We INTERRUPT Brinderly Scheduled Programming…
Gloria Richard has been located and chained to a dining room chair in the breakfast nook at Sherry Isaac’s house near Toronto. She will not be fed or watered until she posts an update on her condition. Her brain remains on vacation.
You will be returned to Brinda after this announcement from Globular Traveler, Gloria.
Stop Pushing Me!
[flip-floop, flip-floop, flip floop...skittle, skittle, skittle, skittle]
Ahem.
I have been hog-tied Shnorty-fried in the Land of the U Hogs. To your left is a picture of Sherry Isaac’s writing mascot, Shnorty.
I drove my writing pal, Won-Key, from Texas to Toronto
to (1) spend quality time with Shnorty, and (2) apply for Political Asylum.
[Pssst. Don't tell the En Es Eh or the See Eye Eh that Won-Key is here. He had a bit of a dust up with Starbucks over their no-they-are-not-free bananas.]
The last time I cavorted with writer pals Carole St. Laurent, Sharon Clare, and (of course) Sherry, they gave me sixty minutes to write a post. This was the post in which I had three epiphanies (!). One of those epiphanies was…
[Prepare to be shocked.]
I have no big toenails.
If you’re nosy curious, here’s a handy link to that post. In that post, Fred (right toe) mourned the loss of Ginger (left toe).
In honoUr of that day — I bring you a Fred and Ginger encore.
Putting on toenails was the least I could do to prove I’m not a crazy, wacky American.
So, naturally, that’s all I did…
…and plan to do.
I will post a series beginning tomorrow soon titled Adventures of the Traveling Underwear Writer’s Hat.
You have been warned.
Until then, I leave you in the wise and savvy and sane hands of Brinda Berry.
My new theme? It’s only a B-L-O-G when Brinda’s here!
A Delicious Page for You- by Brinda Berry
I enjoy talking about social media and technology. I think you may have guessed this by now. I rate a 10 on the geek scale and will try to convince everyone that there is a tool out there for you. I occasionally do presentations on social media in my day job and had a great time last week teaching a group of instructors and administrators about marketing with social media. They loved this video from Erik Qualman that illustrates the enormous impact of social media in our society.
In doing presentations, I have gone “green.” Some of my participants are disappointed that I don’t give them a stack of handouts. I hand them a business card and ask each person to write this address on the back:
http://delicious.com/brindab
.
The Delicious website is a place for social bookmarking. I have an account and save links of presentations, blogs, and websites for others to access. I have links that I can then save into virtual binders called “stacks.”
Want to see some of the best examples of Facebook brand photos that grace the top of a business page? I saved a link to
on my Delicious page. We discussed what we liked about the examples and how there is a strategy to selecting a great photo for the top of the Facebook business page.
How can an author use the Delicious social bookmarking tool? For writing, you could save links for researching your WIP and save them in a STACK (another term for binder on Delicious). For social media, you could share your favorite blogs and links as I’m doing now.
<- It’s important to tag your links you’ve saved where you can click on a term anytime you want to see all your saved links on one topic.
So, check out my Delicious page if you’re curious:
http://delicious.com/brindab
. I’ve been using this social bookmarking site since November 2009 and think it’s deliciously easy.
BIO: Brinda lives in the southern US with her family and two spunky cairn terriers. She’s terribly fond of chocolate, coffee, and books that take her away from reality.
This is a new one for me. Off to investigate further
It’s sort of like Pinterest without the pictures. Also, you may notice the Delicious blue and white icon on the bottom of a person’s blog post asking you to share by social media.
Never heard of Delicious – will check it out!
Thanks for stopping by, Alex. It’s not something everyone needs, but I find it useful.
Another fantastic post, Brinda, and eye opener. I loved the social media video. In my generation of friends, not many understand why I use Facebook or Twitter.
Off to have a look at Delicious. I like the idea of sharing and organizing links.
People can follow you on Delicious as well. That’s something I forgot to say.
You always share the best tech stuff. Off to check it out.
Ciara- Hope you like it and think of a way to use it. I just had an idea. It would be great to make a Delicious page of author websites/blogs.
Oooh! Yes, please, Brinda. Please let me know when you have my glob up and running on Delicious.
Excellent post and I love the video. You are the queen of techy.
Off to check out your link.
Thanks, Ute! Hope you have a need for it. If not, at least you’ll know what it is.
I’m new to this site as well. thank you for the intro.
Savannah- Hope it helps in the future!
Glad to hear social media has replaced porn. About time people interact more with each other! Great video.
I agree that the video is great. I’ve used versions of it when I’ve done presentations.
I’ve heard Delicious mention here and there but never knew what the heck it was, LOL. Thanks so much for presenting this!
Well, now you know!
Wonderful tool! And what an interesting video. Shocking really. Thanks, Brenda and Gloria!
I love the video. Eric Qualman has updated this video several times. I am sure it’s difficult to keep up with the growth in numbers.
Oh, Megan, you give me credit I don’t deserve. But, I’ll take it. Want to know why?
[In my imaginary world you said "yes."]
Because I was smart enough to snatch up a pay-it-forward offer from Brinda back-in-the-day.
After several months of her dependance on me to C&P her posts, she and I agreed it would be easiest if I gave her the key to my glob’s front door.
She’s the inventive and techie and rocking wise one.
Yes, Brin. I have ulterior motives. Don’t ever leave my site.
I’ve seen Delicious but never used it. Thanks for telling us how you use it. I love how you go green at presentations.
I love going green but some participants aren’t crazy about it.
Thanks for the tips… Though I am tech challenged … Not sure if I’ll be able to work it out. :/
You can’t be too tech challenged ’cause you are here
Hi Brinda
Ha! I’ve never used Delicious even though I have the button enabled on my blog! I’m feeling guilty now, but I’m pretty close to my upper websites-I’ve-joined limit
Cheers!
I understand! My subscribed list of blogs in Google Reader is verrrrryyyy long. I use this site mostly in my day job. I thought the concept and the actual social media links might be helpful.
That was an awesome video. I can’t imagine calling a baby Facebook. Wow.
I can’t imagine that either. I do have a character in my YA series named Arizona. Maybe I shouldn’t judge. Lol
I’m confused, but it’s a good confused, it means I’ll go there and try to figure it out. Poor Gloria, I hope she got fed!
I’m late to the party! Glad Gloria has been located and is safely confined somewhere, at least for the short-term. I’m sure she’ll escape and be off and running soon.
I’ve never heard of delicious. What a great idea. I usually save my links in Evernote, but I’m thinking that something like delicious will be a great place to save all my stuff and then if I want to share it, poof, I hand over the link. Another fabulous Brinda-idea!