Social Media Menu Monday (a Recipe Round-Up)
Was there life before google? It’s been my recipe go-to for ages, but it’s only in the past month or so that I’ve started specifically exploring the food-blogosphere. And I’m starting to think that this was maybe not such a good idea,
Saved by the Bird
A month or so ago, I attended my first Girl Geek Ottawa dinner. Good food, great company, inspiring speakers; what more could a girl (and geek) ask for? Except that when I got there and looked around, I didn’t recognize anybody. Some might be unphased by this. But I’m sure at least some of you [...]
Tags: girl geek dinners, Ottawa, social anxiety, social media
So what about Facebook?
Facebook was my first introduction to social media. But now that I’m tweeting and blogging (and oh so much more social-media savvy), I suddenly don’t know what to do with it. At first, Facebook was what I used to keep in touch with real-life friends (and get updates, like it or not, from I-met-you-once-why-did-you-friend-me friends, [...]
Tags: blogging, facebook, internet privacy, social media, Twitter
With A Little Help From My Tweeps
When I got up this morning, it was not by choice. And after a long night – one of a string of long nights – I really didn’t think I would be physically capable of going out for a run.
Tags: blogging, community, social media, Twitter
Zemanta Fail
When I started this post, it didn’t look anything like it does now. It usually takes me several days to work through a post, from first draft to complete rewrites to editing, editing, and more editing. And when your writing time is carved out of stolen moments (sleeping baby? quick! type!) and fraught with interruptions [...]
Tags: blogging, customer service fail, fail, Losing It in Ottawa, rant, social media, Twitter, WordPress, Zemanta
Ottawa Factoids? Cool Ottawa Facts?
I need your help with something. I keep coming across cool little factoids about this city – some that I knew, some that I didn’t – and I’m creating a twitter stream with random Ottawa trivia. But I can’t decide on a name. Am I over-thinking this? You bet. Do I expect the same turnout [...]
Tags: social media
Seven Milliseconds of Fame
One night, the night of March 6 to be exact, I achieved a hitherto unheard-of level of fame and adulation: My favourite was, of course, the hero worship. I mean, who doesn’t need a little hero-worship now and then? But I politely declined. But that was not my first brush with twitter-fame. Oh no. I [...]
Tags: Ottawa, social media
Please, Don’t Vote For Me
> I’m not a big fan of popularity contests. Maybe that’s because, well, I’ve never been all that good at them. But the whole concept of awards being handed out based on how many votes you can cajole out of your network just rubs me the wrong way. Seems to me that all it proves [...]
Tags: blogging, social media
9 Great Protein Snacks
God, I love Twitter. I was chatting with Sara (@saramphoto) and Krista (@kristahouse) about exercise and protein, and asked if they had any suggestions for high-protein snacks. Then the sitter arrived, and I took off for a cross-country ski. When I got back, all sorts of folks had chimed-in with their suggestions. Many thanks to [...]
Tags: skiing, snacking, social media, Twitter
Poetic Licence
Last week, I tried writing for one of Mama Kat‘s prompts: “How has social media changed you?” My opening sentence was “I don’t think social media has changed me, per se, as much as it has changed my experience as a mom”. I never published that post. Never finished it actually. And that’s just as [...]
Tags: poetry, social media
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