It’s Been Five Days, Yet I Still Haven’t Removed That Bookmark
Five days ago, you could say I committed the gravest of social media sins by deleting my Facebook account. I have yet to fully acclimate to my new, non-Facebook life. For instance, if my Google Reader should run dry and my Twitter feed update slowly, I’m tempted to click on that Facebook bookmark. I want … Read more
How to Write an Effective Email
Sometimes I receive random emails. I keep getting emails from the Galveston Historical Society, I get emails about webinars, and then there’s the occasional PR pitch. But today’s email takes the cake. Entitled “the estate tax,” it’s from a guy in Frisco who rails against the weathly: These inheritance rich families, and their bankers, lawyers, … Read more
Discon/nect: Chain Mail
Chain mail is a phenomenon that I just don’t get. Whether it’s snail mail, e-mail or text message, it’s all Greek. Why would a person forward chain mail? By chain mail, I mean those ridiculous messages that try to scare you by saying a ghost will come into your room at night and slash your … Read more
