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Brave New World in 3-D, Technicolor and Surround Sound
Crayola Crayons—did you have a box when you were a kid? My first box of crayons was the “24 Crayola” and then I went big-time and traded up to the “64 Crayola”. Oh yes, life was good. Do you remember your favorite color? Well, fast-forward to today, where coloring is done just a little bit [...]
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Tweet and Treat: Surprises at Latest @EdgarDC Tweet-Up
Why was this latest Tweet-Up at The Mayflower Renaissance’s @EdgarDC so special for me? I didn’t expect it to be. After all, I’ve hosted several of these before, and I’ve enjoyed every one! But before I get to my surprises that made this event so special, I want to thank everyone who submitted a photograph [...]
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Who will take home the Samsung GALAXY camera?
Many of you have entered my DC Cherry Blossom Photo Contest for a chance to win this excellent camera. I am thoroughly enjoying the photo entries from my Twitter friends and I love the feedback from all of you on Twitter, Facebook and G+. I especially like this comment from Elizabeth Traub “Ann I love all the pictures you have been posting. It’s [...]
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The BlackBerry Z10 Has Some Real Juice
I’m currently getting the opportunity to play around with the new BlackBerry Z10! This is my first BlackBerry, and I’m still figuring out how to navigate and generally testing it out. I would like to both share and highlight some cool features that have impressed me so far. Firstly, if you’ve used a BlackBerry before you might be dismissive of a new version—don’t be! The [...]
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Blogging, Social Media, Tech, Travel, Videos
Blissed Out at Verizon Tech Heaven in NYC’s Times Square
A corner of New York’s Times Square has become my own personal geek heaven! A group of 20 #VZWBuzz brand ambassadors traveled to the Big Apple this past Thursday—some of us to meet for the first time, while others were re-united from previous trips. We started the visit off with a wonderful dinner and powwow [...]
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Blogging, Social Media, Videos
Cherry Blossoms and Blogging Tips Bloom at @EdgarDC Tweet Up
I want to thank all of you who were able to come out and join us at Make Your Blog Blossom: Tips on Research and Audience-Building. We had a wonderful time, both giving our presentations and also meeting all of the attendees and enjoying @EdgarDC’s fantastic food and drinks at The Mayflower Renaissance Washington, DC [...]
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The Re-Tweet: Don’t Take The Easy Road
Did you know that, at one point, Twitter didn’t have an auto re-tweet button? We used to have to copy and paste the tweet we wanted to re-tweet and add an “RT” to the front or at the end. Let’s have a look at the difference between re-tweeting the traditional way versus hitting the quick [...]
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The Wonder Days: My First Time at #SXSW!
This may have been one of the best conferences I’ve ever attended—and I’ve been to a few of them. But at #SXSW, the amount of stuff to do could fill a month, not just five short days. Generally I’m a very organized person, and I started off the trip prepared—I had all the sessions that [...]
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Spring Ahead! DC Cherry Blossom Photo Contest
Celebrate the nation’s greatest springtime event by joining our tweet-up and our photo cherry blossom contest! Mark your calendar for March 22nd for our next tweet-up at @EdgarDC. I will be sharing the stage with Marilyn Terrell, chief researcher for National Geographic Traveler magazine who will discuss the importance of research for writing blog posts [...]
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How to Be the Life of the Social Media Party
I keep hearing about a problem on social media, so I sat down to write this post to help both those suffering from repeated requests for “favors”, and those who make them. It’s perhaps not the “help” those making the requests were asking for, but it should help them. Please do take this unsolicited advice [...]
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