My friend and colleague CT Moore is giving a 3 part social media training session through Ometz in May, and I’ll be co-instructing with him on the first session. It’s only $200 to register for all three (save $25). Click on one of the sessions listed below for more information: May 9: Social Content Strategy & [...]
Tags: Agence Ometz, Bishin Speaks, CT Moore, lesley bishin, Ometz, Social Media Education Series
Posted by Bishin on April 8, 2012 in
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∞ It took me a while to want to join Pinterest. While it’s a great idea, I was a bit turned off after joining Google+ and haven’t been in the market for yet another social media tool that collects cyber dust. After waiting a few months and checking it out through a colleague’s account, I decided [...]
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I haven’t quite figured out what Google circles are for, but not wanting to be left out, I’ve joined anyway. This is likely how most of these social media applications get started, right? We all want to jump in and be part of the next big thing, the second it becomes available. But why is [...]
Tags: circles, early adopters, fitting in, google, Google plus, understanding google + circles
Posted by Bishin on November 10, 2009 in
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∞ Social Media Revolution is a video from Socialnomics. It’s a great visual response to the question “is social media a fad?” Social Media Revolution: Is social media a fad?
Tags: Erik Qualman, is social media a fad, Right Here Right Now, Social Media Revolution, Social Media Statistics, Social Media Video, Socialnomics
Posted by Bishin on July 24, 2009 in
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∞ Thought this information might be of use – I was certainly glad a friend passed it on to me. Facebook has agreed to let a third party advertisers use your posted pictures – without your permission. Here’s how you can protect your files in 5 easy steps: Click on SETTINGS up at the top where [...]
Tags: facebook, facebook pics, how to, posted pictures, protect your facebook pictures, Third party advertisers, your photos
Posted by Bishin on April 1, 2009 in
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∞ Google has a history of rolling out mock applications in honour of April Fool’s day, and this year is no exception. Today Google introduced the “Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity” or CADIE, for short. CADIE’s many absurd functions include an auto email reply function for Gmail users and a helpful brain search function, featured below. Brain [...]
Posted by Bishin on March 6, 2009 in
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∞ I decided after nearly two years of complete inactivity, that it might be time to finally cancel my MySpace page. No problem, right? Well, it turns out it’s an 8 step process just to request to be removed. Yes, seriously. MySpace acts like a jilted lover, who you’ve left for a newer, younger model, trying [...]
Tags: account cancellation, cancel myspace, deactivation process, My Space, MySpace, myspace deactivation, Social Media
Posted by Bishin on February 13, 2009 in
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∞ The Onion released this new breaking news story today. If you’re at work, you may want to plug in the headphones… Enjoy! Sony Releases New Piece of Shit That Doesn’t Fucking Work
Tags: fake news, fun, onion news network, sony, tech news, the onion, video
Posted by Bishin on February 11, 2009 in
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∞ I acquired my first Smartphone – a Blackberry Pearl – 2 years ago, in an encounter that went something like this: My dad: I just got something called a Blackberry Pearl. Me: Wow, that’s awesome. My dad: It’s missing ½ the keys. Me: I’m sure you get used to it pretty quickly. My dad: I [...]
Tags: bishinspeaks, blackberry, blackberry curve, blackberry pearl, mobile, PDA, smartphone
