Posted May 29th, 2008 by Hawksdomain |
Blogs | social media, social networking
Last week I wrote about the name change for my little ol' blog, Social on the Web. I had some suggestions and traded several emails with a few different people, and I am excited to announce that I am in the process of moving Social on the Web over to a self hosted site.
Additionally, I have three people who have agreed to help me with blogging! We have picked a theme, although I'm waiting to surprise those who were helping me narrow down the theme choices.
Our topic, of course, will be social media, social networking, personal branding, and the like. Knowing that I am only good for one post every week or two, I cannot expect more from the others, so if there is anyone else who might be interested in participating in this new blogging adventure, please let me know through the comments, via Twitter, via StumbleUpon, or email!
Before I wrap this up, I want to give a very special thanks to everyone doing so much to help me with this project: dOgBoi who came up with the idea and has agreed to be a blogger, GemStar38 and Murple who have also agreed to be bloggers, and Timbury who is helping out with the hosting!
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Posted May 23rd, 2008 by Hawksdomain |
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A while ago I bought a domain name and never did anything with it: SocialOnTheWeb.com Well today something possessed me to do something and I linked my domain to my blog that is currently hosted on WordPress.com. My ultimate goal is to get a hosting account so I can have a real WordPress blog with all the neat bells and whistles that WordPress.com won't let ya have!
So, now this blog is more than just about Hawksdomain but something that hopefully more and more people will be able to relate to. For anyone who is already linked to this blog, no worries - I will be paying the extra $10 a year to make sure you can still access the old URLs!
Plus, I am hoping to be able to talk a friend or two into writing some posts here too... That way, hopefully it won't be quite as long in between posts!
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Posted May 5th, 2008 by Hawksdomain |
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And I haven't been too great at keeping up here. For that, I am truly sorry. I have come to the conclusion that I do not think I will try to make too much of this blog. I don't think I want to join the ranks of the great bloggers, because mostly I want to write just for fun.
I've began watching some of the bloggers I enjoy in other arenas and well, I just don't think I have the time to invest as they are. I have to work full time, or the bills don't get paid, and that means no internet connection with which to do a blog. Then, there is all of these awesome new social sites that are coming out. I haven't even done the proper thing by going back to see the changes made at FindLikeMinds. That just isn't fair to those guys. I haven't even been back to jaanix for a bit, either. It just makes me feel - like I'm not doing what I'm supposed to, but I already have a job to do what I'm supposed to, and this is supposed to be just for fun! Does that make any sense?
OK, so anyway I will try to remember to stop by here more often and at least keep people informed on what I've been up to!
So I started writing this post last month, and I still don't have it published. I really got to figure out a way to make time for this and everything else I have going on! But, first, I think I need to finish working on my Mother's Day project that I do every year. Otherwise, I will have a few mothers unhappy with me in a few days!
If you are ever looking for me, know that you can almost always find me on Twitter to see what I'm up to, or if you are needing to contact me, really the easiest way is through my StumbleUpon account. I get emails that don't end up in Spam and I have it set up so anyone can send me a message!
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Posted April 7th, 2008 by Hawksdomain |
Blogs | daily blog tips, Dan Zarrella, Jayhawks, rock chalk jayhawk, seth godin, shouldi, survey, technorati, WordPress
First and foremost, WTF did they do to my WordPress? GAH! Guess those of us at wp.com got the 2.5 upgrade, too. It does look much more web 2.0 -ified, but.... Now I just gotta learn things all over again. I don't know about that.... Main question so far is where the heck is my stats? 
Seems that Dan Zarrella is up to something interesting.... He's wanting people to stop by and take a survey. I've followed Dan for awhile on Twitter now and I have to say, my first impression of him was not exactly favorable, but he's taking my hobby of social networking and really putting some science and hard facts with it. It is interesting to see why people do what they do. If you haven't yet, check out his post from last week.
A new site I have joined and not had much of a chance to check out yet, is Shouldi. I don't know if you need the invites, but I got 'em if ya need 'em! I've only answered one 'Shouldi' so far and it was someone asking for relationship advice. Of course, these types of sites always have people asking silly questions, such as What is Google - my guess is if you don't know what Google is, I doubt you would be on this site! 
If ya sign up, be sure to find me and friend me! 
For some reason, I have been claiming all of my feeds on the social sites today at Technorati. I don't really know why, just seemed like the geek thing to do!
I would like to mention a couple of blog posts this morning that I found interesting. First, Steven at Daily Blog Tips posted a great article for Part Time Bloggers. Then, Seth Godin gave some basic tips on telling us how to Write Like a Blogger.
Last, but of course, not least. ROCK CHALK JAYHAWKS!! I told a friend in Kentucky earlier that Jayhawks eat Tigers for breakfast. Of course it's usually Missouri Tigers, but I'm sure we can handle Memphis Tigers as well!
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Posted April 2nd, 2008 by Hawksdomain |
Social Networks | FindLikeMinds
I'm always looking for someone who is just as unusual as I am, so I was excited when I was asked to join a social site called FindLikeMinds started by a couple of guys, so I did. I played for a bit with it, even taking time between visits for any updates to the site to be made. I was excited to see the Zeitgeist page, but when you click a link, it tells you to click the Zeitgeist page first. So, it got me nowhere, I was thinking it would give me an option to add the same item to my list.... But, who knows what it was supposed to accomplish. I don't see this being a terribly successful site because, at least how it is right now, you have to enter everything yourself. All of your influences, things you like, skills you have.... OH MY I have way too much and can't think of half the stuff when I'm asked to make a list. Give me a list to choose from, with common items, yet with the opportunity to add more individualized answers, and yes, I would probably be the top user.
I want to apologize to Rob at FindLikeMinds for taking so long in writing this critique, but if he witnessed my discussion on jaanix, he would surely understand that I wanted to be sure about a few things before I was accused of completely missing the point of the site. So, Rob, if I did miss the point, please be kind in your comments, and I will be more than willing to help you work out some kinks to make it a more user friendly site! 
This site is still in beta, so just leave a request if you want an invite to check it out for yourself!
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