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Wii the people

Wii the peopleLike so many of us stumbling social media types, I like to publish my online status updates. In my head, I think you’re riveted by blow-by-blow minutiae such as “Dino likes hot coffee” or “Dino dreams about delicious bacon” or even last week’s shocking revelation that “Dino is all out of Powdered Toast.”

I’m still not sure why I bother to actively update my status, let alone multiple ones on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and (for nearly a decade) AOL Instant Messenger. Perhaps sadly enough, I tie these and many more together using FriendFeed. Voyeurism in reverse? Or am I just doing my job playing cyber-alchemist?

Given the bites above, maybe I just need a more balanced breakfast. But if you insist on a steady diet of Dino, then who am I to refuse? I’m a ham and I know it. What I didn’t know, nor ever expected, was your fascination with my recent purchase of a Nintendo Wii:

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Grande Yukon

A newly renovated Franklin Hall, a fresh blanket of snowSince Starbucks still finds it necessary to charge for wi-fi, I am posting this from home, hours after having left Kent. It’ll be a cold day in hell before I pay for a drop of wireless.

I now return to Lawrence Tech, where the wi-fi is deliciously free to use. Today’s YouToo Social Media Conference and Boot Camp at Kent State gave me a much needed boost as I aspire to offer a course in blogging this fall, if not next spring. Of course, I’m still waiting for this spring to arrive. My keyboard is practically frozen as I type.

Rounding out the rest of the day’s highlights:

  • People that never podcasted did so in under 15 minutes.
  • Sage Lewis gave a luncheon sermon that effectively restored my faith in SEO. This was probably a good thing, as former classmate Stefanie Moore and I delivered a primer on SEO do’s and don’ts later in the afternoon.
  • Our day ended with a panel discussion on social media’s impact on the presidential election. Half a million Facebook friends for can’t be wrong, or can they?

I am told that video from throughout the conference will be available online, as will most of the presentations. Brief snippets of mine follow…

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