Sometimes a great post is just a great post.
These are no exception. I bookmark when I can those posts that make me talk or listen up. My intent is to share them. If only I remembered to.
Well, now I have. Here are some great posts from the writing community:
How Do You Know if a Weblog Pays?
Seven Scariest Words in the Freelance World
Hacker’s Guide to Finding a Job
Social Media Turned Me into the Wizard of Oz Scarecrow
What are your favorite posts these days? What have you read that has you thinking?
I’ll be back in person in a few more days.
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Wow-a double dose of link love. Thanks, Lori. Although I can't take credit for my business blog post since it was a guest post. I appreciate the shout-out.
I'm off to read the others. Hope you are enjoying your trip!
BTW-a post that has me thinking is from Jonathan Fields blog (a blog you have here). I came to the specific post through Anne Wayman and linked to it again in my guest post at Anne's.
I'm not sure if I should thank Anne as I keep thinking about how I would answer the speaker's question (to the point of obsession). 🙂
Here's the link http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/bryan-franklins-most-dangerous-question-on-earth/
Cathy, loved the Wizard of Oz post. I missed that the first time. With social media I have put limits on myself, otherwise all my time is drained.
Lori, I hope the camping trip is going well.
Thanks, Wade. I need to discipline myself better in that area. Just curious, how much time do you spend?
Speaking of social media (loved how you used Scarecrow as an analogy, Cathy) and Twitter….Cathy, I wish one of your tips was New Twitter for Luddites.
They forcibly switched me to New Twitter on Sunday. On a positive note, this time the page wasn't blank like when I first signed up on Twitter and realized I needed Old Twitter.
Problem 1) While I can read the most recent 20 Tweets, it won't let me go back to read older ones, so to keep up I'd have to refresh the page about 5 times per hour.
Problem 2) While I can type in Tweets much faster in New Twitter than in Old (which took about 3 seconds for each letter to come up on screen), when I click "send" nothing happens. I mean nothing.
Problem 3) It won't even let me retweet. The message comes up asking if I want to retweet, yes/cancel. When I click "yes" nothing happens, but when I click "cancel" it will cancel.
I just clicked the "tweet" button on Lori's post and Cathy's Twitter post, so it will be interesting to see if those come up.
The Twitter guys suggested upgrading my browser to (at minimum) a browser that requires a higher OS than my old Mac can handle. Until I get a new computer or a smart phone (neither are in the cards right now) I guess I'll be Twitter Silent. (Just when I was getting the hang of it, too!)
Any other tips I might try?
Paula-so funny you should mention the new Twitter. I was one of those who held out until the end. I mostly use Hootsuite, but I was contemplating a post for new Twitter procrastinators.
I figured I go find out about it. I just wondered if anyone would read it. LOL! 🙂
Cathy – I wasted half my morning trying to find the minimum systems requirements for TweetDeck, HootSuite, etc… most say "OS X" as if that narrows it down. One other requirement for Tweetdeck was some Adobe Air thingy with a minimum requirement of OS 10.5, an OS Apple has twice told me won't run on my Mac – something to do with its processors.
Without a smart phone, iPad, iPod or any other gadget that one might Tweet with, I guess that means I won't be spending much time with Twitter in the foreseeable future. More time for work.
Cathy, I try to limit it to one hour a day, but I break that into chunks, 10 to 15 minutes at a time. However, I don't count blog reading into that. If I'm learning something then I believe it is valuable.
@Wade-is that one of those little white lies? LOL!!
@Paula-I have no idea if this will help-I have a PC, but I found this about Twitter for Mac-good luck!
http://gigaom.com/apple/new-twitter-for-mac-update-steps-forward-with-a-few-steps-back/
Thanks, Cathy. Good try. I checked it out, heading to the online Mac App Store. The minimum requirement for the Twitter App is OS 10.6. Mine is 10.3.9. Huge difference.
I just learned my sister's next door neighbor is a Mac Genius. Maybe he can alert me to any specials they might have on Mac Minis. Too bad my brother-in-law's or cousins' educator discounts don't extend to me.
Unless I come into a sudden windfall, I'll have to settle for being woefully behind the technology curve.