Category Archives: how to

Many Computers; One Life – How I Synchronize My Information

July 16, 2008 – 11:16 pm

I have two computers at home – my desktop and my laptop – and my work computer. All of these used to have different sets of information on them. Different files, different contacts, different everything. No longer. This is how I keep my life in sync.

By Dave Fleet | Also posted in tools | Tagged , , | Comments (2)

How To Set Up A Simple Online Monitoring System

June 25, 2008 – 3:46 pm

Before your organization launches a blog, before you start playing with Facebook, before you even think about Twitter, you should be listening to what people are saying about you.

By Dave Fleet | Also posted in 201, social media, tools | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (7)

6 Ways To Make Life Easier With Del.icio.us

April 7, 2008 – 11:58 pm

Here are six more ways you can use del.icio.us to make life easier for you and the people around you.

By Dave Fleet | Also posted in 201, social bookmarking, tagging | Comments (19)

8 Questions To Ask Before Using YouTube As A Communications Tool

March 16, 2008 – 10:50 pm

Your management may want to rush out, jump into the deep end and start using YouTube to communicate directly with people. If you can, you should get them to pause and consider several questions first.

By Dave Fleet | Also posted in 201, social media, youtube | Comments (4)

First Impressions of PRX Builder Social Media Release Plugin

March 10, 2008 – 10:58 pm

There’s lots of interesting stuff going on with social media releases right now. First, we have the news from last week that IABC is sponsoring development of standards for this new format. Business Wire and PR Web have already jumped on-board.
Today, on a different scale, we have a new tool to help practitioners implement social [...]

By Dave Fleet | Also posted in 301, smnr, tools | Comments (4)

What Is RSS?

March 1, 2008 – 12:06 pm

You can find definitions for “RSS” everywhere. Feedburner has a page on it; What Is RSS? is all about it; Wikipedia has a detailed page about it. The list goes on and on. They’re all way too complicated.

By Dave Fleet | Also posted in 101, tools | Tagged , , | Comments (4)

How To Use Twitter Packs — And Twitter — Successfully

January 28, 2008 – 11:17 pm

Twitter can be pretty intimidating. To people just starting out following few people, and with few followers of their own, it can seem like their words are disappearing into the ether.
After a few days of broadcasting into silence, those people drift away having never realized the immense potential of this tool.
I recently wrote [...]

By Dave Fleet | Also posted in Twitter | Comments (6)