Social Media

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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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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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Off the Grid

by Tim Baran October 29, 2010 Social Media

I left my phone at home. Purposely. Okay, it was midnight and I was on my way to [...]

Why I am a Social Media Fan of Wong Ching Ya and Danny Brown

by Tim Baran June 11, 2010 Social Media

While I deeply appreciate the #FollowFriday meme that Twitter spawned, I’ve gone away from using it since I’d [...]

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Protect Your Contacts – Opt Out Of Yahoo Updates Social Network

by Tim Baran June 5, 2010 Social Media

On the heels of Facebook’s massive missteps resulting in a breach of trust and howling protest from their [...]

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Twitter Growing But Are Users Tweeting Less?

by Tim Baran June 3, 2010 Social Media

Over the last few months I followed the trend against multitasking and started scheduling time for Twitter, Facebook [...]

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“See Who Views Your Facebook Profile” Feboz Website Up For Sale

by Tim Baran June 2, 2010 Social Media

A few months ago, I wrote about the Facebook phenomenon,  “NOW YOU CAN SEE EVERY 1 WHO VIEWS [...]

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Journey to Blogging, Part 4 of 4: From TypePad to WordPress

by Tim Baran May 31, 2010 Blogging

From static websites to the ever popular Blogger and through slick content management systems (CMS), the journey concludes [...]

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Foursquare and Gowalla: Why Bother?

by Tim Baran May 29, 2010 Social Media

I’ve been on Foursquare for six months and on the recommendation of several friends, I also signed up [...]

Journey to Blogging, Part 3 of 4: Drupal and Joomla

by Tim Baran May 27, 2010 Blogging

After a few months on Blogger building up content and slowly finding my voice, I wanted more.  Forms, [...]

Journey to Blogging, Part 2 of 4: Google Blogger

by Tim Baran May 25, 2010 Blogging

After creating a traditional static website as a new solo entrepreneur in 2008, I quickly discovered it’s limitations.  [...]

Journey to Blogging, Part 1 of 4: Static Websites

by Tim Baran May 22, 2010 Blogging

When I decided to leave my job at a law firm in 2008 to start my own entrepreneurial [...]