I was watching this show on TV about social networking and how much it's changed our every day lives. It is amazing how different things are than just even two years ago. However, there is a downside to all of this new stuff like lower productivity and ironically more isolation and loneliness. Being a software geek, I delve in all things technology but there are some things that I'm still lagging behind. Like for instance, I think I'm like one of the last eight people on Earth who doesn't … [Read more...]
Social Timeout?
June 21, 2011 Read Comments
Filed Under: Blogging, Write/Life Balance Tagged With: Facebook, social networking, Twitter
Twitter Birthday Book Bash!
July 1, 2009 Leave a Comment
While I was eating my lunch, I saw a post by writer friend Paula Chase Hyman over at the Brown Bookshelf blog about Twitter Book Parties. I'm not on Twitter, but things like this just make me want to join if for nothing else to just follow what's going on. Peer pressure---all the other kids are doing it! Okay, focus. Summer Challenge, remember? Anyway, it's the brain child of author Mitali Perkins where she helps authors host twitter birthday parties on their book release day. The birthday … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Authors, Books Tagged With: promotion, technology, Twitter
