To Hell With Personas: What’s Wrong with Being You?
I suppose that headline may sound a bit harsh to some. That certainly isn’t the intent. But, if you were looking for sugar-coated, butterfly-chasing rainbows and unicorns truth, stop reading now. This...
View ArticleWhat is Your “One Thing?”
The other day I was talking on the phone with a childhood friend that I’d recently reconnected with (via Facebook) after 20+ years. During the call, we lamented time wasted in our late twenties and...
View ArticleDon’t be a Boob: Buying Followers is Like Stuffing Your Bra
Buying followers for Twitter and Facebook is a lot like stuffing your bra. From a distance, it may look like you’ve “really got it going on;” however, upon closer examination, you just wind up making...
View ArticleSpring Cleaning Your Social Media Accounts
The sun is shining here in Northeast Indiana, and I’m beginning to see the faintest hint of tulips peeking up among the tangle of dried weeds and brush in the flower bed. That can only mean one thing –...
View ArticleCall Me Anything You Like…Just Please Don’t Call me Guru
Last week I was having a conversation with a contact I’d met on one of the social networks, and we were talking about working on a project together. “I decided to approach you for this because I think...
View ArticleBusiness Success Isn’t a Thrill Ride
When I was in college, I worked summers at Cedar Point Amusement Park. The second summer I worked at CP was the year that the Magnum XL-200 coaster opened — and at the time, it was the tallest, fastest...
View ArticleMosquitoes & Fridge Magnet Motivation
Our refrigerator probably has two dozen magnets on it. It’s a fairly typical collection — most of them hold photographs of my nieces and nephews — and of course, there’s at least two that have pizza...
View ArticleFolks Behind Qwikster Rollout are Slow on the Uptake
You may have recently heard the buzz around Netflix, and their decision to split off their DVD-by-mail service into a new product called Qwikster. Since I am not a Netflix customer, I won’t even...
View ArticleWe Can all Use a Little Whoo-Hoo!
I’ve got a confession to make. I’ve taught my dogs (two of them anyway) how to say, “whoo-hoo!” Now before you click away, all the while nodding your head and saying, “she’s finally gone and lost it,”...
View ArticleThe Social Media D-Bag Litmus Test
This afternoon marked the arrival of not one, or even two, but THREE straight-out-of-left-field requests via the social web. While each received a polite reply, I’m strongly considering that all my...
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