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on January 31, 2010 -
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Will You Be My Friend on Facebook?

I recently came across an article that discussed friend requests on Facebook. The author of this article had received a friend request from someone that he knew when he was in elementary school. When a friend request goes out, no harm is done, and the hope of rekindling a long lost friend is set into motion. That is of course until the person on the other end of the friend request; the one who apparently thinks that he knows how to use social media in [...]

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on January 23, 2010 -
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Updates Prove to be Progress for foursquare

Where are you right now? Are you at work? Are you at the grocery store? Maybe you are at home for a night on the couch watching movies and eating pizza. Wherever you are, make sure you tell foursquare so that all of your friends know where you are as well. When I say foursquare, I do not mean the game that children used to play in the schoolyard. (Not sure, but according to a few friends of mine it is still a popular game for our youth. I myself [...]

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on January 22, 2010 -
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Twitter Interview: 1-on-1 with Chad Richards

The guy that I am sitting with today has been making some noise lately with a recent blog post that he wrote on posting the same content to both Twitter and Facebook. It was something that I had wanted to say for months now and did not know the proper way to get the word out. (Go figure since I write a blog where I post content every day!) But he took his thoughts, which I agree with 100%, and posted them to his blog instead. I have been [...]

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on January 20, 2010 -
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Now the Top 10 Movies of 2009 According to Ricky Potts

When I sat down to write the summary of what Zohar Lazar called the top 10 films of 2009, I had no idea the reaction that it was going to get from my readers. I knew as soon as I saw the headline of “Top 10 Films of 2009” that I was going to personally disagree with that list, but I had no idea that my audience would agree as much as you all did. You seemed to drool over such films as District 9 and Up in the Air. You also seemed to think that the Coen brothers had talent [...]

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on January 11, 2010 -
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Tips on Buying New Golf Clubs

I bought some new golf clubs a few years back. I had been playing the Tommy Armour 845 irons for as long as I could remember. They were cavity back, easy to hit, and I never thought I needed anything else until I put a blade in my hand. I was carrying around a 7 handicap at the time and was playing golf any chance I got. But, when I landed a job at Galyan’s Sporting Goods (now Dick’s Sporting Goods) in the golf department I had the chance to hit a lot of different [...]

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on January 7, 2010 -
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Twitter Interview: 1-on-1 with Amy Stark

When I first met this lady it was in a coffee shop in the heart of Broad Ripple. It was actually the first time I met a few local social media thought leaders. The coffee shop would eventually close and we headed across the street to the Upper Room. We shared drinks, talked about love, life, happiness, and the power of social media as it relates to both a brand and a business. It was a great night and one that I was sad when it was finally over. But that was [...]

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on January 6, 2010 -
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Blockbuster is Taking on Redbox

If you have not yet noticed we are in a recession. The White House claims that we are no longer officially in this said recession but with an unemployment rate of over 10% our immediate futures look quite bleak. (The number of unemployed has steadily been rising since this recession began yet Obama thinks throwing money at the problem will fix the issue.) So, when thinking of what’s for dinner or how to spend your Friday night people have been cutting back and counting [...]

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on December 30, 2009 -
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Twitter Interview: 1-on-1 with Josh Corken

The guy that I am sitting with today has been an inspiration to me in the world of graphic design for a couple of years now. He is young, a true go getter, and a guy that will not settle for anything but the best. He deserves it too because this kid works harder than just about anyone I know. He has traveled all over the world for conferences and for study abroad programs and that will only aid in his ability to land his dream job when he [...]

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on November 13, 2009 -
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lala: Where Music Plays

Recently I was introduced to a new service known as lala. Lala is a website that allows you to listen, buy, and share your music online. They even offer a feed that will give you music choices from your friends and even the experts behind the scenes at lala. You can also import your own collection of music to be able to listen to no matter where you are; as long as you have an Internet connection. It has been all the rage with a few friends of mine [...]

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on November 11, 2009 -
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Lady Takes Aim at Blockbuster & Facebook

With the advent of all of these social media tools like Twitter and Facebook, online privacy becomes a big issue. Some people stay off these tools all together in fear of sharing too much information with the World Wide Web. For instance, on Facebook, you can find my birthday, the school and year that I graduated from college, my girlfriend’s name, and even my job title, email address, and iChat screen name. This information is [...]

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