Monthly Archives: April 2009

Twitter: “What is it good for?”

As someone who’s only more recently adopted Twitter as a tool, building on top of multiple blogs, Facebook, and LinkedIn, I’ve been consistently faced with two questions: 1. Is there a specific model for using twitter that makes the most … Continue reading

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Set work-home boundaries on Facebook

A breakfast networking group I attend regularly returns to the topic of social networking tools/sites and where people can or should draw lines to separate their business and personal lives. It’s a common sentiment that “I don’t want clients seeing … Continue reading

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Way cool photos of NYC

NYC street photo with only children I really liked these très cool pictures, photoshop montages of NYC streetcorner photos. Not time lapse but time-space compression photography. It’s a technique I’ve never seen before, and it brings the street photo into … Continue reading

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Build credibility by writing your own posts

I recently saw an article with some tips on writing blog posts more quickly. They were all decent tips, but one caught my eye as being either completely misguided or crazy like a fox. Tim Scullin wrote: Outsource Your Posts … Continue reading

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Autism Awareness Day on CBS

Dylan was on CBS’s The Early Show last Thursday. Some additions: when he was in a home program, the total cost was $2k a week; now it’s $2k a month on top of what he gets at school. Dylan attends … Continue reading

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Logo contest on crowdSPRING

We’re running a logo contest on crowdSPRING for a social network-based site serving the ASD (autistic spectrum disorder) community. Besides wanting to see a greater variety of designs from different people rather than a number of variations on a theme … Continue reading

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NYT sidesteps Godwin’s Law

Today’s NYT has a story about a former Capitol Hill staffer who is a “dissenter” and “skeptic” on climate change issues. He might even be a “misinformer.” Congratulations to the NYT for breaking out the thesaurus and not calling the … Continue reading

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NYC Area — Parent on NYC Nonstop @ 7PM EST

NYC Area — Our friend and fellow REED parent Shelly Milstein will be on the Nightly News with Chuck Scarborough on NYC Nonstop tonight, LIVE at 7 PM Eastern. Oh, and Suzanne Wright of Autism Speaks will be there too. … Continue reading

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Use self-BCC to tame your sent folder

Over on Simplifying Complexity, I recently doubled one of our software bounties from $250 to $500. Here’s a deeper background on the topic: Unlike people who use their sent items folder as a giant bucket to keep track of things … Continue reading

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