Some sad news - Jeff passed away in mid-November. My sincere condolences to his husband, John. He will be sorely missed. 2018: It is going to take me a tiny bit to get to Subplot Recordings but bear with me.... A few months ago, I reconnected online with a guy I went to high school … Continue reading Subplot Recordings – A Year in the Life
With all the controversy on Facebook and Twitter lately of accounts being used for inauthentic behavior and potential manipulation - I thought it might be interesting to take a look at how my bots stand up. The services created by Indiana University Bloomington, primarily Bot or Not, are being leveraged by social platforms to help … Continue reading Bot or Not? Automated Accounts
I don't think I've eaten at Arby's since I was in college. I liked their little meat and bread balls when I was kid too but never really frequented the establishment much. Since college, the chain got associated with fandom as a cheap and easy place to go eat fast food. I wish I knew the … Continue reading Arby’s and Their Brilliant Targeting of Fandom
I have two Instagram accounts that I use to experiment with content and their algorithms. I started running a VPN on my phone after some of the big data breaches as an added layer of security for myself. With the app update on September 18, 2017, I began to see errors when I tried to … Continue reading Instagram Hates VPN, Except When It Doesn’t
It’s not a major issue but I found this UI bug super annoying. Over the last week or so, I’ve spent a few minutes here and there scheduling some posts for my @fabric_lover twitter feed. I created posts out until October and I’m happy to have that done and out of the way. BUT I … Continue reading I found a UI bug in HootSuite
I made several quote images with various artist's thoughts on creativity and art. I used the Adobe platform, Spark, to create these. You are welcome to use the images too. They are formatted for twitter, specifically, but you can use them anywhere you like. I really appreciate links back to this post if you use … Continue reading Quotes on Art For All to Use
Previously, I shared some of the free platforms for social media automation. Since I have worked [and do work] with really large corporations, I thought I’d share one of the tools I’ve used for social media publishing previously. You can get quite a bit out of just one automation platform and I recommend it for … Continue reading Social Automation: One of the Big Boys
I am a BIG believer in automation of social media wherever possible. If you post on one feed, you should post where ever else is relevant. Take this blog for instance… When each post is published, it shows up on my twitter feed and my Tumblr (well, it was actually posting to the wrong tumblr for … Continue reading Social Automation – Free to Use Platforms
Editing to add Jan 2024: Spark is now Express and the interface has changed quite a bit. Still an AWESOME app. Adobe has a new desktop design tool for all of the social media people out there. It’s called Spark – and it is super simple to work with. I’ve had to make social graphics … Continue reading Adobe Express – Make Social Posting Easy!
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