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Don’t lose all your FANS!!!
I saw this post over the Easter Break from Michelle and here it is in its entirety: Hey folks, Apparently there have been a few instances lately where Facebook Pages and Profiles have been shut down because of suspected naughty behaviour (spamming, following too many people at once, running competitions without using a 3rd party […]
LinkedIn now has 100 Million Members.
Dear Ian,I want to personally thank you because you were one of LinkedIn’s first million members (member number 997338 in fact!*). In any technology adoption lifecycle, there are the early adopters, those who help lead the way. That was you.We hit a big milestone at LinkedIn this week when our 100 millionth member joined […]
Social Media Training Session at BNI Farnham
On Tuesday 22n March I gave a one hour training session on Social Media for BNI Farnham. Social Media Training at BNI Farnham These are the topics that were covered: Overview Twitter Setting up Twitter Tweeting Hashtags Dos & Don’ts Facebook Facebook Fan Pages Pulling it all together What else is out there? […]
Sara Paretsky at Sandhurst Public Library, Berkshire on March 22nd 2011
I attended Sara Paretsky’s last UK public event on her latest book tour which was held at Sandhurst Public Library. I have been reading about her fictional hero, V.I. Warshawski, since her first book, Indemnity Only, was published in the UK in 1982.
Loading Pictures onto Facebook Fan Pages
I had to post a number of pictures of people professionally taken that were Portrait rather than Landscape. When loaded, without any changes, then they were displayed at the top of the Facebook wall with just the eyes or perhaps the eyes and nose showing rather than the whole face. I used Adobe Photoshop to […]
Social Media Training Session at BNI Basingstoke Phoenix
On Wednesday 23rd February I gave a 1.5 hours training session on Social Media for BNI Basingstoke Phoenix. Social Media Training at BNI Basingstoke These are the topics that were covered: Overview Marketing Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Blog (or keeping your website interesting) YouTube Not Just Text The 6 Essentials What else is out there? An […]
The Sky is not the Limit – with James Caan
On Monday 17th January 2011 I was invited to The Sky is not the Limit Event hosted by RBS at one of their buildings on Bishopsgate in the City.
Still cherished after all this time. . .
Last weekend I happened to mention to my folks that I had seen two Star Yachts on sale at a second-hand shop in Los Gatos California for $45 and $55. They were both SY2 models. Star Yachts were toy yachts that came in sizes from quite small to the large ones with complex sails that were named after stars. From […]
It was all so unfair how could someone shoot John Lennon? Fans don’t do things like that do they?
Today is the 30th anniversary of John Lennon’s death in New York.
What we all now take for granted . . .
This morning I was discussing the next software release for an ongoing project. We were swapping documents and screenshots using a combination of email and Microsoft Live Messenger (aka Instant Messenger). Plus the usual banter about the lousy weather and what happenned over the weekend.
Why haven’t I bought the Beatles Red Album
I recently watched an advert for two of The Beatles compilations now universally called by everyone as ‘The Red Album’ and ‘The Blue Album’. These were originally released back in 1973 after the group had broken up. The TV advert promised last year’s digital re-mastering and all at a ‘knockdown’ price.