The Cyber Legacy What’s your cyber legacy? Introductions So you find a new site. You look around. And you think – this looks like a place I might like. Therefore, you take the plunge and you register. And it doesn’t really matter if it’s Twitter, or Facebook or Able2know. If it’s big enough, it scrolls and […]
Advertising on Facebook Have you tried advertising on Facebook? It’s easier and more affordable than you might think. Keep in mind that Facebook is constantly A/B testing (e. g. checking to see if any new layouts or color schemes, etc. will make you click more), so these instructions might be a little out of date […]
Review – Three Minutes Back in Time Three Minutes Back in Time is a sequel of sorts to a fanfiction story I wrote called Crackerjack. It is also a bit of a sequel for a second fan fiction story, Concord. But for this particular short story, I took out all of the fan fiction elements, […]
A Look at Employer Access to Employee Passwords Employee passwords have become a new battleground. Because this issue has begun to crop up, and it will only continue to do so. So does your employer have a right to your social media passwords? So before you reflexively say no, hold the phone. Because the truth […]
Review – The Boy in the Band The Boy in the Band came about because I wanted to write something special for an LGBTQ+ anthology. So the first person I thought of, immediately, was Richard Holmstrom. Background So at the time I wrote the story, I had no idea what had happened to Rich. As […]
Community Management Tidbits – Superstar Users Superstar users? Some people just seem to be born with it. If you’ve ever spent some time on forums, you immediately know who they are. Their topics rarely go without a response for long. And their contributions are routinely applauded (either using available site software or via written praise) […]
Progress Report –Third Quarter 2019 How great was third quarter 2019 for writing? So I spent third quarter 2019 doing a ton of editing and planning for 2019 NaNoWriMo. Then everything just sort of fell into place. So how awesome was that? Third Quarter 2019 Posted Works First of all, I worked on a number […]
Getting inspiration from science Science Science is one of the cornerstones of our existence. So are your characters scientific? Do they f’ing love science? And even if they don’t, it can still inform what they say and do. Discoveries First of all, there is an enormous amount of inherent drama in trying to discover a […]
Social Networking/Social Media Tips Social Media Tips? Yes, please! A while back, Grassroots Giving Group published some great Social Networking tips. I agreed with their ideas but would like to expand upon them a bit. And they were essentially exploring when Facebook and Twitter are useful. Here are some of their ideas. Ideas Announcements – don’t […]
Content Nation by John Blossom John Blossom wrote a rather interesting work. And so for Quinnipiac University’s Social Media Platform’s class (ICM 522), this book was assigned as required reading. Blossom sharply and compellingly puts forth his case. The Internet has become home to more and more content creators all the time. And this constitutes a very […]