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Life Online

The Seven Dwarves of Social Media

by Marissa on 18 December 2009

in Life Online

Suppose Snow White’s produce-induced slumber lasted long enough to bring her from little-cottage-in-the-forest to profile-in-the-social-media-expanse. Accustomed as she is to identifying her companions by their most easily-recognizable traits, what floppy-hatted friends she might encounter in today’s online landscape?
1. Bizzy
Bizzy’s Tweets are usually about how much he has going on, and how he’s terribly overwhelmed [...]

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My uncle Paul (my Dad’s bro) plays rhythm guitar in a rock cover band called Liberty’s Teeth. And they’re pretty fantastic.

The band is often booked to play at bars and nightclubs, though they also have several bookings for weddings and parties too. I got to see them play for the first time at an outdoor [...]

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It Starts Today

by Marissa on 24 November 2008

in Life Online, News & Announcements

After a few months of absence and tweaks and reworkings… I’m back, baby!
And as if he was on my wavelength (or me on his, or possibly both, in a very Being John Malkovich way), Chris Brogan posted about what he’d do if he started today.
Riffing off of Chris’s post, here’s what I’ve been up to, [...]

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I mapped a domain today and configured email for that domain. I feel brilliant! It is a new step in Geekdom for me. I’m so proud.
I did not, however, accomplish this feat by myself. I had help from a slew of forum posts, Help entries, web articles, guesses of my own, [...]

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Note: This how-to assumes you already registered a domain through GoDaddy.com. If you have not registered a domain, you’ll need to do so before proceeding.

Log into your account at GoDaddy.
Under “My Products” in the left-hand menu, select Domain Manager.
Click the name of the domain you want to map.
Click the “Total DNS Control and MX [...]

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Have you configured your CNAME record at GoDaddy?

Log in to your blogger account.
Go to the “Settings” link for your blog.
Click on “Publishing” under the Settings tab.
Click on the “Custom Domain” link (probably in small print near the top)
Enter the name of your domain in the box provided. (The http:// will be filled in for [...]

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Have you configured your CNAME records?
Have you configured blogger’s publishing settings?

Go to Google Apps.

Click on the blue box (on the right-hand side) that says “Compare Editions and Sign Up.”
Click on the “Sign Up” button under the Standard Edition package (it’s free).
If you’re the Administrator of the domain, click the Administrator radio button.
Enter your [...]

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Have you configured your CNAME records?
Have you configured blogger’s publishing settings?
Have you signed up for Google Apps?

Wait a few minutes after making the change at GoDaddy.
Then go to Kloth.Net.
In the “Domain” box, enter the odd-looking string google gave you followed by your domain name (e.g., googleffffffffexample3.customdomain.com).
Leave the Server to whatever it defaults to (e.g., “localhost”).
Select [...]

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