Personal Technology Tips in Plain English
Social Media – Twitter
How To Sync Twitter Tweets With Facebook Status Updates
Feb 22nd
Most of my friends think I live on Facebook and Twitter because they see so many tweets and FB status updates stream across both social media platforms all day every day.
The truth of the matter is that I spend 1/2 the time they think I am on both sites. How?
I have a Facebook-Twitter application which takes anything I tweet and it automatically posts it to my Facebook status immediately. Thus, my Facebook status feed looks well populated throughout the day and week. The truth is that I may not log into Facebook for a week at a time, but it sure looks like I’m over there (another great tip is that you can both read and respond to Facebook posts outside of www.Facebook.com with TweetDeck.
Now whenever I tweet, it will automatically sync my Facebook status update with the same thing!
1) Click on GOODIES at the bottom of any page at www.twitter.com
How To Bulk Unfollow Twitter Snoozers From Your List
Feb 20th
Twittering is a way of life. Either you tweet or you don’t. There’s no half-way in between.
You can’t just log in once in a blue moon and expect others to think you’re part of the Twitterverse community. What other group would embrace you with open arms if you showed up just 3 times in 2010 for example?
Spring is around the corner and that got me thinking of Spring cleaning for my Twitter follow list. It’s time to pare down my follow list to those that I really have a real interest, connection or excuse to follow.
I found a great little web-app at http://www.untweeps.com that lets you identify who on your Twitter follow lists has NOT tweeted in __ days.
Just input the cutoff and you’re ready for a 1-click bulk unfollow.
I filtered my follow list to see who hasn’t showed up in 100 days.
Just like that, my Twitter follow list was pared down by over a 100 people for one of my Twitter accounts.
There’s other bulk unfollow tools that let you see who’s not reciprocating a follow, those that are spammy, etc. But this is the first place I think most people should go when trying to clean out their following list.
What other Twitter UNFOLLOW sites do you use to manage your lists? Please leave a comment below!
Twitter 201: What Can You Do With Twitter?
Feb 10th
Once you get past the initial learning curve required to really understand that Twitter is not just knowing what everyone eats for breakfast, lunch and dinner, you start to ask, what else can I do with Twitter?
There’s actually a TON of stuff for which Twitter is useful. That’s why there’s a social media revolution afterall. But the Twitterverse isn’t so easy for newbies to get on what seems like a speeding bullet train at times.
The best place to start for most is to understand that you can control what you get out of Twitter. It is not just a continuous moving feed of random tweets from all that you follow. Once you find Twitter Search, your imagination starts to open up for what you can do with Twitter.
Here’s a quick video that explains just a few practical things you can do with Twitter beyond monitoring your network’s latest moves and ponderings:
How To Bulk Submit To Social Bookmarking Sites
Oct 26th
Social media is all the rage these days.
Anyone with a website knows they should be submitting their website pages to the various social bookmarking sites to gain better visibility on the web.
But we’re also talking about a time consuming task to do the repetitive submissions to the top social bookmarking sites like: Digg.com, Propeller, Delicious, Reddit.com, Stumbleupon, Technorati, Mixx, Twitter, Furl.net, etc.
There are completely automated tools that submit in bulk, but sometimes they can be seen as spam. The next best thing to manual hand submissions one at a time is to use a semi-automated tool. . .
SocialPoster.com allows you to set-up the basics first and then go through various filtered lists of social bookmarking sites and quick-click-thru to the posting page with the main data pre-populated for you.
Here’s a video walk-through tutorial of the process of using socialposter.com:
It won’t completely eliminate the time-consuming task of manually submitting to dozens of social bookmark sites, but it certainly will shave off a decent portion of time spent on the task. Moreover, it will help you to consistently submit to the top sites using socialposter.com’s list of sites.
Is Your Self-Worth Defined By Your Twitter Follower Count?
Oct 21st
The Pew Internet Research Study just came out stating the 19% of people use status updates in social media. That’s a BIG number which only means the social media is here to stay – and the Facebooks and Twitters of the world is changing how we communicate, connect and even identify ourselves.
The Twitter follower count is a huge narcissistic idol for almost everyone that jumps on board initially.
Thought it would be interested to see where you thought you were in the Twitter Self-Worth Maturity Ladder. Take the quick poll below and let’s see where everyone ends up.
BE HONEST now! 
Are You A Facebook Spammer?
Jul 7th
Ever since I started to Twitter, I’ve used the Twitter-To-Facebook application which basically takes my Twitter updates and then automatically syncs them to Facebook.
The net result is that my Facebook status updates are updated more often than how many times my Facebook friends update theirs. I guess whenever they log into FB, a good portion of their friendfeeds are MINE!
People who are on both Facebook and Twitter understand.
People who aren’t on Twitter get confused.
Some people think I LIVE on Facebook.
Others think I’m out there just spamming their Facebook accounts with useful (and some useless) information. It’s all about the WIIFM syndrome.
Am I alone in this? Have you been accused of spamming their Facebook pages?
BTW: If you want to know how I do this, all you have to do is sync your Twitter account to Facebook and it’s “set-it and forget-it!”
Your 15 Seconds of Fame Via Twitter Video
Jul 5th
Today, I tested a new service, a little different than www.12seconds.tv that lets you QUICKLY record video off your webcam and then push it to Twitter. IN AN INSTANT.
That’s it!
Try to record one yourself at http://www.tinycast.me and then paste the link down below in the comments!
I love tech, gadgets and the web. Hope you pick-up a useful tip or two here today that helps you use technology to your advantage! Better yet, why not share your own expertise in a comment on a post today to help the other readers that land here for answers!