social media

Matt Gemmell: “Even a year ago, I obsessively checked my follower count on Twitter, and my site’s visitor stats. I looked through my referrers daily. That’s a path to unhappiness. You notice when people inevitably unfollow, and you see which articles are of niche rather than widespread interest. It gets you down, particularly because the […]

Posted on 22 December 2014 and filed under blogging, links, main, meta, outbound, social media

Twitter essays, tweet storms, blog posts, and middling thoughts.

Posted on 2 November 2014 and filed under articles, blogging, main, social media, writing

Your writing is valuable and interesting. Stop throwing it away.

Posted on 30 August 2014 and filed under articles, big, main, social media

When an old story gets new information, is it better to amend the original post, or delete and replace?

Posted on 26 February 2014 and filed under comments, main, social media

Yesterday I released an audio trailer for “At Home in the Hood: Stories from Prince George’s VLA Neighbourhood.” It’s a small radio series I’m doing within my regular job at Daybreak North. It’s the first series I’ve ever done, and I’m pretty nervous about it.

Posted on 9 January 2014 and filed under articles, CBC, main, personal, small, social media

Facebook and YouTube are huge, Twitter is up, MySpace is down, and Last.fm is just sort of there.

Posted on 2 November 2013 and filed under articles, comments, main, music, social media

A how-to guide for hashtags.

Posted on 12 September 2013 and filed under big, how to, main, social media

Social networks and newsfeeds are great and all, but I feel like something’s been lost along the way.

Posted on 6 September 2013 and filed under articles, comments, main, social media

#princegeorge just isn’t working out

Posted on 28 July 2013 and filed under articles, comments, main, outbound, Prince George, social media

A city of 80,000 vs a child of 8 pounds in the fight for internet dominance.

Posted on 22 July 2013 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, main, Prince George, social media

The city of Prince George leaves Facebook and Twitter; Facebook and Twitter react.

Posted on 19 July 2013 and filed under articles, main, Prince George, social media

My city decided to leave Twitter. I’m holding on to their username in case they decide to come back.

Posted on 18 July 2013 and filed under articles, comments, main, Prince George, social media

On Facebook, you like everything and everyone’s your friend. Not great for journalistic integrity.

Posted on 23 April 2013 and filed under articles, British Columbia, journalism, media, social media

You might want to extend your online relationships beyond the one you’ll have with your current employer.

Posted on 18 April 2013 and filed under articles, comments, social media

Do we deal with prejudice by ignoring it or exposing it? New media is giving rise to a new approach.

Posted on 19 March 2013 and filed under articles, social media