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Can Online Discussions Always Be Positive?

1 Comment (Add) | Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 8:27pm

I noticed a thread today on Geeks that is talking about how discussions always end up turning negative in some way. This got me to thinking about conversations I have all over the web – on Geeks, over at Lockergnome, here in my blog, and even on sites like Twitter. It seems no matter what you’re trying to talk about, someone is going to be negative in some way. The people in this particular thread are right – it truly is annoying.

What is Twitter Good For?

18 Comments (Add) | Sunday, November 8th, 2009 at 7:28pm

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An acquaintance of mine, Deb, made an interesting assertion at the [re]Think Hawaii conference last week. She suggested that Twitter is where conversations are happening. I suggested that that isn’t quite accurate.

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What Do You Remember When You Look Back?

3 Comments (Add) | Monday, March 30th, 2009 at 11:24pm

Reading through the different things posted by our community today, I came across a post that truly had me stopping to think. One member wrote a blog post discussing things he looks back upon with a smile. That had me wondering what kinds of things from the distant (and not-so-distant!) past make me just stop and smile in memory. There are many things that do, making me feel as though I’ve been fortunate for the most part. Things like recalling my first video game playing experience all the way through to the funny things my dogs do today make me take time out to just crack a grin. What kinds of memories do you smile and giggle over?

Saving Twitter Conversations

10 Comments (Add) | Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 at 5:14pm

Earlier today, I asked for help with saving Twitter conversations to my blog. Quite a few people responded (including a few programmers). I’ll be interested in seeing what develops, but I’m also happy to show you that @whozman helped me generate the following thread based on who responded to my two general queries…

How to Get People to Comment on Your Blog Posts

3 Comments (Add) | Sunday, December 7th, 2008 at 10:20pm

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