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Getting to Fanboy

by Tim Baran October 6, 2011 Productivity

I’m a late comer to the Apple creed and the genius that is Steve Jobs, a once-in-a-lifetime visionary. [...]

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Mass Unfollowing on Twitter – The Disingenuous (?) Trend Continues

by Tim Baran September 2, 2011 Social Media

Two years ago I wrote, Mass Unfollow: Trending on Twitter? The post discussed a lawyer and a couple [...]

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Facebook Happy Birthday Guide

by Tim Baran August 18, 2011 Social Media

It’s the day before your birthday and the Facebook greetings are starting to trickle in. You have over [...]

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Almost All Creativity Involves Purposeful Play

by Tim Baran July 9, 2011 Productivity

Earlier this year during a family road trip to Rochester, New York, our cousins there took us to [...]

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The ROI of Social Media is Your Business Will Still Exist in 5 Years

by Tim Baran June 10, 2011 Social Media

The above title is a quote from this terrific 2.5 minute video from Socialnomics, an update from their [...]

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Location Location Location. So Many Ways To Check In and Share

by Tim Baran June 4, 2011 Social Media

I check in on Foursquare then check off the “Share with Twitter” icon. It goes out to the [...]

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Free WiFi: A Win-Win for Businesses and Customers

by Tim Baran June 3, 2011 Other Stuff

Ever go into a Starbucks with a laptop on life support only to find all of the electrical [...]

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Give Me a Chance to Miss You

by Tim Baran April 8, 2011 Social Media

Facebook, Twitter…Social Media.  It consumes us. Is it OK to take a break or ramp down the engagement? [...]

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Social Media Spurs a Revolution in Egypt

by Tim Baran February 11, 2011 Social Media

The revolution belongs to the brave people of Egypt, built on bloodshed in the Square. Unarmed protesters, growing [...]

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Online and Offline Engagement: Finding Balance

by Tim Baran December 31, 2010 Productivity

Exactly a year ago, I wrote, in How Social Media Became My Community of Support in a Year [...]

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Tempering the Joy This Christmas

by Tim Baran December 23, 2010 Other Stuff

I loved the holidays growing up. We excitedly made our own decorations spending days on end stenciling bells [...]

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Did To Do Lists Miss the Tech Revolution?

by Tim Baran November 15, 2010 Productivity

I’ve tried them all.  A slew of free and paid mobile applications, Google Tasks, Desktop apps, even the [...]

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Twitter and Facebook: Office Chatter for Entrepreneurs

by Tim Baran November 11, 2010 Entrepreneur

The first thing many people do when they get to work is head to the kitchen for a [...]