social media

I am Greedy With My Community

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I’ll be honest. The problem I have with social media is that I’m building a community away from my blog. And I don’t fancy spending hours and hours of time invested in building someone else’s platform. Sure there’s alot of mutual benefits there and you won’t see me abandoning twitter or facebook or even google [...]

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Cracking the StumbleUpon Code

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It’s like the DaVinci Code, only it’s actually a mystery. The enigmatic nature of StumbleUpon tends to create people who use it religiously in the hope of those viral hits or people who abandon it entirely as a waste of time. The biggest criticism I’ve heard about StumbleUpon is not about it’s inherent randomness but [...]

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5 Things I Hate About Facebook

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See that photo? That’s exactly the opposite of how I feel about facebook. I alluded to my facebook hatred in a previous vlog and Glowless commented that she’d like to see it. And really that’s all the encouragement that was required. Yep, not much. Clearly I have a rich blogging life. At the time I [...]

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Join the Campaign

If you follow me on Twitter, or do the Facebook thing, you’ve probably noticed me babbling on about the Smart Home Family. It’s a project run in Australia by Energy Australia and Sydney Water to trial a home that is set up with energy efficient technology for a year and blog about it. You can [...]

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Banality of Cliques

Reading this post at Three Ring Circus today I could relate. I never made friends easily, in part because we moved around a lot and at school, everyone seemed to have known one another since Kindergarten. It was hard to break into cliques. Especially as a naturally shy person. One time I did push past [...]

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Better than Napping

What could be better than napping? On a hot day like today – napping on the couch in the only air conditioned room is even better. Although I was a little concerned that this hanging off the edge of the couch bit was a recipe for disaster. A grumpy waker at the best of times, [...]

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Guest Post @ Twitip: 7 Deadly Sins of Twitter

Another guest post – this time at Twitip. Head over there to check out my post on twitter bad behaviours and find out if you’re a sinner. While you’re there check out all the great twitter tips.

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