by Becky Robinson | Jul 10, 2012 | Social Media
The best kind of friend, the one you start laughing with for no reason, and keep laughing with, doubled over, tears in your eyes. Laurie was that kind of friend, though we didn’t know each other long. I moved to Ohio and started in a new high school during my...
by Guest Author | Jul 5, 2012 | Social Media
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -Arthur C. Clarke It started to become a real problem when I was eleven or twelve. I would stay up late thinking, writing in my journal, listening to the sounds our old, creaky house made when the...
by Becky Robinson | Jul 3, 2012 | Social Media
Consistency in using social media channels is important. But life is not predictable, even when we would like it to be. For my part, I live an exceedingly predictable life. I get up early; I work; I spend time with my daughters for breakfast and exercise; I work...
by Becky Robinson | Jun 26, 2012 | Social Media
Have you ever met someone face to face who you initially met through Twitter? That’s #TWIRL — Twitter in Real Life — a phrase coined by Whitney Johnson, the author of Dare, Dream, Do, a client of my company, a mentor to me, a friend. Whitney landed on the phrase...
by Becky Robinson | Jun 19, 2012 | Social Media
Each morning, I begin my time on Twitter by asking a question. It’s typically the same question, and I’ve certainly written about it in this space before: “Who’s awake?” I don’t ask because it’s a particularly important or...
by Becky Robinson | Jun 12, 2012 | Social Media
One of the disadvantages of growing your Twitter following is that your Twitter stream may become a bit unwieldy. Because I follow more than 16 thousand people, mine moves by at a pace almost too fast for me to scan, depending on the time of day. In fact, I do not...