An Unexpected Gift That Brightened My Day
Tweet When I arrived home, after a rough day at work, I saw a CafePress box waiting for me. The kids excitedly tried to figure out what was in the box. In my mind, I kept thinking to myself, “Did I get something and forget?” Isabelle ran inside and started opening up the package. She squeals, “Ooohhh…mommy! It’s a cute bear!” Someone sent me a cute bear with the FriendFeed catchphrase, “DAMN YOU...
Read MoreFriendFeed Ate My Job’s Bandwith, and I Am the One Paying For It
Tweet Do you notice anything strange about my Google Chrome front page? This is what baffled me when I opened it up. My heart started palpitating, and I started to breath faster. It better not be what I think it is. Oh, it was. MY JOB BLOCKED FRIENDFEED Some of you might say, “Well, you shouldn’t be on Friendfeed anyway.” The thing is I am a super fast worker. I can do something that takes another person...
Read MoreTwitter Could Be a Mini FriendFeed
Tweet Twitter Real Time Inline Search, originally uploaded by TimCohn. Last weekend, I got an alert from TwitterMoms, which is a social networking site for mommy bloggers who tweet. It was for a virtual wine tasting via Twitter. How it worked was that you used a hash tag when you posted a tweet related to the wine tasting. In another window, you had a “real-time” search to follow the conversations. One of my complaints...
Read MoreMy Interview with The Bit Boss and on the Top Ten FF People to Follow List
Tweet I got interviewed by Craig Sutton, who is an expert on technology, business, and social media. Here is more about him: Interview of Craig from Deb Brown. I tried to ensure that the answers were as entertaining as I found his questions. If you want to learn more about me, definitely read the transcript: http://thebitboss.com/craigsutton/getting-to-know-shevonne-polastre-dcfemella Then I got the shock of my life when I got...
Read MoreFriendfeed is Home to the Coolest People You Will Ever Meet
Tweet When people think about the people lurking on the internet, they think introverted, crazy people who don’t know how to operate in public. They are seriously WRONG. Yes, there are some out there, but not everyone is like that. When I was in LA, I headed to a Friendfeed Meetup to hang with some of the people I talk to every day when I am on Friendfeed. They were some of the coolest, genuine people you could ever meet. If you...
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