I recently heard a report on NPR about how Queen Rania of Jordan was using YouTube in an effort to spread her message regarding stereotypes about the middle east. They played a clip from her Letterman Top 10 spoof, and I was impressed with how she was using the internet and social media to connect [...]
I’ve been planning on doing these for a while, and finally, with some help from some Twitter friends I have some Twitter graphics in some languages other than English. I expect to have more as I have translations and they’ll all be published over at My Social Buttons. For now I have created German, French, [...]
photo credit: nosha
I love Twitter. This was not always the case, but I have come full circle and have jumped on the Twitter bandwagon with everyone else. But, nothing’s perfect, and I have a few pet peeves to share, along with some collected from other Twitter users who were kind enough to contribute:
Tweeple, Tweeps, [...]
Have you ever gone off on an endless search for the perfect button, icon or graphic for your site to promote your profiles on Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon, etc.? There are lots of free graphics available, and Char Polanosky and I have launched a new site called My Social Buttons to put them all in one [...]
My friend and genius designer Natalie Jost has a new site called TwitterPatterns, which has lots of free backgrounds for your Twitter page (check mine out). There are even some great “pink for October” patterns! She is also selling some beautiful brushes and patterns on her OliveManna site that you should definitely check [...]
For more social media graphics check out MySocialButtons.com
Social Media Buttons, Graphics and Icons all in one place!
Want to encourage people to follow you on Twitter? Here are some free graphics to put on your site for that purpose- just place the image on your site and link to your Twitter profile. On the left [...]
I’ve got a new post up over at Wisdump about the top 4 mini-blogging options that are available, including a comparison chart to get a quick idea of what’s available. There are zillions more of course, allowing you to share your current mood and what you ate for breakfast, as if anyone cares, and I [...]
I’ve recently begun to see the Twitter widget in the sidebar of blogs here and there, and like this post at Lifehack.org, I have wondered why. Why do I need to know that people are doing right now? Why do I need to know that KCtheStickle is watching QVC right now, or that jaydblackman [...]
Sociable 2.0 has just been released. I’ve tried other social bookmarking plugins, but I think this one is the best. It’s easy to install and has a good interface. For some reason it didn’t work automatically in my posts, and I had to put the line of code in manually, but I think this has [...]
