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How do you manage contact convergence?

February 28th, 2009 | Comments Off

When I ask people about how they manage the convergence of their personal, professional and academic contacts in social media, I usually get one of four answers: Keep two sets of books. In this scenario, there’s one Facebook profile for friends, another for professional contacts, and maybe a third for family. Manage social media networks for different purposes. In this case, Facebook is only for friends, Linked In for professional contacts, etc. Manage an account under a public persona and use an alias for fun. Or, give up and let everyone mingle. These approaches have their advantages and disadvantages, but each is a way of coping with the hot mess that social media has made of our discrete worlds. Which are you using? … Read entire article »

Filed under: Social Media Therapy Session

Bad day at work? Where do you go?

February 26th, 2009 | Comments Off

Ever have those days when you need to vent about filling out TPS forms to a faceless but sympathetic bunch of strangers? It used to be easy to hop online and dash off an angry email or post to a forum. Back in the day you couldn’t drag anyone but your geekiest friends onto the Internet, so it was a sanctuary those on the cutting edge. You could blow off some steam and then get back to work without thinking about who might see your rant. Now, everyone’s on that edge and there’s no safe place to complain online. Social media is a free-for-all where a whisper can become a shout within a very short time. Change your status on Facebook, and your mom will see your … Read entire article »

Filed under: Social Media Therapy Session

Trader Vic’s
Chicago Bites Podcast #130

February 26th, 2009 | Comments Off

Trader Vic’s <br /> Chicago Bites Podcast #130

Trader Vic’s is a chain restaurant known for its extensive drink menu and Polynesian cuisine. When one opened up in Chicago recently, Bridget and I decided to chase our Winter blues away. It’s a fun show, go check it out. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Dining in Chicago

Worlds Colliding through Social Media

February 24th, 2009 | Comments Off

Seinfeld was ahead of his time. Back in 1995 he showed us what would happen when our Facebook people met our Twitter crowd and headed over to party with our Linked In connections: GEORGE: Well that was a really stupid thing! You know what’s going to happen now? JERRY: World’s collide. (points at George) GEORGE: Whe … Well yeah! JERRY: Because this world is your sanctuary and if that world comes into contact with – GEORGE: YES! It Blows Up! So if you know that, what did you tell Elaine for? JERRY: I didn’t know. Kramer told me about the worlds. GEORGE: You couldn’t figure out the “World’s Theory” for yourself? It’s just common sense. Anybody knows, ya gotta keep your worlds apart. But can we keep our worlds apart any more? I don’t know about … Read entire article »

Filed under: Social Media Therapy Session

Television Chats

February 22nd, 2009 | Comments Off

I confess to watching The Oscars every year. It’s fun, but what I really enjoy is the running commentary with my friends. Because it’s geographically undesirable for us to get together to watch television, we choose to chat our way through the red carpet, the best animated short, and best picture! Right now, I’ve got a tiny chat session open and I’m using it to talk to friends across town and across the country. If I’m being honest though, I’m chatting through more that just the Oscars — everything from reality television to Sunday morning news shows get the treatment. Chat takes care of the asynchronous sting that Hulu and Tivo have introduced into watching habits, and gives us a reason to settle on the couch, open a … Read entire article »

Filed under: Technology Shift

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