2010 | Oct 14
What to Do When You Have Fallen Out of Love With Social Media (Dear John)
“I have no straight answer for that. All I can say is that my relationship with social ...”
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Social Network Prognosis: Terminal
“Okay "New Twitter" aka huge disappointment didn't bring anything new to the table. Instead of ...”
3 comments | Sep 29 24
5 Must Haves for the Serious Blogger
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Blogging Bare Bones: Setting Up a Self Hosted WordPress Blog
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Last week I did a step-by-step of the basics of setting up a Wordpress ...”
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Do Your Blog Posts Read Like Foursquare Check ins?
“Recently there seems to be this phenomenon that goes hand and hand with the new geolocation boom. ...”
2 comments 13 10
Blogger's Ego and Why You MUST Have One
“Usually the mere mention of ego does produce a negative image. The kind that makes ...”
4 comments 09 07
5 Ways Serious Bloggers Can Fail
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The New Face of Fame: The Web Celeb and Internet Infamy
“Youtube single handedly started a revolution. Average Joes and Janes could instantly be catapulted into ...”
| Aug 29
Now that the MySpace Mentality has taken over Do Social Networks Need an Overhaul?
“Twitter has become the new Facebook which is the old MySpace. It bears saying it. ...”
5 comments 27 26
Death in the Digital Age: When Hit List Go Viral
“Recent news of the murders of three Columbian teenagers listed on a Facebook hitlist has ...”
24 23
What the heck is ROI and Are You Getting it Out of Your Blog?
“ROI: Return on Investment.
This generally relates to SEO in regard to PPC advertising. Don't know ...”
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Why are you still Using Blogger when all the Cool Kids Use Wordpress?
“It's no secret that I am not a fan of Blogger. Having used it in ...”
12 comments 17
What To Do When You Get Bored With Social Media
“Unheard of right? Nobody ever gets bored with twittering away even the most minute details ...”
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Explicit Content, Expletives, and the Internet: Free Speech, or Blatant Lack of Restraint?
“The Internet is bursting with relevant and quickly accessible information, inconceivable social connections, continuous varieties ...”
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Upcoming Free Webinars That Will Help You Better Use Social Media
“Webinars have replaced short-term classes as a means for the average person to become educated ...”
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Five Things I Learned About Blogging While On Vacation
“My vacation was awesome, but like most people I am glad to be back and ...”
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You Want Your Baby Back? ( Chili's Contest)
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10 09 08
Great Performances: The lesson we can learn from the life of Ryan Smith (1976 — 2008) Tenor
“I watched a documentary last night that really touched me so I had to share ...”
17 comments 07
3 Simple Ways for Bloggers to Make Money
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06 05
Are you just an Internet Activist?
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Fail Whale Tales: 6 Reasons That Twitter Is Down
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My Guest Post on Black Blog Media: 4 Reasons Every Blogger Should Participate in #Blogchat
“It's been a busy week for me and guest posting. I had the great opportunity ...”
01 | Jul 30 29 27
Even Bloggers Need a Vacation
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My Guest Post on DragonBlogger.com: The Anti-Socialism of Social Networking
“I have the honor of being a guest blogger on Dragonblogger.com. My post is titled ...”
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Social Media Shortcut - Posting to Twitter, FaceBook and a Dozen Other Sites by Email
“One of the biggest complaints about using social networking is wasted time. It takes a ...”
3 comments 23
Series: Your Online Life — Part 4: Shouldn’t Be Your Focal Point
“Throughout this series -Your Online Life- I have discussed a few important issues related to ...”
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Old Spice Adds Some Spice to Social Media Then Quits While It’s On Top
“Starbucks, Zappos, and JetBlue are just a few of the big name companies that have ...”
8 comments 15 14
Blogger Challenge: Increased Promotion Results
“Last week I posted an article:
Blogger Challenge: Increase Promotion and Amp Up Results
It discussed how ...”
13 09 08
Are You a Selfish Blogger?
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07 06
Are You Too Busy Tweeting to Post?
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Take your Blog from Mundane to Meaningful in 3 easy steps
“*Article first published as How to Take your Blog from Mundane to Meaningful in 3 ...”
10 comments 01
No Preservatives: The Risk Taking of Planning (Contest)
“This post stems from a post by Deborah Ng formally of Freelance Writing Jobs now ...”
| Jun 30
Reader Question: What is a Bounce Rate?
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What to do when You Lose the Motivation to Blog
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From Phenomenal Woman to Stereotypical
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Why Wordpress 3.0 Thelonius just might become more popular than Justin Bieber
“Mr. Bieber has some heavy competition on his hands for the minds and hearts of ...”
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Yep, I'm a Trendsetter
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5 Types of People I Try Not to Follow on Twitter
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iPaid for an iPad and now iFeel Vulnerable
4 comments
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Are you an Accidental Tourist?
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Somebody Spotlight: Nickie Goomba
“This week the Somebody Spotlight shines on blogger Nickie Goomba. Nickie's blog, "It Don't Make ...”
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I'm number 2
“The MyDomain.com Brand .ME contest has ended and yesterday a winner was announced. I came ...”
12 comments 04
If they take you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night
“The title of this post is part of this quote by writer James Baldwin:
"If we ...”
8 comments 03
Are You resting on Your Laurels?
8 comments
| Apr 29
The Devil wears Prada
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Somebody Spotlight: Veronica Lee
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The Rise of the White Collar Thug
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Success at last (so to speak)
“After umpteen hours of trying to set up this blog I have finally done it. ...”
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Somebody Spotlight: Bookman Beattie
“This week I am starting a new series on the blog entitled "Somebody Spotlight" to ...”
14 13 06
Are YOU in Good hands?
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Winner of the Amazon Gift Card Contest
“Thanks everyone for participating in my contest "I'm All Moved in...and I'm giving away a ...”
| Mar 23 15
I'm all moved in..and I'm giving away a Amazon Gift Card
“Well as you have probably noticed I am finally finally finally moved in to my ...”
14 comments | Feb 27 25
Finally making "The Move"
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To Err is human. To forgive..not so much
“I had to weigh in on the Tiger Woods although I didn't feel like there ...”
16 11
TED Talks: UNICEF Ambassador Sarah Jones' Inspiring Multicultural One Woman Show (Video)
“I watched this video this morning on a very nice blog called "Steadfast As Thou ...”
10 05
ENVY....how do we combat it?
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02 | Jan 25 23 19
Overnight Sensationalism and how it affects us...
“Some unknown writer writes a book and next thing you know it's a New York ...”
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Pray for peace in Iran....Warning: Graphic Videos
“*viewers discretion is advised*
I can not explain to you what I was feeling when I ...”
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Give ‘Em the Ol’ Razzle Dazzle
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Scene from the musical Chicago: Razzle Dazzle
I never fully understood what this song “Give ‘em ...”
| Nov 29 23
A Poem for Shaniya ..and victims like her
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Bloggers, Let's Unite Against Violence
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If you live by the Sword...
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Great…I’m Competing with Jada Pinkett-Smith
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04 | Oct 29 27
Am I Not Human?: The Case for Homelessness
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Robber and Victim that prays together...stays together?
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I found the story so fascinating about a 23-year-old man named Greg Smith who was ...”
And just like that..I'm back in
“Ok ya'll so yesterday I posted my confused feelings about writing. To write or not ...”
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Let's just call a Spade a Spade...writing wise
“I posted earlier this week and I jokingly commented about my inability to write lately, ...”
19 12 02 | Sep 28 19
Nothing Gold Can Stay (Robert Frost, Pony Boy and Stevie Wonder)
“It's that time of the year. The changing of natures color guard. I was reminded ...”
14
Miles to go Before I sleep
“Lately I have been exhausting myself working, so much so that in the past week ...”
10 06 03
The best laid plans...
“Okay I thought it was about time to update you on my newest venture. This ...”
| Aug 30
My Father's Hands
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Death by (lack of) Chocolate
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Fiction-Short Story : Visiting Day
“Karen stared at the blank page. What would she write? Her mind was as blank ...”
14 10
Panic at the Disco..or at home
“Ok there is no disco in this post. Just the panic but, it sounded catchy. ...”
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Thank You!
“I just wanted to take an opportunity to sincerely thank all of you who take ...”
| Jul 31
Fiction Short: FOODIE
“"Two hundred-nine..." a woman's monotone voice said. "Two hundred-ten, two hundred-eleven." I jumped off before ...”
29
80s Video Rewind.. A ha - Take on Me
“A friend and I were talking tonight about 80s music. Some of my favorite songs ...”
2 comments 27 26
If Words had Wings...
“Ahhh home sweet home. Once again we have survived yet another stint in the hospital ...”
23
Here we go again...
“As much as I tried to not make my blog about my personal situation it ...”
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Why Literary Nobody?
“Someone asked me why did I choose to call myself Literary Nobody. While I don't ...”
10
Mixed Bag: Healthcare and the Holocaust
“I had two things on my mind the last couple of days and I couldn't ...”
08
New Posts Coming Soon
“I am away due to a family medical situation but I will be making new ...”
02 | Jun 27
DWELE's "Human Nature" tribute to Micheal Jackson
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This video done in one shot. He put it together in 7 minutes. But it's ...”
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Can you Woo Woo...What you say Jeffrey Osbourne??
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This is a video for the Jeffrey Osbourne song "You Should be mine" or as ...”
20 18 15
I wanted to marry George Michael and other childhood fantasies
“When I was in the 6th grade I discovered Wham! and George Michael. My friend ...”
13 12
So You Think You Can Blog: The new look of LN revisited
“A few posts back I updated ToaLN and completely changed the layout only to change ...”
09 05 03
Are you a pig or a chicken?
“I had a conversation with my employer the other day and he told me an ...”
01
You are what you write..the return of LN
“Well, I have returned from my hiatus. I enjoyed my time away very much and ...”
| May 24 22
Whoa! Busy this week...and next week
“I was surprised to see that I hadn't updated since Tuesday but this week has ...”
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The Id, the Ego, and the Super Ego: Twitter and the virtual Society
“Since Twitter started everyone has jumped on the "twandwagon". Myself included. I read ...”
09 08
The New Look of ToaLN
“I recently blogged about the fact that I know nada about HTML. But unbelievably I ...”
07 05
"Black people don't write" and other misconceptions
“Growing up in an environment that lacked diversity (the only white people I knew were ...”
04
Writing is a form of OCD
“Writing is an obsessive compulsion. That's my belief because I am compelled to write. I ...”
01 | Apr 29 27 24 23
Sherman Alexie
“Tonight I will be attending my first public event featuring an author. His name is ...”
21
Poetry v. Journalism
“I am first and foremost a poet. It's in my bloodstream. When I'm sleeping I ...”
Eat, Sleep, Write.
“I am up this morning as early as my sleep deprived body will let me ...”
20 19
My New Article
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