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  • Archive for May, 2008

    If Only Tweets Were Calories

    By Laura Thomas, ABC | May 27th, 2008

    I wrote here at the beginning April about my increasing Twitter usage and said that I was going to put myself on a twitter diet. Well, I’m happy to report that I do much better reducing my tweet output than I do my caloric intake. And, I didn’t even need a twittervention to do it!

    My […]

    To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

    By Laura Thomas, ABC | May 21st, 2008

    Apologies to Willie for the title of this post, but a recent road trip to visit my mother got me thinking about old boyfriends and songs that remind me of them. Maybe it was the “best of the 80s, 90s and now” radio that I listened to as I cruised along Highway 79 across east […]

    Leaving Las Vegas

    By Laura Thomas, ABC | May 12th, 2008

    A week ago today, I was in the happy midst of a mini vacation thanks to the fact that my husband won a sales contest for a trip to Vegas. Sweet! It was a much needed break and just happened to coincide with our 12th anniversary (hey, there _is_ still a “non-mommy” woman inside me! […]

    The Reality Behind the Virtual

    By Laura Thomas, ABC | May 8th, 2008

    My latest post on Direct2Dell about speaking at the vBusiness Expo held inside Second Life includes a photo of my avatar at the podium while I was presenting. That photo elicited the comment of “nice legs” from one friend which I took totally as a compliment - no offense, because he’s a good friend […]

    Throw a Party for RSS!

    By Laura Thomas, ABC | May 1st, 2008

    Just heard that today, May 1st, has apparently been designated as “RSS Awareness Day“! Saw it noted in a tweet from the guy often called the father of RSS, Dave Winer, and thought I’d just drop a line to share the news.
    It’s hard to believe it’s been two years since I did my first […]