by Sue Horner | Feb 9, 2012 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
(With apologies to the gentlemen named, I submitted this for a class assignment.) Few people are retweeted more often than high-profile Twitter users Chris Brogan and Guy Kawasaki. But which one is more successful? That depends on your measure of success....
by Sue Horner | Feb 2, 2012 | Most popular posts, The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Never, never, NEVER auto-post your Twitter comments to LinkedIn. It’s annoying, all those #hashtags and @signs are #messy and #confusing to #people who don’t use #Twitter, and you’ll just cause your network to hide your comments, which effectively hides YOU from...
by Sue Horner | Jan 24, 2012 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Five years, 517 blog posts. That’s nothing compared to the outpourings of prolific writers who crank out posts daily or even multiple times a day. But as someone who had a hard time keeping a regular journal, as noted last year at this time, I marvel at having...
by Sue Horner | Jan 17, 2012 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Do you keep your computer organized? Or do you have files in your email folders, files on the desktop, files on USB keys, files tucked in files hidden in files? Professional organizer Deanne Kelleher has seen it all before, and blames our disorganization for the...
by Sue Horner | Jan 12, 2012 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Warm weather dreaming as winter sets in reminded me that last year, I spent five days in Cuba on a quick all-inclusive vacation during Son #2’s week off university. Juggling paying work and my own school work, I didn’t have a lot of spare time but figured...
by Sue Horner | Jan 10, 2012 | Most popular posts, The Red Jacket Diaries blog
“Dear Valued Subscriber,” the note began. Ah, my newspaper really appreciates my business. As well it should; isn’t the industry in distress? Millennials don’t read newspapers, do they? It’s time to renew my subscription and I’ll...
by Sue Horner | Jan 6, 2012 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
TGIF! Time for a few minutes of seemingly mindless fun, with a secret learning component (thanks to Merriam-Webster and Oxford Dictionaries): Don’t you want to find out How Strong is your Vocabulary? (This replaces one that’s no longer available, sadly:...
by Sue Horner | Jan 2, 2012 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Reading is one of my great pleasures, but 2011 was definitely not a stellar year for me and books. School is to blame, of course; between the required texts and assignments, I had very little time to read for the sheer enjoyment of reading. Still, I managed to sneak...
