Jul 6, 2016 | General Productivity Articles, Productivity Articles for Social Media Users
In a new Pew Research Center survey, American workers have some mixed feelings about how social media affects their workplace productivity. Fifty-six percent of workers who use social media for work-related purposes said it distracts them from other work they need to...
Dec 23, 2010 | Interviews with Researchers, Productivity Articles for Social Media Users
That’s right, Harrisburg University of Science & Technology did an experiment in the fall semester, banning social media on campus for a week. The goal was to encourage the students to think about their reliance on these communication tools and their impact...
Sep 11, 2009 | Productivity Articles for Social Media Users
Yesterday I gave some information about differences in social media platforms Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace, and gave a couple of analogies to help you to keep your use of them in perspective. Something else to consider when evaluating social media is WHY...
Sep 10, 2009 | Productivity Articles for Social Media Users
Everyone is giving advice about social media, and it’s a topic I get asked about a lot. I’ve shared some information before, in this post and this post. Certainly you can ask 10 different people questions about social media, and get 10 different answers. I don’t...
Apr 20, 2009 | Productivity Articles for Social Media Users
Note: This article was originally posted on April 20th, 2009. Ok, look…I am not a social media fanatic. I never had a MySpace page, I only have a passing interest in Facebook and LinkedIn, and the first time I tried Twitter over a year ago, I hated it and...
Mar 17, 2009 | Productivity Articles for Social Media Users
Ok, so file that under “things I never thought I’d say.” And don’t get me wrong. Twitter can be a huge time vortex. But I have discovered that I am not alone in giving Twitter another chance (see Kathy Sierra’s blog post. I saw her...
