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Facebook Now Speaks Pirate English! (Arrrggh!)

by John P.

Do you use Facebook? Well, head on over and check your settings and you can now use Facebook in Pirate mode! THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!!

Go to ACCOUNT > ACCOUNT SETTINGS > LANGUAGE and then choose English (Pirate), and voila! You’re now in pirate mode matey! :-)

After you make the change, this is what things start to look like!

Enjoy Mateys!


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You Know What Drives Me Nuts About Guy Kawasaki?

August 14, 2011
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Have you ever had one of those friends who you take to the movie theatre with you for the first time, and they kind of interrupt the movie at the very beginning by talking? But you figure it’s an isolated incident so you answer them, laugh at their joke, and just shrug it off. But [...]

Twitter Evolution: How and Why Twitter Has Been Changing

August 8, 2011
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Twitter, the micro-blogging service that once had people questioning how 140 characters could possibly be of use, now has more than 200 million users – and that number is growing. There’s little doubt that their hold on the community is largely thanks to its new features and innovations. In this article, we’ll take a look [...]

How to Search Twitter for Old Tweets – And How to Archive Them

April 27, 2011
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Let’s face it. Every once in a while, you grace the Twitter world with your brilliance. Well, for some people…like John P….it happens on a daily basis. The problem is, when you want to go back and admire said brilliance, it can be difficult to find! Twitter only lets you search so far back. By [...]

Why I Opted OUT of the Mercedes Benz Tweet Race (or… How NOT to Run a Contest)

December 27, 2010
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Last week I came across what sounded like a neat little Twitter contest that Mercedes Benz was running. As a Mercedes owner I took an interest when I saw that they were looking for people who were willing to drive a Mercedes across the country while tweeting for a chance to win a new car [...]

How to Automatically Confirm or Deny All Invites on Facebook

October 6, 2010
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I’ve got a lot of friends on Facebook. And those friends are very busy inviting me to events, pages, Farmville, Mafia Wars, and every other little thing anyone ever invented for Facebook. The problem is, I don’t have time to go through literally hundreds of invitations to confirm or deny them. (And I mainly just [...]

Social Media: What It Is, How To Use It, and Where To Begin

January 26, 2010
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Social media is an all-encompassing term used to describe any of several online channels that utilize the technology to facilitate social interaction through written, visual, or audible communication. Examples of different types of Social Media sites include: Social Bookmarking – (delicious.com, stumbleupon.com) Social Networking – (facebook.com, myspace.com) Social News Aggregation – (digg.com, reddit.com) Social Q&A [...]

How to Invite ALL Facebook Friends to a Group, Event or Page

August 30, 2009
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Friend John P. on Facebook! I set up a couple of groups on Facebook – our Wealth Nation group (PLEASE JOIN!) and the Stop the Farmville Madness!!! group – and wanted to invite all my friends, but it would have taken an eternity because for some strange reason Facebook doesn’t allow you to “select all” [...]

WordCamp Dallas 2009: Giovanni Gallucci – Top 10 Extreme Social Media Hacks

August 10, 2009

Giovanni Gallucci gave a fantastic lecture at WordCamp Dallas 2009 on the Top 10 Extreme Social Media Hacks. It was an action packed 45 minutes with more suggestions coming at the attendees than most could take notes for. Luckily we’ve got the whole thing captured on video, so we can catch up on everything missed. [...]

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