Sounds About Right

Instagram: My life is a party.

Snapchat: My life is a quirky tv show

Facebook: My life turned out great!

Twitter: We're all going to die.

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) January 8, 2017

Pseudonyms on Google+

Finally, I can be myself... sort of... Pseudonyms Now Allowed On Google+.

Facebook South

A post in my Facebook feed that almost certainly had to be from the South.

"Please say a prayer for my Daddy today. He is having spinal cord surgery this morning at 10ish to fuse C5 & C6 in his neck. He should get the feeling back in his right arm after this surgery. After all, he needs to feel his shooting finger!"

Daddy - check. Prayers - check. Guns - check.

Social Media (Redux)

I posted this originally in 2012. I came across it when I was looking at some of my past posts about running. It made me laugh, so I'm re-using the content. Apologies in advance to my long time readers - both of you.

• Twitter
• I'm transmitting on 146.940.
• Facebook
• I transmitted on 146.940.
• Foursquare
• My QTH is EM75.
• Instagram
• Here is a picture of my rig.
• Youtube
• Here is a video of my rig.
• LinkedIn
• I'm good at ham radio.
• Pinterest
• Okay, this one has me stumped since I have a Y chromosome, but I am trying it out.
• Quora
• I have a question about ham radio.
• Yahoo Groups
• I have a question about ham radio and I want to read a lot of flame wars.
• Last FM
• If I listened to anything besides CW, I would listen to music here.
• Google+
• I'm a Google employee who likes ham radio.

Inspiration here.

Privacy

Somethings you can't control - some you can.

Social Media Explained

• Twitter
• I'm transmitting on 146.940.
• Facebook
• I transmitted on 146.940.
• Foursquare
• My QTH is EM75.
• Instagram
• Here is a picture of my rig.
• Youtube
• Here is a video of my rig.
• LinkedIn
• I'm good at ham radio.
• Pinterest
• Okay, this one has me stumped since I have a Y chromosome, but I am trying it out.
• Quora
• I have a question about ham radio.
• Yahoo Groups
• I have a question about ham radio and I want to read a lot of flame wars.
• Last FM
• If I listened to anything besides CW, I would listen to music here.
• Google+
• I'm a Google employee who likes ham radio.

Inspiration here.

Heads Up Display

Puts my RunKeeper and all the running watches/apps to shame. The cool factor is off the charts.


Recon Instruments Fall 2011 Product Lineup from Recon Instruments on Vimeo.

"Recon Instruments passionately leads the innovation of customized solutions for direct-to-eye communications. We integrate Micro Optics Display systems with state-of-the-art sensors and GPS technology, providing real-time access to navigation, communication, and performance-based information. From Skiing to Moto…Trust Your Instruments.

MOD & MOD Live are the world’s first GPS enabled head mounted displays for alpine use. Track Speed, Altimeter, Jump Analytics, Distance, Vertical, Odometer and Temperature stats in real-time.

MOD LIVE also connects with Android smart phones to bring buddy tracking, MP3 playlists, navigation, wireless camera connectivity, SMS and caller ID apps to the dashboard. MOD and MOD Live can be snap-fit into any Recon-Ready goggles using the simple snap-fit process. Goggles not included."

I just need a Storm Trooper outfit to go with it.

Via Adventure Capitalist and Uncrate.

MSM Vs. Social Media

Main Stream Media Vs. Social Media.
Left Wing Vs. Right Wing.

Who is better at using social media? And why?

Social Media Equivalents in China

A infograph with China's answer to social media as we know it.

Ninja Librarians

My worst nightmare... government ninja librarians. I would have said zombies, but they have jumped the shark.

140 Character Resume

Inspired by this article, my Twitter-friendly resume follows:

Run global IT for auto manuf co. Built 2 new plants (data center, staff, implemented Oracle ERP). Survived financial crisis using cloud & VM

I killed Myspace!

From Brick O'Lore

Okay, so not really, but it is dying.

Socialnomics

I've seen this before, but they've updated the video. Amazing stats. Forget consumerism, think of the power social networking has in aiding change in Egypt, Tunisia, and elsewhere.

2010 Twitter Year in Review

Calling it "The 10 Most Powerful Tweets of 2010", Twitter has a look back at 2010.