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  • See Me on tsū!

    See Me on tsū!

    See Me on Tsu! Let’s connect on the network that pays us for what we post. Seriously, Tsu — pronounced “Sue”, as in    — is a new social platform. It’s barely a week old. It’s hot. Need an invite? Use mine: http://www.tsu.co/GaryMatthewsWhen you sign up, Tsu will ask you to “enter a member’s shortcode”.…

  • More Fancy Fonts and Special Characters

    More Fancy Fonts and Special Characters

    Brighten your social-media posts with fancy fonts and special characters! Like this: ℱᗩﬡᙅᎩ ℱOﬡ☂ᔕ and ϟ℘ℯ¢ḯαł ℭнαґα¢☂εґṧ. As ever-more publishing migrates to social platforms like Facebook and Google Plus, the apparent lack of formatting options becomes confining indeed. On Facebook we have essentially none. Google Plus users are lucky: There we at least have boldface, italic, and…

  • Facebook’s Digital Unclaimed Freight Train

    Facebook’s Digital Unclaimed Freight Train

    What will happen, 30 years from now, to the 300 million photos we uploaded yesterday to Facebook? Image Source Here’s your answer: Facebook will have them. We (probably) won’t. Facebook will have them labeled, categorized, ranked, and documented as to where and when they were taken, what they’re of, and who’s in them. We (almost…

  • Circle Sharing on Google Plus

    One feature of the Google Plus social network that confuses many newcomers is “shared circles”. Heck, it confuses more than a few old-timers. And the very concept of “circles” can itself be confusing! As soon as possible, I’ll update this post with some background information on Google Plus circles — or G+ circles for short.…

  • Make Your Own Animated GIFs

    Animated GIF files are the rage these days. You know, those digital photos that contain moving objects and people, not unlike the hung pictures at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter books. Here’s an example: My niece, Bella Tanguay, making her first-ever horizontal dive. She already was doing straight-down vertical dives, headfirst, but needed coaxing from…

  • Gratitude Plus, Google Style

    This is a quick note to say “Thank you!” to the wonderful members of the Google Plus social network. G+ is an online community in which I’ve been active only for a few months. Maybe since late June or early August. It’s hard to say, because I’ve had an open account there for considerably longer;…

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