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Learn to Keep your Mouth Shut Online

Human beings have centuries of experience keeping their mouths shut and to not always say what they are thinking. Some people still have a problem determining what should be said and what should only be thought. Even when someone slips and says something that he shouldn’t have said, he usually catches himself and takes it [...]

Early Adopters Make the World a Better Place

Everybody wants to make the world a better place for the next generation and most people today think about the environment and going green as the best way to save the world and help our children. The environment has definitely taken a beating through this “disposable age” of pollution, disposable utensils and pretty much plastic [...]

Would you “Like” a “Dislike” Button on Facebook?

Facebook is attempting to take over the internet with their “Like” buttons which allows people to share with (Facebook, but that’s for another post) each other articles, blog posts, pictures, web pages and even articles of clothing that they like. There is no “dislike” button yet even though there are about 2900 results for “dislike [...]

No Silly Rabbit, Deleting Profiles is for Fools

MySpace used to be the most popular social network on the internet. It revolutionized how we communicate with our family, friends and acquaintances online. At a certain point, it started filling up with spam, stalkers, pointless glitter and other nuisances that caused people to look for an alternative. Thankfully, Facebook was there to pick up [...]

It’s Getting Really Hard to be a Jerk These Days

It’s really funny and I think it`s really great and a sign that society is moving in the right direction but it is getting harder and harder to be a jerk these days. It used to be pretty easy to get away with because you were able to treat some people badly and suck up [...]

They’re All Going to Laugh at You!

As part of the transition from the 1900′s to the 2000′s and more specifically the last few years, we all have to get over a major obstacle in order to move forward. The major obstacle as made famous by Adam Sandler is the fear that “they’re all going to laugh at you!“. As individuals, many [...]

The Beauty of RSS Feeds and Readers

(For the “How To”, scroll to the bottom of the post.) You don’t really see the benefit of RSS feeds and a reader if you are working with very few sites. If all you need is to check cnn.com for your news and yahoo finance for your investments, you might look at an rss reader [...]

If You Become Friends with your Customers, Act Like a Friend, not a Business

Joseph Jaffe, Chief Interruptor at Crayon and one of the leading specialists in conversational marketing and social media, recently had a really bad experience with American Express and took the time to rant about it for a few minutes on his online TV channel. He got upset at American Express for doing something to him [...]

You Can’t Be Anonymous Online, So Be Yourself!

I want to clear up a huge misconception about the internet: You are not anonymous online, no matter how hard you try to hide your identity. Everything you do online is recorded and traced back to your computer with the time and date stamped on it. Everything you post online is indexed by the search [...]

Once You Press Send You Can Never Take It Back

Everything You Say Online Stays Online… Forever As Peter Parker/Spiderman’s Uncle Ben once said “with great power, comes great responsibility”. In this digital age, we all have a “great power”, the power of our voices. Anyone in the world can have his opinion heard and it is as simple as commenting on a blog post [...]