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Twitter Tuesday: Communication on Twitter
Communication is a big part of any social media platform or service. Well, it's basically what the whole social media is about. Communication on Twitter is pretty simple and there are several different ways to interact with others. Part of the function of Twitter handles (usernames) is to help with interaction. They are used to address a Tweet to certain person or to mention them in the conversation. The reason why most people suggest to have a as short as possible Twitter handle is because of this: A Tweet is 140 characters long. Including the handle in the Tweet takes it's length of ch...
Seeing purple and other colors
What's the attraction of all the purple, plum and violet? Lately I've been seeing lots of people wearing something purple: Scarfs, bags, shoes and jackets. There was a tiny dog attached to purple leash and wearing a purple harness. Some lady was wearing snazzy plum colored rubberboots (with a skirt). Is this some fashion thing? Basically I know why purple is associated with royalty and nobility. I just don't see it. In anywhere else but nature the shades of purple are pretty boring. During a sunset, when the sky goes peach, pink, purple and violet, it's beautiful. Purple and violet...
How to make your blog more readable
I try and keep up on quite a many blogs every day. Unfortunately I don't have all the time in world to do so and sometimes I resort to plain skimming. Unless the post seems extraordinarily interesting. I am a quite fast reader, but sometimes blogs are designed and blog posts constructed so that reading them is slow and feels like way too much of work. Find your true voice and flow Other people have their ways to write. And some of them like to think writing in a certain way is the only right way. I do think everyone has their own style and even if it's not perfect and the grammar correct,...
Twitter Tuesday: Getting started with Twitter
Twitter is a free networking and microblogging service on which users can share short, in maximum 140 characters long messages called "Tweets". These messages can be random rants, funny skits, information blurbs, links and so forth. Twitter can be used in various different ways, only limited by the length and your imagination. Sign up and usernames To really get started with Twitter I recommend to create an account to the service and explore yourself. Create the account by heading to Twitter and using the very simple sing up form. You'll need to come up with a username, which is commonly...
Custom iPhone 4S Barely There case from Case-Mate
So far my iPhone 4S has been caseless. I've been carrying it around in a small pouch by Golla. The pouch has a couple of problems though: It's slow (and loud) to open and headphone jack doesn't fit in it well. For quite a while I've been dreaming about a Custom case by Case-Mate. Unfortunately it took me a good while to create a design I was completely happy with. Finally I came up with an idea of cute hot air balloons on sky. Case-Mate offers a couple of different types of cases for several different devices to choose from. I chose a basic Barely There case. The designing process...
This time it's personal
Have you noticed how I keep telling that social media (and well, pretty much anything online) is all about being personal? Instead of groups, the targets need to be seen as persons, individuals. So why do I go on and on about this? Well, do a little web search about anything, especially anything everyday and kind of trivial. Something to do with health. Or drying rack for washed clothes. Or family stuff, like something to do with babies. Breastfeeding, perhaps. You are likely to find a thread on a forum, questions and answers. Read a few and you'll see the things are soon heating up and...
Don't make a video or an infographic the only source of information
Why not make a video or a infographic the sole source of the information you want to give? Don't they seem like the best way to reach the whole world? Well, no. Not all the time. Accessing videos and infographics can be least to say difficult. If a video is available only as Flash, viewing them with iPhones, iPads and such isn't possible. And even if the video is available in other formats too, not everyone can watch them and not everyone can hear them. You know, people who cannot see or hear (well). Infographics are pretty much a pain to check out on a phone. Especially if the graphic is...
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