Social Media

Visual Recording and Notetaking on an iPad, Amazing Detailed Video How-To

February 9, 2011

I’ve always been amazed at the artists who can make incredible imagery on the iPad using just their fingers. Rachel Smith, now with The Grove International posted a wonderful video on how to use tools on the iPad to make visual notes and diagrams. She then posts in amazing details how she took her notes [...]

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Example of Why You Should Back Up Your Data, Even On the Cloud

February 4, 2011

Popplet is a great tool that I use, mostly for beta testing. However, if you had kept real data, chances are, you may be lost it. See their email below. Don’t let your guard down. Even backups can fail if the underlying system fails. Back up your data, especially if you’re using beta services. Dear [...]

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My Favorite Sites for Fresh Ideas

February 3, 2011

I get a lot of my ideas through reading and keeping up on a number of blogs. I checked my daily reads book marks and these are my top 10 (in no particular order): Gizmodo/Lifehacker – Published by Gawker Media, this is the tech and productivity geek’s blog. A lot of the material is curated from other [...]

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Exporting and Backing Up Your Facebook Data, Just in Case

February 1, 2011

The data you post on Facebook is yours. You’re entitled to keep a copy of it for your reference. As an experiment, I was curious what and how much data I have on Facebook. Just in case I wanted to shut down my account, I wanted to keep a backup copy. To download your data, [...]

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LinkedIn Network Visualized, Mapping Your Network’s Connections

January 27, 2011

Out of curiosity, I tried this service to visualize my Linkedin network. Compared to other maps I’ve seen, it appears that first, I have a relatively small network. Second, my network is in discrete groups. The colors represents certain groups. For example, my Pepperdine colleagues. This discrete image also shows that most of my connections [...]

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Creating Your Self-Hosted WordPress Blog

January 27, 2011

Many people sign up for a free blog at WordPress.com or Blogger.com. They’ll typically have domains such as danielscoolpage.wordpress.com. While that’s fine, why not take the next step and host your blog yourself. It gives you more control and allows you to make custom modification. Additionally, your data is stored on your space instead of [...]

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I Don’t Have Time for Social Media – How They Do It

January 24, 2011

If you’re wondering how all these young people are always on and always connected, here are a few ways they do that. Using mobile devices – They use their smartphones that come with social media apps. This makes updating, uploading photos, and sharing much faster, especially on the go. By text message – They use [...]

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Intersect is Blogging and Tweeting on Steroids

December 9, 2010

Intersect is an up and coming social network. I’ve been beta testing the site with an invitation from @davidhoang and @moniguzman. Their biggest challenge will be getting people past the learning curve. It’s simple like Tumblr, or technically easy like Posterous. It’s not a blog. It’s not Facebook. It’s not a photosharing site. You don’t [...]

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