[Texascavers] twitter related

2013-08-27 Thread David
An apology to anyone receiving unwanted Twitter invites by email from me. I have no idea how Twitter works, or how to turn the fr*ckin emails off. Anyone new to Twitter should not let Twitter send out invitations automatically. One thing I left off of my 1st Twitter post, is that Twitter is

Re: [Texascavers] twitter related

2013-08-27 Thread Charles Goldsmith
I detest how these social media sites (and that's what LinkedIn is turning into) is very invasive and tries to take over your contact lists on your computer and in your web based email. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:52 AM, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote: An apology to anyone receiving unwanted

Re: [Texascavers] twitter related

2013-08-27 Thread Lyndon Tiu
What's worse is I can endorse people on LinkedIn with skills I know they do not have. That way they get phone calls from head hunters asking questions they have no clue about. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Sheryl Rieck sheryl.ri...@gmail.comwrote: I agree. I never allow them access. But,

Re: [Texascavers] twitter related

2013-08-27 Thread Sheryl Rieck
Aug 2013 14:30:41 -0600 To: sheryl.ri...@gmail.com CC: dlocklea...@gmail.com; texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] twitter related From looking at it today versus when they first started up, it looks more like the other social sites, and just the fact that its so invasive

[Texascavers] twitter related

2013-08-27 Thread David
An apology to anyone receiving unwanted Twitter invites by email from me. I have no idea how Twitter works, or how to turn the fr*ckin emails off. Anyone new to Twitter should not let Twitter send out invitations automatically. One thing I left off of my 1st Twitter post, is that Twitter is

Re: [Texascavers] twitter related

2013-08-27 Thread Charles Goldsmith
I detest how these social media sites (and that's what LinkedIn is turning into) is very invasive and tries to take over your contact lists on your computer and in your web based email. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:52 AM, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote: An apology to anyone receiving unwanted

Re: [Texascavers] twitter related

2013-08-27 Thread Sheryl Rieck
I agree. I never allow them access. But, they are sneaky! Is LinkedIn really turning into social media? I actually use it as a tool to get projects and connect with people in a position to get me projects. I do kind of cringe when a personal friend endorses me for something I KNOW they have no

Re: [Texascavers] twitter related

2013-08-27 Thread Lyndon Tiu
What's worse is I can endorse people on LinkedIn with skills I know they do not have. That way they get phone calls from head hunters asking questions they have no clue about. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Sheryl Rieck sheryl.ri...@gmail.comwrote: I agree. I never allow them access. But,

Re: [Texascavers] twitter related

2013-08-27 Thread Charles Goldsmith
From looking at it today versus when they first started up, it looks more like the other social sites, and just the fact that its so invasive. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Sheryl Rieck sheryl.ri...@gmail.comwrote: I agree. I never allow them access. But, they are sneaky! Is LinkedIn

RE: [Texascavers] twitter related

2013-08-27 Thread Louise Power
partially unreadable, but that's half the fun)? Louise From: wo...@justfamily.org List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:30:41 -0600 To: sheryl.ri...@gmail.com CC: dlocklea...@gmail.com; texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] twitter related From looking

Re: [Texascavers] twitter related

2013-08-27 Thread Sheryl Rieck
Aug 2013 14:30:41 -0600 To: sheryl.ri...@gmail.com CC: dlocklea...@gmail.com; texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] twitter related From looking at it today versus when they first started up, it looks more like the other social sites, and just the fact that its so invasive

[Texascavers] Twitter related

2013-08-24 Thread David
Below are some observations I noted after spending about 4 hours on Twitter this past week. The 2014 NSS convention has a Twitter page @2014NSScon. That is a good way of quickly getting out an important announcement to the cavers on Twitter. The NSS, NCKRI, SCCi and a few grottos, have Twitter

[Texascavers] Twitter related

2013-08-24 Thread David
Below are some observations I noted after spending about 4 hours on Twitter this past week. The 2014 NSS convention has a Twitter page @2014NSScon. That is a good way of quickly getting out an important announcement to the cavers on Twitter. The NSS, NCKRI, SCCi and a few grottos, have Twitter

[Texascavers] Twitter related - part 2

2009-06-20 Thread David
Here is an example of what I was getting at: http://ginx.com/road_cycling At this site, bicyclers can post tweets, and anyone can read these tweets on their wi-fi gadgets. That may not be the best example. But the idea is that a caving event, such as ICS, would be a group on a microblog