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January 2009

January 30, 2009

Manage Your Tweets with TweetDeck

Now that you've been spending some time on Twitter, figuring out how it all works, you're probably gathering more followers minute by minute. But even if you only have a few, if they're power-Twitterers, you may already be feeling a little overwhelmed trying to keep up with it all.

Enter TweetDeck. This terrific third-party application provides a way to organize your tweets based on several criteria, making it easier for you to follow along. Here's an example of how I've customized it for my own use. In addition to the default columns that show All Tweets, @Replies, and Direct Messages, I've created a couple of groups: FLX, which is an online writer's group I'm involved with (many of whom are on Twitter), and a Marketing group, which includes those people who tweet a lot about that topic.

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Four Ways To Engage Your Tweeps

You've signed up for Twitter. You've created your profile and tweeted your first tweet. But unless you only want to use Twitter to tell the world what YOU're doing (which is highly frowned upon, by the way), it's time to start really interacting with your Tweeps (Twitter Peeps).

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I’m on Twitter! (Now What?)

Yesterday, I provided the basic steps for joining Twitter. Now it's time to start using it!

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Getting Started on Twitter

If you've decided to take the Twitter plunge, you may find the sign-up process a bit confusing in places. This post will walk you through it step-by-step so you can be up and tweeting in no time.

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Are You a Twit If You Don’t Tweet?

Check out the blog of just about any hard-core Twitter evangelist and you'll probably find some variation of this statement: "I didn't 'get' Twitter at all at first, but now I LOVE it!"

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Saving Office 2007 Docs as Earlier Versions

If you've upgraded to Office 2007, or are planning to, you may run into a situation where you send someone a file he can't open because he has an earlier version of the program.

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Why I’m Downgrading to Firefox 2

Of all the software I have on my computer--and there's a lot!--without question, the application I use the most is my browser.

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The INs of LinkedIn

Whether you're looking for a new job, business opportunities, or industry insight, having a network of trusted personal connections has become more important than ever.

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Updates 01/19/09

In my first week of posts, I received comments from two readers that provided additional tips to what I'd written.

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Aaand… We’re Back

After spending a month setting up this site--creating the design, planning a list of (hopefully) interesting topics, even writing a few, and then testing it all--I was quite excited last Tuesday to finally be able to announce its entry into the blogosphere.

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Another Reason To Be a Luddite

On my Welcome page, I list several reasons why people may be Luddites. I've got one more to add to the list. Let's say—hypothetically—you've spent more than a month setting up a new blog that's designed to help people with their technology problems. You've come up with a list of interesting topics, written a few [...]

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Enhanced Google Search Options

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I assume most people who go online regularly know how to use "the Google."

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WOEDTM?!

I don't do the text messaging thing, so I rarely have a need to dramatically shorten the words I write.

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