I’ve just spent an hour of my lazy Sunday morning going into my newsreader and deleting perhaps a third of the 1700 feeds I have stuffed in there. Why? Google Plus, to be honest. Putting people into circles and managing the news stream in the still-new Plus reminded me that having folders in my reader… Continue Reading

“Because I have failed to organize my 221 Facebook friends or the 551 people I follow on Twitter into any kind of order, a wave of random digital news washes over me hourly, with updates from my former high school band director, my boss’s boss’s boss, an eco-activist organization to which I once gave $10,… Continue Reading

Facebook released a study today that analyzed how users engage with journalists on Facebook pages. Some highlights: The analysis showed that 4-line postings received a 30% increase in feedback over average posts  Though uploaded Photos accounted for only 10% of the posts to Journalist Pages, they received 50% more likes than non-photo posts. Thursday, Friday,… Continue Reading

So six days ago, A and I got a new dog.  Caz is a rescue dog, one who was plucked out of the pound by a small rescue organization and given a chance at a new life.  Found at the Albany Bulb malnourished and covered with sores, Caz spent 5 months with a wonderful foster… Continue Reading

If Google built a new social network, would anyone use it?That could be a zen koan, something to meditate on, but in the case of Google +, the quick and easy answer, requiring little reflection, is YES.After 4 days of +, I am hooked, so hooked I didn’t visit Facebook yesterday until 10 PM at… Continue Reading