Is Your Online Social Life Ruining Your Real Family Life?

Being “social online” using things like Twitter and Facebook is all part of having and building a brand online, especially a personal brand. I cannot “not” be on Twitter and be active. If I wasn’t, it would be a liability to me in my line of work as a consultant in the business of online marketing. So the downside to being so social online is that it can affect my family life. My real life away from the computer and the Internets. Can our love... Read More »

Who Wants Twittermethis.com?

Twittermethis.com, my grand Twitter marketing experiment, is up for grabs. Who wants to take it over and give it a good home? I just don’t have time to do it. Watch the video for details.  Read More →

Twitter Marketing Experiment - Twittermethis.com

I’m trying out a little experiment in “social media” land. This time I’m using Twitter. I’ve created a game called Twittermethis. Get it? “Riddle me this?” From Batman… You got it. Twittermethis is easy to play. You just follow @twittermethis on Twitter, wait for a question to be asked, and then be the first to answer it. Then you win! Usually the prize is $5. So Jim, why do this? Because it’s fun, and well, it’s... Read More »

Twitter Should Be A Two-Way Conversation, Not One-Way Like Most Use It

A few weeks ago I quit Twitter because the information overload was too much for me. Now today I’m reading posts talking about how Twitter is referring tons of traffic to certain people’s blogs like Jeremiah. I completely agree. I LOVE Twitter. I quit it because I was unable to feel like I could keep up with the conversations. There was too much to take in. So should I go back to Twitter-land? Well, I’ve thought about it, but here’s what’s... Read More »

What Problem Does Facebook Solve?

A few days ago I sorta quit Twittering, reading or writing. I’m still off the Twitter crack, for now, but now that I’m feeling refreshed like a summer’s breeze again, I am wondering if it’s time to just dump Facebook too. I’m like the Heat-Mizer of social tools! I swear this isn’t linkbait (Sam). You’ve heard me say this privately. I don’t “get” Facebook. At least Twitter was awesomely useful to me, despite being... Read More »

I Love Twitter, But I Have To Quit It

As the headline says, I’m afraid I have to stop twittering, for a little while at least. I love Twitter. I enjoy getting updates from friends and colleagues, and frankly I find a LOT of good links and information from it daily. But sadly, I’m drowning in tweets and it’s becoming too much of an information overload to keep up with reading them all. I think the turning point was last week when I installed a neat little application called OutTwit, which delivers... Read More »

Twitter Makes You A Jedi-Blog Master

Scott says it best, Twitter Is Now An Extension Of My Blogging. I agree. It didn’t take long, but I’m now posting things to Twitter that are very much an extension of what I post on this blog. There may have been a few instances where I posted a link or a thought to Twitter that might have previously been a blog post, but I’m not sure. I’m definitely using Twitter for Publishing 2.0-type observations that are too short for a blog post. I’ve never used Del.icio.us... Read More »

Pownce Made Me Appreciate Twitter

I’m being totally honest. I was not a huge Twitter user until I started playing with Pownce. But here’s what happened. Once I started playing around in Pownce, I realized that while Pownce was more visually appealing to me, Twitter just brought the goods. The simplicity of the solution, and the fact that I had already made the investment of adding a bunch of my core “friends” in, was enough to convince me that Twitter was in fact better for me. In... Read More »

Micro-Blogging, Wysiwyg Gaming Tool, Ruby on Rails, Wordpress Update & Truemors Launch

Here’s some links I found interesting and/or insightful and/or helpful. 1. Your Guide to Micro-Blogging and Twitter 2. A free programming tool that allows anyone to create their own animated stories, video games and interactive artworks has been developed. 3. What do you get when you cross the Mac vs PC commercials and Rails Envy? Ruby on Rails ads to get everyone hyped for Railsconf, that’s what! 4. Wordpress 2.2 is out. 5. Guy Kawasaki’s new company Truemors,... Read More »

The Publish Button Ensures That Blogging Will Live Forever

Blogging, the experience of it, really comes down to two things. First, the experience of expressing yourself, then second, the pushing a publish button. That’s it. It’s really that simple. So when Sam and Wayne start talking about blogging not working anymore, I keep thinking to myself that they’re right, and they’re wrong. They’re right that most likely in the future more and more bloggers will move into the Twitter type “publishing”.... Read More »

Twitter Day 1: I’m A Ghost In The Machine?

I’m about 24-hours into my first experience into Twitter. Here are my first impressions. 1. I was expecting more noise. Frankly, the noise from my 15 or so friends I have now is way less than my normal day to day IM chatter. I was thinking it was going to be 4 times more noise, I got less. Misconception. 2. Twitter is like talking to yourself in a room and hoping everyone else is listening. It’s like you’re a ghost in someone else’s room listening... Read More »

Smart People Use Twitter

Yesterday I created my first Twitter account after months of resistance. Please add me as your friend. Why give in? Because too many smart people told me a I was a “dumbass” for not getting in on it. So be smart, use Twitter. http://www.twitter.com/jimkukral  Read More →

In Between Jobs

Big day yesterday. I am the new Justin.tv. Special announcement at the end of the video. Why aren’t you a top banana yet? It’s a buck, geez, c’mon. Contact me and tell me to get back to work: Email: jim at jimkukral [dot]com Skype: JimKukral, AOL: Monkfish7 Phone: 216.272.4383  Read More →