by Kassandra Strout | May 1, 2014 | Tech
Something to consider when engaging with your social media audience: the weather! After all, it’s hyper-local, and, let’s face it- it’s a decent conversation starter in real life AND online. Here in Maine, there’s always something weather...
by Kassandra Strout | Apr 1, 2014 | Tech
Before diving into this list, I’m going to disclose a little fun fact: I am incredibly gullible. The spirit of April Fool’s Day lives within me throughout the year. It’s exhausting, and I’m probably developing some deep-seeded trust issues. In...
by Kassandra Strout | Mar 7, 2014 | Tech
A semi-alarming predicament: whenever I get on the internet, even if the goal is to pay a bill or respond to an e-mail, I enter some wormhole and realize I’ve just been perusing Buzzfeed for the past twenty minutes. Every. Time. How does this happen? Buzzfeed is...
by Nicole Ouellette | Jan 31, 2014 | Tech
Sometimes, I unexpectedly see something and it becomes a short term fact finding mission. It’s usually something I stumble on in the morning while perusing the internet. The other day, while checking Facebook and drinking my mug of warm water in my pajamas, I...
by Nicole Ouellette | Nov 8, 2013 | Tech
It’s not often I get to see my friend Matt in real life. We work together virtually on almost a daily basis and I consider him one of my best friends… he just happens to live over six hours away. So when he told me about Wordcamp and that it was 1) in...
by Nicole Ouellette | Oct 4, 2013 | Tech
A couple weeks ago, Pax Dickinson got fired from Business Insider very quickly for some very sexist and racist remarks on his Twitter feed. For those of you not coming to this blog for vulgarities, I’ll include this tame one as an example: In related but...