by Jonathan Groves | Jan 21, 2012 | Wordpress
As people dip their toes in the social-media waters, the advice seems logical: Start with a simple blogging platform such as Blogger or WordPress.com and then graduate to a hosted WordPress installation, like the one we use to manage this site. A hosted installation...
by Jonathan Groves | Aug 24, 2011 | Twitter
Twitter evolves more quickly than other social media because of its users. Rather than relying on programmers to tweak features, users create their own languages, cultures, and uses for the malleable medium. Witness the advent of MT to signify a retweet that has been...
by Jonathan Groves | Jun 25, 2011 | Twitter
Think of @mentions and cc as ways of snagging attention on Twitter. They serve the same purpose as a “carbon copy” on e-mails: You are want to make sure certain people are aware of the information/thought in the tweet, even if the message is not directly...
by Jonathan Groves | May 1, 2011 | Twitter
The thought of live-tweeting conjures extreme scenarios: Scenario #1: People tweeting incessantly about every moment of the fun they’re having at SXSW or other major event while you’re slogging away at the daily grind. Scenario #2: Revolutionaries risking...
by Jonathan Groves | Apr 15, 2011 | Advertising, Facebook, SEO, Twitter
So the last two years of social media behavior has increased the buzz-worthiness of the curation concept. To curate is to organize and preserve for presentation. Social media curating is to organize online behaviors in specific social spaces with the intent to craft a...
