How-to: View and Organize Fan Pages on Facebook...

Today's post is in response to a question I've received from a few people lately. With the most recent redesign of Facebook, some people are finding it more difficult to keep up with their favorite fan pages as their updates drift by in the stream along with your friends' status updates.

Coming Soon: An Interview with YOU!...

As the blog's readership and community have grown, I'm continually impressed with all of you. I'm pretty sure that I've learned far more from you than you have from me. You share your thoughts by commenting on blog posts, sending emails and tweets, and participating on my Facebook fan page. Through all of my activity online, I've met so many fabulous people I never would have met otherwise.

Happy Holidays! Please Enjoy This Spam...

Over the last few weeks, I have been inundated with holiday cards and greetings of all types. While this is typical at this time of year, this is the first time I received so many automated cards and emails, most of them from people I don't really know.

I’m Engaged! (4 Tales of Accidental Twitter Friends)...

It's true, I'm engaged. No, not that kind of engaged. I'm virtually engaged - listening to conversations and building relationships online. As with other networking platforms, I use Twitter primarily for business purposes. Still, as we all know, even when we network and use social media for business, we don't talk about business 100% of the time, right?

Help Me Help You – When You Have Questions...

If you are online using any sort of social media, you know that it has been a wild roller-coaster lately. The primarily networking platforms which many of us use - Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn - have all undergone huge changes, seemingly at a breakneck pace. Some have been communicated in advance, many weren't. Some have been well-received, many have led to frustration. A few have worked well immediately upon launch, most seem full of bugs and perform inconsistently.

Twitter Allows “Real” Connections. I Defy You to...

If you believe Twitter is a place where only trivial information is shared, I invite you to read the "tweets" posted by Apple engineer, Mike Lee (@bmf) today. Read from the bottom up. Mike's friend, Vinay Venkatesh (@djgraphite) died today as a result of a motorcycle accident here in the Bay Area. I don't know Mike, but his pain is real and palpable. I can't begin to imagine his thoughts as he shared these updates on his friend's condition with anyone who might be listening. As Robert Scoble (@scobleizer) tweeted tonight, "Who the hell said 140 characters can't make a grown man cry?"

Dear Ex-Facebook Friend…...

Dear Ex-Facebook Friend, You've crossed the line. As with all things virtual and social, it's hard to say exactly where that line is, but I sure do know when someone comes rushing across it.

Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match...

“Matchmaker, Matchmaker, make me a match. Find me a find. Catch me a catch.” Feel free to sing along; come on, you know you know the lyrics. Did we suddenly fall into the middle of a Fiddler On The Roof performance? No, you needn’t change the channel. We’re still here talking about networking. How though, does [...]