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    Social Media Events, Women and Travel

    By Laura Thomas, ABC | June 17th, 2008

    Just a quick cross-post to note that I’ve got a new post over on ThisMommyGig.com.
    It was sparked by a look at the list of “leaders” in social media being interviewed for a webinar and my noticing the considerable lack of women. Since it’s been noted that women produce and consume things like blogs at a […]

    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 […]

    New Toys for Everyone to Play With

    By Laura Thomas, ABC | April 8th, 2008

    Had intended to do some real writing tonight, but keep getting distracted. Two things have the twittersphere buzzing: changes to the Twitter web interface and video uploads on Flickr.
    Seems @Armano likes how Twitter has moved their search box to a much more UX (user experience) friendly place at the top of their web page. […]

    What Would Freud Make of Twitter Dreams?

    By Laura Thomas, ABC | April 2nd, 2008

    I woke the other morning with a hazy dream of a Twitter conversation in my head. There was that moment you have when you wonder, did I dream that or did it really happen? It didn’t happen, but it did make me wonder. Am I spending too much time on Twitter when I begin to […]