Am I flattered when someone with 21,000 Twitter fans follows me? Not necessarily. Scrolling a few seconds through the posts tells me whether that persons sings a one-note song: “Me-me-me-me-me-e-e, please RT me-e-e! Me-me-me-me–it’s all about me-e-e-e!” My answer? “Forget you-ou-ou!” However, anyone who follows these Twitter basics grabs my […]
Several days ago, I embarked on a long weekend to Maine with the intention of cataloging it on social media. A whale-watching excursion out of Booth Bay—broadcast via Periscope—would be the high point. Fortunately, Mother Nature had other plans. Rough seas scrubbed my rendezvous with the whales. Instead, I disappeared […]
Canada comes, Cooling the Blue Ridge leaf by leaf, Bronze, copper, and scarlet flame While the morning moon burns white in blue. Umber splotches rosy dogwood, And birds snatch at candy-berry clusters. My face upturns to catch the sun’s glow Through lidded eyes. The wind stirs twigs and branches, Brushing […]
Fountains spritzed, Receding then arcing In pink-and-yellow play. From city-center splendor Into hazing noon, A GTO muscled A crotch rocket— Until it shot far Into scorched-tar mirage. She leaned hard, Into a hair-string wind-rush, Her jean-tugged butterfly Peeped then spread, A mosaic Of purple-green scaling Butternut skin. Stump pines scraggled […]
Anyone in social media should take advantage of a Klout score. It measures your influence as a thought leader by using analytics. Scores range from 1 to 100. Public figures rank the highest. For example, President Obama hits 99. The average Klout score is 40. If you want to rank in […]
