social media

The trouble with not unfriending: relationships never die naturally.

Posted on 31 March 2011 and filed under articles, Best Of, main, social media

This morning, I upgraded to the new Facebook profile. I immediately didn’t like it. I know: ultimately, Facebook’s gonna do what Facebook’s gonna do and none of us our going to quit over it. Customize those privacy settings and don’t post anything you don’t expect to be public and be done with it on that […]

Posted on 6 December 2010 and filed under articles, comments, how to, social media

In addition to noting, you can now post songs directly to Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. It’s the simplest way to share the songs you love with your existing friends and followers. When you visit these sites, all songs posted by the people you follow will be playable right there on the page. They will also […]

Posted on 2 December 2010 and filed under articles, comments, music, social media

I am a big fan of Hootsuite. Alongside xmarks and Instapaper, it’s one of those tools that I was so happy with that I was willing to recommend it, and recommend it enthusiastically. It’s even in my about page. What Hootsuite does it takes all your social networks and puts them in one place. You […]

Posted on 18 November 2010 and filed under comments, social media

BC’s largest lumber company is now on Twitter. Currently, the account is following the premier, the leader of the opposition, the deputy premier, two of the Vancouver Sun’s more storied writers, and me. Interesting choice.

Posted on 5 October 2010 and filed under articles, personal, social media

Earlier this year, I was invited to give a presentation on “how to blog” for a youth forum focused on sustainable management of local water systems. I don’t know much about the specifics of that, but I do know a little bit about how to set up lines of communication using the internet and I […]

Posted on 4 October 2010 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, main, social media

I’m giving a presentation on social media resources today. I’m posting a page of links to services I describe here so that people who are interested can learn more. I’m going to try to update as time goes on, too. https://andrewkurjata.ca/socialmediaresources This cartoon, however, is the best resource around:

Posted on 2 October 2010 and filed under social media

Scribd 101: What is Scribd This was going to be a post about how I fell in love with Scribd, but instead it’s one about how I could have fell in love with it, but instead now find it less than perfect. First, what is Scribd? The object at the top of this post is […]

Posted on 24 September 2010 and filed under reviews, social media

For whatever reason, a cough that was better today than it had been for the last few days and had been pretty much MIA returned with a vengeance and interrupted my (and my significant other’s) sleep. So I’m up drinking some niocitrin and decided to change the way my blog’s Twitter digest works. Regular readers […]

Posted on 19 September 2010 and filed under articles, ideas, meta, social media

Sections: I. Twitter & Facebook integration (go) II. Delicious Bookmarks (go) III. Almost Mainstream Mixtape (go) I. Twitter & Facebook integration I’ve been alone for the last couple of days, and I’ve occupied myself by learning a few new tricks for use on this blog (and, once I’m sure they work, other websites I make). […]

Posted on 22 August 2010 and filed under articles, how to, meta, social media

Adventures in managing the Facebook account for a giant wooden mascot.

Posted on 30 July 2010 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, main, Prince George, social media

CFUR Radio is now on Last.FM. Find out what’s playing now and scrobble along at http://last.fm/user/CFURradio.

Posted on 22 June 2010 and filed under social media

This post is exciting for me because I get to combine my two passions– social media and civic boosterism of northern BC into a single post. Here goes: *** What is Foursquare? Foursquare is a social networking site that encourages users to share their location with friends. You do this by “checking in” when you […]

Posted on 17 June 2010 and filed under articles, comments, ideas, Prince George, social media

Tumblr is great for blogging, and is probably the best free service out there. But I already have a personal blog,while Twitter and Facebook already give me a great online community that Tumblr, in my experience, lacks.

Posted on 3 June 2010 and filed under social media

How do we demonstrate that open government works, that we want to be engaged, that we are intelligent enough to understand that if you make government more human you won’t be opening yourself up to criticism for your flaws but respect for your transparency?

Posted on 13 December 2009 and filed under articles, Best Of, Canada, comments, main, social media