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Sending Messages in Digital Bottles

March 10, 2010
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Have you ever had so much to say to someone but couldn’t tell that person? Have you ever written a letter to someone and then ripped it into tiny pieces? If you answered “yes”, then you’re in luck! The Internet makes it easy for you to write anonymous notes to people who will probably never guess you are writing about them.

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The Lazy Days of Twitter

March 9, 2010
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Some people who tweet are prone to slothfulness, a vice exposed by Twitter. I blame software like tweet adder and lazy social media marketing managers who run corporate or small business Twitter accounts. I have managed several business accounts but have never used tweet adder. However, I’m pretty sure it works with Satan’s charm.

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Fact, Not Fiction, for the First Time in Years

March 8, 2010
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I promised myself that, upon my return from San Francisco, I would throw even more of my heart and my soul into my side projects, which means blogging here every day, reviving Too Shy to Stop (we already have three new articles scheduled for publication!), and tackling the revision process for “The Prescribed Burn”, my fiction manuscript.

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Social Media Sweetens San Francisco

March 5, 2010
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I was on vacation in San Francisco with my brother. Jet-setting cross-country made me wonder: how did I ever get around before the Internet? My brother and I were so dependent on our free wireless connection and BlackBerries that I couldn’t imagine traveling without them, at least not as efficiently.

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God Loves People who Promote Events Online

March 1, 2010
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On Wednesday March 3rd, my friend Bridget and some of her friends are staging the “Westboro Baptist Church Counter-Protest” to celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage in Washington, DC. Bridget asked me how she could promote online in ways that didn’t involve a Facebook event page and word of mouth.

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