RichC | November 3, 2016
This is not a feel photo or story, and I suspect like me, seeing 4 year-old Jessica Whelan suffering from cancer and in pain in front of her dad is enough to bring tears to the eyes of any parent. For those sheltered from this kind of agony, a social network shared photo like this speaks […]
Category: Faith, Health, Photos, Social Media |
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Tags: cancer, facebook, pain, photo, suffering, whelan
RichC | October 23, 2016
It has NOT been an enjoyable campaign season … a very long year and a half! Citizens of voting age in the United States (see Twiitter comment below) voluntarily head to the polls to decide who they want or more appropriately DON’T want as their president for the next 4 years. I doubt I’m alone […]
Category: Personal, Photos, Politics, Social Media |
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Tags: ballot, campaign, clintion, election, johnson, Politics, stein, trump, twitter, voting
RichC | September 23, 2016
While Twitter shareholders seemed to like the rumor of Salesforce.com showing interest in $TWTR, those holding shares of $CRM are not quite as enthused. This has happened before so we’ll see if there is any real substance … OR if others might be interested? Google??? Salesforce.com Inc. is considering a takeover of Twitter Inc., according […]
Category: Financial, News, Social Media, Technology |
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Tags: $CRM, $TWTR, investing, rumor, stock, takeover, trading, wsj
RichC | August 24, 2016
Just another ingenious Indiegogo project attempting to raise capital through crowdfunding. We probably don’t need them in the states, but it would be a great option for Minneapolis bike riding … just thinking about my daughter and son-in-law!
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Tags: bicycle, bike, crowdfunding, cycling, indiegogo, podride, sweden
RichC | August 18, 2016
If I were a bit more savvy and listened to my own advice, I would have traded Twitter ($TWTR) for a few dollars this week. On a downgrade to a SELL by Evercore ISI analyst Ken Sena, shareholders listened and poured their sell orders onto the exchanges after seeing shares climb the last few days […]
Category: Advice, Financial, Personal, Social Media |
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Tags: $TWTR, investing, stock, trading, twitter
RichC | August 11, 2016
Get hammered, bounce back. After promising news of more live event streaming, and peppering in a few buyout rumors, $TWTR could really be off to the races (again). It’s a chart only a "trader" can love … since investors question Twitter‘s business model and management. A chart for the summer of 2016 tells the tale. […]
Category: Business, Financial, Social Media, Technology |
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Tags: $TWTR, chart, finance, investing, rumors, stocks, streaming, trading
RichC | June 22, 2016
Saw this in my social network feed the other day … too funny not too share. Found … Large cat, cream colored, no collar or tags. Doesn’t get along well with my other cats or dogs. Needs to be the only cat in the household. Not very friendly. If this is your car, please claim […]
Category: Humor, Social Media |
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Tags: cat, funny, pets
RichC | June 2, 2016
Kiplinger has long been one of the many websites who’s content, along with their magazine, that I’ve enjoyed reading. I follow several contributors to their content on social networks and complained recently that I disliked their multi short page approach for reading content. I’m sure they want to generate "clicks" and therefore break and article […]
Category: Advice, Business, Financial, Marketing, News, Social Media, Technology |
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Tags: ad blocker, kiplinger, magazine, practices, website
RichC | April 9, 2016
A little more tinkering with webservers and websites this weekend lead me to adding open source YOURLS project to my little used richc.us domain (it was just place holder for a server). Its use gives me a simplified bit.ly or goo.gl "like" personalized URL shortener. Initially I thought about opening it for public use, but […]
Category: Computer, Raspberry Pi, Social Media |
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Tags: bookmarklet, linux, php, raspberry pi, shortening, url, webserver, yourls
RichC | March 22, 2016
Twitter marked TEN years of micro social networking this week … or perhaps more appropriately stated as a real time newsfeed and feedback mechanism? At least that is how I have used the service for over 9 of those 10 years. Most journalists, politicians, corporate heads and notable celebrities use Twitter (and other social networks) […]
Category: Social Media |
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Tags: anniversary, birthday, Social Networking, twitter
RichC | January 22, 2016
I’ll admit, I’m not an expert when it comes to social networks or even using the many developed and developing services available. I do occasionally stay in touch with close friends and family on Facebook and monitor the news and events on Twitter, but that really takes up enough of my time … I don’t […]
Category: Financial, Social Media |
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Tags: $TWTR, news corp, rumor, social network, twitter, zacks
RichC | December 8, 2015
Warmer forecasts, no production cut by OPEC and inventory surplus is keeping energy prices low and crude oil has moved to seven year lows. The impact is being felt by small leveraged U.S. oil companies who are on the brink of bankrupcy and even creating waves throughout the economy. As I tweeted… Oil prices fell […]
Category: Energy, Financial, News, Social Media |
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Tags: economy, energy, investing, oil, wsj
RichC | December 3, 2015
I’m not going to repost the lost message from Thanksgiving in Wayzata, MN this year, but some of the personal photos are on Facebook (I don’t post there too often, but in case you want to connect click here).
Category: Holiday, Personal, Photos, Social Media |
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Tags: facebook, family, thanksgiving
RichC | October 29, 2015
Now that the popular social networking company Twitter has a “rudder,” Jack Dorsey, CEO, one would think confidence would be higher? That is difficult to tell when reading and monitoring those who are paid to research, have deeper insight and advise investors (graphic on right). The consensus is wildly split, both on the direction of […]
Category: Business, Financial, Social Media |
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Tags: $TWTR, investing, Social Networking, stocks, trading, twitter
RichC | September 25, 2015
Those who are social networking gurus know that each network establishes limits to reduce abuse and spam. It is also a way to manage an excessive number of unbalanced following. New users may not realize the limits until they bump up against them. A common limit on Twitter is the number of people being followed […]
Category: Productivity, Social Media, Technology |
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Tags: followers, limit, network, social, twitter
RichC | September 18, 2015
Twitter is an untapped monster. When $TWTR management (ie. new CEO and team) decides to market to "viewers" of tweets (not just the user base).
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Tags: $TWTR, investing, Marketing, stock, trading, twitter
RichC | September 8, 2015
For those owning Twitter stock (TWTR) – trading Tuesday afternoon at $27.22 (down 3.3%), it has been a year without all that much good news to cheer about, followed by a declining stock price since May 2015. Today another executive, the former CFO Mike Gupta (overseeing the company’s venture capital arm) jumped ship. One wonders […]
Category: Financial, Social Media |
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Tags: $TWTR, investing, social network, trading, twitter
RichC | August 29, 2015
Maybe it didn’t take much imagination to see where society and our country was heading … but it does give me the chills to listen to radio personality Paul Harvey’s broadcast from 1965 when Democrats embraced their big government solutions and promoted President Johnson’s Great Society program. (and the answer from today’s Liberal Progressives is […]
Category: Audio, Faith, History, Politics, Social Media |
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Tags: 1965, broadcast, liberalism, paul harvey
RichC | July 1, 2015
Investing in startups outside of a business where I have been hands-on management has never panned out successfully for me … so I’m not sure why I think ElioMotors will be different? In other words, treat that last statement a warning and my skepticism beyond seeing a new car company as interesting and exciting IF […]
Category: Automotive, Business, Financial, Innovation, Marketing, Social Media |
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Tags: cars, crowdfunding, elio, investing, startups
RichC | June 20, 2015
Users had some fun with a few of the Twitter Periscope programmers this past week in participating in their Mad Libs update copy for the App Store. In keeping with geeky humor (see the “Peter” joke), the jovial staff decided to include 900 of their users in the live update of Periscope Version 1.1.1. Each of […]
Category: Apple, Humor, Social Media, Software, Technology |
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Tags: app store, fun, periscope, programmers, twitter, update
RichC | June 16, 2015
By default, Twitter now plays video as you scroll through posts. This can both be a bit annoying and will use data, especially on you mobile device with minimal data. To turn off the “autoplay” feature, go to the setting menu on the mobile Twitter app (currently Apple iOS devices only) and “check” either Use […]
Category: Apple, Social Media, Technology |
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Tags: apple, autoplay, ios, ipad, iphone, settings, twitter
RichC | June 15, 2015
With the stock market opening off 150 points or so this Monday morning, the short sellers are having their way with the social networking stock of Twitter. TWTR is down 3.8% to $34.50 as of 11AM. What is it going to take to see this commercially and widely used service change direction … or will […]
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Tags: $TWTR, investing, network, social, stocks, twitter
RichC | May 15, 2015
Check out these five security points if you use a WordPress website: Don't Use “Admin” or “Administrator” as a Login Name Use a Highly Secure Password Keep WP and Its Plug-ins Up-to-Date Backup Your Site Install Security Plug-ins Source: Envisionitsolutions
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Tags: passwords, security, techfriday, wordpress
RichC | May 3, 2015
Brenda and I knew the good news when we were on vacation last week that Taylor received an offer from Clermont County, Ohio … although Taylor didn’t yet returned to Williston North Dakota to submit his resignation properly (therefore no public blog post). On Friday, Taylor submitted his letter and verbal resignation to his superiors […]
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Tags: clermont, county, facebook, family, planning, taylor, williams, williston
RichC | April 4, 2015
I watched several broadcasts from the new iOS app introduced this past week called Periscope. It enables iPhone/iPad users to broadcast live video to other “socially networked” viewers (Twitter) just as with the early competitor app MeerKat. Periscope differs slightly as it saves an archive for 24 hours or until deleted (not possible with MeerKat) […]
Category: Music, Social Media, Technology, Video |
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Tags: broadcast, live, meerkat, Music, News, periscope, youtube
RichC | April 3, 2015
No matter which side of the political tug-of-war you are on when debating “marriage,” there is something distasteful about using ordinary people as political fodder. Crystal O’Connor was one such naive pawn used for divisive purposes as Indiana’s Governor Mike Pence tiptoed around modifying the Religious Freedom Restoration Act know as Senate Bill 568. The national media and LGBT activists highlighted O’Connor’s Christian opinions regarding “providing […]
Category: Faith, News, Politics, Social Media |
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Tags: debate, gofundme, indiana, lgbt, marriage, pizza, rfra
RichC | March 27, 2015
I wasted a couple hours on Thursday morning while “working” (cough, cough) from home and downloaded the Periscope app for iOS on the iPhone. To the novice “tech geek,” these live broadcasting social networking apps will soon have the Internet filled with video streams. Currently I’m seeing broadcasters like CBNC’s Julia Boorstin (above) jumping on the […]
Category: Cellphone, Social Media, Technology, Video |
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Tags: meerkat, News, periscope, techfriday, twitter, video
RichC | March 19, 2015
I received a few long overdue updates items from our EAA chapter’s president for the interior pages of the EAA284 chapter website on Wednesday and so before forgetting I jumped right on it. We are continuing to keep the EAA284.org domain, but opt to use WordPress.com to host because it is free. Still there are […]
Category: Aviation, Blogs, Recreation, Social Media |
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Tags: airplane, chapter, eaa, eaa284, experimental, red stewart, waynesville
RichC | February 10, 2015
A journalist I really respect, Sharyl Attkisson, delivered a Tedx talk a couple days ago and discussed “Astroturf and manipulation of media messages” as it relates to the perversion of grassroots reporting and marketing. The concept of astroturfing is to deceptively use all forms of media and social networks in order to manipulate thoughts and […]
Category: Marketing, Social Media, Video |
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Tags: astroturf, attkisson, journalism, media, sheryl, tedx
RichC | January 25, 2015
I picked up a book, The Rape Of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II, published in 1997 and written by the late Iris Chang. I decided to read it after a bit of Twitter sparring with CBJapan1 and his/her “allegation of lying” about the book and movie Unbroken, as well as how America […]
Category: Books, History, Millitary, Social Media |
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Tags: book, china, History, japan, nanking, reading, unbroken, war, ww2
RichC | January 19, 2015
One can’t help but smile watching the Dover Delaware Police cam video with one of their officers lip syncing to “Shake it Off” by Taylor Swift. That said, one of my videos infringed on an Oprah Winfrey segment years ago and YouTube takes down my account and deletes over 100 of my personal videos spanning […]
Category: Humor, Social Media, Video |
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Tags: copyright, delaware, police, shake it off, taylor swift, viral
RichC | January 11, 2015
This past week’s killings at the Charlie Hebdo offices needs to be a real eye-opener for those we elect to protect our citizens and nation. What many fear most is that this “radical Islamic terror attack” will be lost into the same hole as many of the previous terror attacks (or “workplace violence” if you […]
Category: Audio, News, Social Media |
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Tags: charlie hebdo, france, krauthammer, paris, radical islam, terrorism, war
RichC | December 19, 2014
Most media saturated consumers are frustrated using the various apps from big-name news sources for scanning, skimming and reading 100s of news articles each day. Some individual apps are pretty good, others are a real pain … particularly the newer “in your face – ad heavy” versions. The gripes are that each app is different […]
Category: News, Productivity, Social Media, Software, Tablet, Technology |
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Tags: ios, ipad, News, reader, RSS, savysoda, techfriday
RichC | December 12, 2014
IFTTT = IF This Then That Think of it as a simple programming app where there is an “action” when a “trigger” is observed. It is set up on a mobile device and works with “channels” … like Facebook, Evernote, Twitter, Email and even WordPress and it will do something when a “trigger” is observed. […]
Category: Cellphone, Social Media, Technology |
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Tags: android, app, IFTTT, iphone, programming, techfriday
RichC | November 25, 2014
Twitter has been my preferred social networking connection since February 2007 as @richc (and as a blog announcement @mydesultoryblog) and tweets are nearly 10,000. Hmm, I wonder what it should be … maybe this post? As for social networking, I prefer Twitter for immediate news, customer service issues and a quick exchange of ideas or […]
Category: Social Media |
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Tags: blog, facebook, google, twitter
RichC | November 12, 2014
Currently the Ello.co “minimalist” social network is in beta and by invitation only and populated with creative types and fewer social restraints. This is “pretty open” but I can’t say I’m overly enthused with some of the content, although haven’t given it a fair shake. The black and white and simplistic text […]
Category: Social Media |
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Tags: beta, ello, invite, networking, social
RichC | November 8, 2014
For the past several years I’ve tried to keep Facebook as the social networking place for family sharing, although I did include some close friends. Over time, I’ve added a few more who connected from my past and am finding its no longer just a place for staying up-to-date with the family (I’ve heard old […]
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Tags: explainer, facebook, newsfeed, vimeo
RichC | September 25, 2014
Here’s another Giphy.com test after using it for a Facebook share yesterday. I’ve found it a little be better than gfycat.com that I’ve used before since the purpose was to post to a social network. Besides, I thought this was an interesting demo: A technique for carrying a person/body quickly in an emergency.
Category: Computer, Social Media, Technology |
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Tags: anigif, animated, emergency, gfycat.com, gif, giphy.com
RichC | September 25, 2014
I posted a question on a Facebook group today for liveaboard sailors regarding sailing knives using Giphy.com’s animated GIF to Facebook posting. I’m not sure how many other GIF hosting services are out there for Facebook but Giphy worked well. There are times on a rolling sailboat where using both hands to open a folding […]
Category: Sailing, Social Media |
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Tags: facebook, folding, groups, knife, sailboat, sheepsfoot, tactical
RichC | September 4, 2014
Here’s an idea that came from one of those “pagination” oriented list sites … which has become the bane of Internet reading; I’m talking about those sites with multiple pages of photos or news sites requiring a bunch of page clicks in order to read an article – in my opinion the practice needs a […]
Category: Archive, Innovation, Social Media |
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Tags: bathroom, conservation, faucet, kichen, sailboat, water
RichC | August 25, 2014
Uncommon brilliance from a voice “for” the common man … that would be Mike Rowe. His answer to a reader Facebook post from earlier this month is worth reading. Off The Wall Interesting conversation over on the wall. It was started by a guy called Jayson LaVictorie, who has posted a few thousand words about […]
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Tags: blue collar, debate, facebook, mike rowe, pledge, sweat, work
RichC | August 19, 2014
Don’t you wonder what it must have been like to be picking up a few hardware items in Portsmouth Ohio and hear this coming from a young man and an unfinished piano? Impressive. (after being told the FB was no longer working for someone, I’ll archive the video below the embed) Post by Steve Hayes.
Category: Music, Social Media, Video |
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Tags: facebook, jacob tolliver, piano, talent
RichC | August 8, 2014
Even after the Sandra Fluke plea to congress over free birth control, is hard to believe the 2700 pages of Obamacare overlooked including feminine sanitary products? [/sarcasm] Tweet from noted feminist Jessica Valenti: Twitter friends: Anyone know a country where tampons are free or somehow subsidized? — Jessica ValentiJessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) August 8, 2014
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Tags: congress, feminism, obamacare, twitter
RichC | July 29, 2014
My morning routine includes turning on CNBC for my business news, trading and investing “fix” and the segment on the Facebook vs. Twitter social networking challenge peaked my interest. As expected, the focus was primarily which stock would make an investor the most money. Obviously Facebook has a significant lead both in platform maturity and […]
Category: Financial, Social Media |
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Tags: facebook, finance, investing, Social Networking, trading, twitter
RichC | July 15, 2014
I didn’t think I spent all that much time posting comments to Twitter, but over the years it does add up. I noticed that my Volkswagen Crossblue post Monday hit the 9000 mark (below). But then it occurred to me that those tweets don’t include the automatic notifications sent out by WordPress MyDesultoryBlog.com … add […]
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Tags: mydesultoryblog, Social Networking, twitter
RichC | May 6, 2014
Food for thought … A poem posted to YouTube by Gary Turk. “Look Up” pertaining to a “Generation of idiots, smartphones and dumb people.”
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Tags: gary turk, look-up, poem, youtube
RichC | April 7, 2014
I don’t necessarily call Sidney, Ohio “home” since I only spent the last couple years of high school there and then was off to college, but I do returned regularly to visit my dad who has been there over 30-some years. I’m not really sure exactly what I should call a “hometown” … something my […]
Category: Archive, Friends, History, Social Media, Video |
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Tags: dadc, facebook, jacqui, rob pottorf, sidney ohio
RichC | April 5, 2014
Although only one of my ears is truly working as it is suppose to due to Ménière’s disease back in the late 1990s, I still enjoy “an” earbud in order to listen to music, news or the occasional phone call on my iPhone. Unfortunately the newer Apple earbuds do not fit my ears as well […]
Category: Business, Cellphone, Music, Radio, Social Media, Sports, Technology |
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Tags: earbuds, earhoox, headphones, listening, Music
RichC | February 20, 2014
Those who are regular readers of My Desultory Blog realize that besides posting commentary on newsy items, be it tech, cars, aviation, politics or whatever, that I also include personal entries and photos relating to my family. This blog, now 4000 posts, is a continuation of a journal that I started in 1977 as a […]
Category: Blogs, Personal, Photos, Social Media |
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Tags: blog, friends, frog, jeffp, jerry moody, journal, kevin, memories, Travel, trips
RichC | February 17, 2014
Last week I posted a quick coffee review on CCSpecialty Coffee’s 100% Hawaiian Kona Fancy coffee and promised that an update on the Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee would follow. Over the weekend we had an opportunity to try the new beans over dessert after my wife’s homemade spaghetti. Three of us taste tested and enjoyed […]
Category: Advice, Shopping, Social Media |
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Tags: coffee, jamaica, kona, review
RichC | February 12, 2014
It has been 7 years since I (@RichC)first started using the social network known as Twitter and in that time I’ve tweeted over 8000 times from my personal account and almost 2900 from @MyDesultoryBlog (RSS feed style blog updates). I’ve added 1600 to my stream (many news feeds) and am closing in on 1000 followers. […]
Category: Blogs, Social Media |
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Tags: blog, richc, social, twitter
RichC | December 22, 2013
Who says spending time on social networking sites like Twitter is a waste of time? Here’s a tip that makes perfect sense in theory (mind you, I have not tried it). I don’t often have headaches, but if I do, it would be nice not to resort to taking Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid), Tylenol (Acetaminophen) or […]
Category: Advice, Health, Social Media |
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Tags: alternative, analgesic, headache, medicine, migraine, tips
RichC | November 1, 2013
There are 3rd party options which redirect long strings for URLs, but most users prefer grabbing the official personalized ones when they are available. Facebook offered user names a couple years ago and Google is slowly getting it together by including real names. You should probably claim your name now if you want a custom […]
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Tags: g+, google, url
RichC | September 13, 2013
Short and sweet. As one would expect from the 140 character social networking company. — MT @Twitter We’ve confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO. But here are a few more tweets collected by the Associated Press. — #FunFact: In the first hour of @Twitter sending that IPO announcement tweet, 7,872 […]
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Tags: twit, twitter
RichC | September 10, 2013
Taylor took a bold step toward his future by accepting a planning position in North Dakota. Since graduating from Miami University in May, the resumes and cover letters have been many, but openings in his field few. With the feedback always highlighting a desire for more experience, Taylor decided that starting his planning career in […]
Category: Personal, Photos, Social Media |
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Tags: career, facebook, planning, taylor
RichC | September 6, 2013
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RichC | August 12, 2013
A few years ago Facebook rocketed to popularity as a social network for the .EDU college crowd … or .edu to be net savvy (lc). This emerging adult crowd was the envy of every high school teen and "wanna be older" pre-high student and having a Facebook account was a coming of age milestone. Parents […]
Category: Cellphone, Computer, Social Media, Technology |
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Tags: facebook, mashable, network, social
RichC | August 11, 2013
Thanks to Facebook, I had a chance to meet up with a friend from high school (and grad school) that I haven’t seen in 30+ years. We had a mutual love for photography and both headed in different directions after school. She married and moved to Cincinnati and I married and started life in Cleveland. […]
Category: Personal, Photography, Photos, Social Media |
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Tags: cincinnati, facebook, friends, jacqui, reconnecting, school, sidney