From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Take control of your comment history with Backtype

by amy mengel on March 31, 2009

In my 11th grade history classroom, a poster of a large Rooster hung on the wall with a caption that read, “What do you call someone who gets his girlfriend pregnant and then flies the coop?” I am not making this up. And it does have a point. I often read blog posts, occasionally make [...]

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How I ported my blog to WordPress.org

by amy mengel on March 29, 2009

I’m getting settled in here at my new home on the web, after moving from my free wordpress.com blog last weekend. The process to move my blog over to a self-hosted wordpress.org account was actually much easier than I anticipated, thanks in large part to my tech-obsessed husband, but I thought I would outline the [...]

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Don’t let the “experts” intimidate you

by amy mengel on March 26, 2009

There’s been much discussion on blogs and Twitter recently about people proclaiming themselves social media experts or gurus or a host of other terms. Is there such a thing? Can anyone already claim to be an expert in such a nascent space? Will shoddy “experts” tarnish the reputations of those who really and truly are [...]

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Well hello there!

by amy mengel on March 24, 2009

Glad that you found me! After just a few months of blogging, I realized that the free WordPress.com platform just wasn’t giving me the flexibility or control I wanted over the look and feel of my site. I’ve now upgraded to self-hosted WordPress.org and I hope you like the changes! It’s a work in progress, [...]

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Is Facebook the new AOL?

by amy mengel on March 19, 2009

When I was in middle school, EVERY family I knew that was on the Internet was on AOL. It seemed like the only way you could get online. Everyone had AOL e-mail addresses, AOL Instant Messenger handles, and those somewhat stalker-enabled AOL Profiles. There were some alternatives, like CompuServe, but essentially you were on it [...]

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