..so, how do you *do* twitter? Advice & thoughts on getting started with twitter

Question of the day:...so, how do you *do* twitter? It seems different than fb. Any words of wisdom?A:Twitter is different from facebook for me.Twitter is a very dynamic sharing, learning, and network tool. Facebook can be that, too, but it's more a mashup and convulated (imho). So how do I do it?
  • Use 'tweet this' buttons. When I read some (google reader, facebook, new york times, wherever) if I find it interesting & it has a ‘tweet this’ button – I do. Same with delicious bookmarking!
  • Feed my blog to twitter.

Gmail: search & limit by date, exclude google buzz & more

If you've ever tried to search through 300 (or egads - 3000+) GMail emails, then you know how challenging the "never delete" idea is. Sorting is not really part of the GMail world (there is some sorting, but it rather limited). I usually build the search in the search box (similar to oldschool command line searching).

Question of the day: Declutter your inbox and how to conquer email overflow

So, a question came up about how to handle huge volumes of email. There are alot of different approaches out there, but here are a few ideas that work for me:
  • Think before you send:
    • Don't cc EVERYBODY. Some people may not need individual workflow emails, just an occasional project update is all that is needed for some people. 
    • Don't use return receipt WITH read request acknowledgments. If someone reads your email obviously, they got it.

Google tip of the day (privacy settings)

If you're a Google user (any of their products) don't forget that you can review and change your settings for all services you use via the Dashboard. I always forget just how handy the Dashboard is for updating settings across the Googlesphere.https://www.google.com/dashboard/..and don't forget you can turn of search history which directly ties your account to your searching.

Controlling twitter notifications to your phone

Go to Settings>MobileText message notifications:Twitter will send alerts to your phone, depending on your settings. You can limit it to particular times (I would not want to receive alerts in the middle of the night), or particular types of messages. You can limit to only those you allow to send to send alerts via twitter (perhaps, your family, dearest friends, or your boss, if you tweet for work); to direct messages, as well as mentions and replies.So, you'll want to think about how many times you want twitter to alert your phone and for what.

Question of the Day: Get rid of the fake antivirus software/ System Tool Virus/Malware (Windows)?

I'm not going to claim to be an expert (nor do I play one on TV), and when one of these sorts of things slipped through all of my layers of protection/malware/antivirus, I had to manually remove it. Anyhow, one of my friends has been struggling to get rid of this and posted a plea for help, so here are my recommendations. If you're on a computer that is not yours, then you should probably talk to the owners, your IT, etc, mmkay? ;-)The key symptoms: messages that your computer is infected (and you need to buy a product to get rid of it).

Question of the day: What to use to catalog a small church library?

So, the question of the day was about how to catalog a church's library.This article has some great suggestions especially in regards to collection management decision making.In addition to determining which audience level, type of media, and subject headings schema to use (Sears, LCSH, etc.), I would add to also figure out how you want to provide access to the catalog and what you want to use it for. Do you want a system where you can also circulate items?
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