Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Where to find the truth?

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

I just got off a members-only webinar offered by the Women Presidents’ Organization titled “Economic Recovery – what does it mean for your business?” Even though I got an A+ in economics in college (many moons ago), I have to admit that trying to understand how we got into the current state of affairs from an economic perspective leaves me feeling, well, stupid. After tweeting a simple comment I interpreted from our speaker to be simply “things are looking up”, I received a barrage of responses back from people sharing their economic theories. Woah. Now I feel even MORE stupid. The whole experience led me to ponder: Where do we go to find the truth?

So suppose I want to learn about what got us into this economic mess (besides the obvious mortgage/financial fiasco – that’s not the WHOLE story…). Is there a history I could read that isn’t slanted or biased in some way? Surely, it isn’t on Wikipedia. And if it is, I’m not totally confident

Twitter versus the Telephone

Friday, February 27th, 2009

When I start talking to folks about Web 2.0 and mention Twitter, I get some curious reactions. Most often, it is I don’t get it.

TwitterThe ‘technical’ description of Twitter is that it is a micro-blogging tool. You are given 140 characters to share your message, called a tweet. People follow your tweets and you are able to ‘follow’ the tweets of other people. Most of the time, when you follow someone they’ll follow you back except for celebrities or people who don’t get that’s what you’re supposed to do. For example, I follow M.C. Hammer, The Today Show, and a bunch of random people I don’t yet know. I follow them because they sound interesting, have knowledge I might want to tap, or seem like potential clients or partners.

The thing about Twitter is that once you get into it, it can suck you in. My first experience with that was during the Presidential Debates. You can put a hash-tag in your tweets which provides a filtering capability, sort of like a news feed.

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Update on Erin

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Erin, whom I wrote about in an earlier post, has created a website asking for financial assistance this holiday season. She needs help in paying off her medical bills and providing a Christmas for her 3 sons. If you’re looking for a cause to give to, this one seems extremely worthy!

too much of a good thing

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Yes…there is such thing as too much of a good thing, especially on Thanksgiving. Too much food. But it has been an incredible day. I got to play in the leaves with my kids and then come inside and make a home made apple pie with them. It was a small gathering, but it was nice. We were able to take our time, not worry about how messy the kitchen was or try to make everything happen at a certain time. Just perfect!