Tips To Avoid Being Filtered From Twitter Search

Corvida — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:48:40 -0000

No problem Jeff. Thanks for the update on that spacing twist.

Re: 5 Tips To Avoid Being Filtered From Twitter Search

Corvida — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:48:08 -0000

Contact Twitter.

Re: Background for a Letter of Correction to the Recent Harper Letter of Half Truths

daltonsbriefs — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:14:31 -0000

Now now, of all the posts for you to question our editorial policies this one is your least favorable argument. Someone takes Commissioner Harper's positions and one by one gives another side to the debate, that's exactly what I wanted this site to accomplish. Long winded posts copied from other national blogs on the relative merits of the Federal Reserve or Gay Marriage are boring, I'm glad to see active participation by the RLC, Democrats, Union Members, elected officials, tea partiers, patriots, Republicans, and even that dreaded Valpo crowd.

I have edited posts featuring foul language, and will continue to do so because my kids read this site.
I have no problem with anonymous posters, and of course I know who everyone is, and continue to protect those identities. When someone wants to "out" themselves that's their decision, not mine.
I personally post in my own name every time.
Cross posting is not only allowed it is encouraged, so that we can all find other great sites.
Lastly, one person's gossip is another person's conspiracy theory and a third person's attack on freedom worthy of debate and concern

Re: Seize The Opportunity To Multiply Your Connections

Corvida — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:23:07 -0000

Hey Trina, I'm glad you could make it out to Blogalicious09 and thrilled to hear that our panel was inspiring for you. What's your site? Would love to see what you've done.

A Trackback or Pingback is a way for you to know when someone has linked to one of your articles. It will provide a link back to the site that linked to your content, and sometimes includes a summary of what the article had to say and where your link was mentioned in the article. You can head to Technorati.com to claim your blog and also keep track of pingbacks. If you're using Wordpress there are a host of plugins and social commenting systems like Disqus to keep track of these things for you all. Let me know if you need anymore help on this Trina.

Re: Why It’s Easier To Control Your Brand, Not The Conversation

Corvida — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:09:25 -0000

People will only see such negatives if they don't know you and the first thing they see is your brand's name (which they've been previously discussing). You have to get that connection to them without the need for your brand's name to be mentioned.

Stimulating the conversation is also different from jumping in with "cold feet." Stimulated conversations have a sense of credibility, trust, respect, and a deeper need for a better understanding about the topic at hand from people that you can trust.

It's beyond saying the right things at the right times, which can make people nervous when they don't know what to say.

Talk to folks without your brand's name being mentioned. Share your opinions as a person and not just an employee.

Re: Your Story Is Just As Important As The Stories of Dell And Zappos

Corvida — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:04:53 -0000

Well said Michael!

Re: Bing, Facebook, And Twitter: The Impact Of Social Media On Search

Corvida — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:03:40 -0000

Good questions Chris.

I'm hoping the inclusion of social media in search will help us move towards more natural language processing for both search and also SEO. I think overall it could make managing SEO a lot easier.

Re: Don’t Just Filter The Noise, Cut It Out!

Corvida — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:41:20 -0000

Same here. I haven't been back to it since I received my invite. It's doing too much and doesn't solve a thing for me.

Re: http://reasonbellpundit.blogspot.com/2009/10/our-1000th-post.html

daltonsbriefs — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:08:23 -0000

Thanks Rob, we orginally started out as merely Porter County Politics, and then political issues and candidates became more regional in scope and we widened our name to Northwest Indiana Politics. I too am hoping for more readers, commenters, and even authors from the surrounding counties as we move into the highly contentious election cycle of 2010.

Re: Tea Party Attendence Dies as NWIPs Focus on RTA

daltonsbriefs — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:47:57 -0000

Bonnie, beware the tendency to litmus test conservatives with your favorite definition. Some conservatives are pro-life, some believe the government should stay out of everything including the doctors office. Some conservatives are anti-tax, others believe that flat taxes or consumption taxes should be created to eliminate property taxes and income taxes. Some conservatives are for regional consolidation to make government more efficient, others would move all government to township level under the theory that it is closest to the people. Some conservatives are for economic development and the use of tax abatements, others believe this favors the out of towner and is a disadvantage to the local business. Some conservatives would prefer keeping Gary a nitemare and separate from the rest of us, others would suggest that as Gary goes so goes the entire region.

See how complex conservatism can be when one litmus test is propounded as as the "only" true and right position? One hard thing about governing, is the need to balance all those tensions and choose the best fit ... then even more complex is explaining that right balance to citizens who are tired of being fooled and defrauded by their elected officials. Tough, even tougher to find leaders willing to do it for free or for peanuts. Think of the masquerade in front of us even now, the current county power-wonks crying foul over the RTA referendum, while fiddling the tune "what's property taxes got to do with it?"

You have some great examples of leaders though right now, Mayor Costas and Senator Charbenneau, incoming Treasurer Bucko and Joyce Webster as trustee, Councilmember Blaney and the Porter town council. Don't discount how difficult the decisions they have all been forced to make during the last 7 years of Democrat autocracy in this county.

Don't shame your party, perhaps shame on the group that is using you right now to do their dirty work. Let's agree that the RTA will fail. Let's agree to disagree that the RDA is a great tool in the hands of the right leaders, and Bill Hanna and his team have the right ideas. Then let's work together to change the county from the top down, with a demand that leaders step up and be leaders or get out of the way.

Re: Tea Party Attendence Dies as NWIPs Focus on RTA

daltonsbriefs — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:07:38 -0000

Thanks for commenting here as well Faith. I must have missed the comment where Kevin Tracy was maligned or referred to as more than one of your speakers. Kevin's political/issues site is probably the most active blog in NW Indiana, and has been constantly under attack from democrats and socialists and worse. There was even a rumor and facebook group recently that suggested he may step up and take on Rep. Pete Visclosky himself.

I have posted your official response as a separate post and am glad to hear that the GOP meeting went well last nite. As I've talked to Republicans over the last couple weeks I've heard a lot of mixed feelings about Porter County and its direction.

First, they like you really don't want another new tax. Basically as conservatives we would prefer to stay away from new taxes. This referendum will ill timed, costing us $120,000 just to perform, and will fail.

Second, though they are pretty frustrated with the current leadership of our county. We've lost a ton of jobs, many in construction, and the current leadership was brought into office 7 years ago under the banner "anti-developer" and "anti-growth". There is no doubt that they won ... they crushed the developers and they stopped all growth. I guess many of us fear what the next phase of the 1960's rollback may include. I don't want to live in a county with gravel roads as one commissioner suggested we return.

Third, the RDA is not the RTA. Many conservatives support the RDA, the RDA leadership under Bill Hanna, and the economic development efforts they are struggling to perform. Mr Harper has worked overtime to tie the RDA to this referendum and I'm afraid has duped many a patriot into believing his stagecraft. When considering the irony of "Oscar's" pseudonym perhaps the Great and Mighty Oz was apt. Who is working behind the curtain?

Keep up your efforts at fighting the growth of government and waste and fraud. Support the leaders that are willing to try new things, to privatize, to create jobs with private industry and investment, to work with faith based organizations, to collaborate where so many have taken mediocrity as an easy way out. NW Indiana deserves better than many of the leaders we've been saddled with.

Re: Lifestreaming Goes 3D Courtesy of Drupal and Papervision

krynsky — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:41:44 -0000

Sounds good Nick. Keep me posted.

Re: Lifestreaming Service Storytlr to Shut Down and Go Open Source

krynsky — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:40:51 -0000

Sounds good Alard. I'm sure many folks will be interested and as I said I wish you the best.

Re: Attention Companies: Your Next Big Idea Will Come from Us

Corvida — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:23:13 -0000

Glad you enjoyed the post Eric.