AI Can Be an OSC’s BFF… But It Still Needs a Chaperone

Okay so this time of year I become obsessed with these cute hard to find ornaments that are no longer in production. Yes these Opus n’ Bill ornaments are goofy and they make me smile. They remind me of the little kid inside that loves cartoons and comic books. My boyfriend actually got me hooked on them, he’s the biggest little kid with his Lego’s, love of opus, and if you’ve never seen a Wish…

Social Media is a great way to network, create your brand, interact with a community, and through genuine shared interests and interactions perhaps reach a client base. Or at the very least, create an environment where people want to talk about you in a positive light and refer you, your product, or your business to their friends. Isn’t that the gist of it? Well, sometimes I find myself wondering, am I branding myself, my company,…

Sometimes getting used to a new facebook layout is like changing countries while traveling. Right now, since facebook just did another switch-a-roo there’s been lots of moaning and groaning, and tips on how to “make it like it was.” I too am guilty of that, when it first changed I knew something wasn’t quite write, and I posted a status update grumbling. Face it, nobody likes change. Even traveling around the world, by its very…

New Media and incredible vacations… I never would have thought they’d have much in common until recently. When the Aggressor Fleet hit 1000 fans on facebook they offered a special $1000 trip on the Turks and Caicos Aggressor. For a diver, a trip on any of Aggressor’s 12 luxury liveaboard dive boats is probably on the short list of trips we’d love to take. So when they offered an amazing deal of more than 50%…

Social media, scuba diving, facebook fan page, Aggressor, what do all these have in common? They are the elements that make up my next great vacation…and my dream job! During my diving days, I worked for a liveaboard dive boat called the Cayman Aggressor. Recently, while exploring job possibilities I did some preliminary chatting with a couple of liveaboard dive companies about doing their internet sales. I believe that my job as an online sales…

Step away from the iphone…or any other gadget that distracts you while driving a car. We’ve become such a tech savvy society that many feel the need to be connected at all times, it’s like we need facebook and twitter to be intravenously fed into our veins otherwise we feel disconnected from our peeps. Or at least that’s how it seems when you’re out driving on the road. You look left, someone is on their…

After my last post about debates on facebook, I decided to see if it was possible to have a debate in 140 Characters. The other day my cousin posted a ridiculous video in his facebook status update which sparked an intense debate between myself and one of his friends about the health care system. As usual my cousin posted something controversial but didn’t, himself debate the issue. Sadly I don’t believe it’s because he’s above…

In social media, interacting though facebook, twitter and the like can be a dialogue. I see people updating most often with the literal, “what they are doing.” (I do this as well) But less often status updates express thoughts, ideas and beliefs. It’s as if for the most part no one wants to rock the boat and put something up that “friends” or “followers” might not find agreeable. And when we do post something controversial…