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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Which Social Networks Do You Use?
I'm starting to have trouble keeping up with all of my various accounts across the Internet, and, increasingly, my cell phone.
Personally, I'm on...
Facebook (public page and personal profile)
The Reading Room
Myspace (kind of)
And that's even before you count, well, blogging and the discussion Forums as a form of social networking as well. I'm sure there are even ones I'm forgetting.
What about you? Which social networks do you use, and do you have trouble keeping up? Do you think we're in a social media fad or are we getting a glimpse of the future?
100 comments:
- rebeccaenzor said...
I'm currently having a love affair with G+ and have basically left FB (I never liked FB to begin with, but my whole family is on it). I'm also on Twitter just about all the time except during big editing pushes (the past two weeks).
And that's my limit for social media :P I can barely keep up with Twitter and G+
- August 4, 2011 at 10:03 AM
- ReggieWrites said...
I'm on:
MySpace (but I haven't gone on in over three years)
That's basically it...
- August 4, 2011 at 10:04 AM
- Erica said...
We are in a social media fad and getting a glimpse of the future. First of all, thanks for this post and secondly I use Wordpress, Twitter, Facebook(sometimes, Youtube, Myspace and...thats it. However I am familiar with Digg and Google+.
The reason I say it is the future because there are now phones with the Facebook button on them so I guess its for even more of an instant connection. Mailing letters has become almost obsolete while emailing seems "slow" compared to just "Facebooking" someone.
We'll see where it all ends up.
- August 4, 2011 at 10:07 AM
- M.A. Leslie said...
Blogger, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads. Not only am I thinking that we are seeing the future, I am thinking there will have to be a social networking 12 step program.
I'm already addicted, can someone help!
- August 4, 2011 at 10:07 AM
- crow productions said...
Facebook is annoyingly addictive. Forget the Farmville stuff, I refuse to do that. With twitter I can be sarcastic and my conservative views seem to spew over. I have a problem pulling myself away from these distractions. What I should be doing like writing my next novel.
- August 4, 2011 at 10:08 AM
I HOPE it's a fad, and that the cream of the social networking sites will rise to the top and leave the rest behind. Honestly, I used to be afraid of being published because I would feel pressure to produce. But in the last six months or so, my fears have switched to social networking. By the way, I am on FB and Twitter, where I mostly retweet what others say, or talk about my kids. I can't imagine that my possible future readers would care.
- August 4, 2011 at 10:09 AM
- Cherie Reich said...
I've been trying to spend about 15-30 minutes a day on the social media sites, but it can be rough to be everywhere.
I'm on:
and I would add SheWrites to that list.
I mainly focus on Blogger, Facebook, and Twitter, but I visit the others every couple days, except I rarely get on LinkedIn, YouTube, and SheWrites.
I used to be on MySpace and spent a good portion of my morning trying to delete my account before it came to changing all my info to "delete me" and sending emails.
Social media is so important to writers, especially debuting ones.
- August 4, 2011 at 10:11 AM
- sueneu said...
I've been wondering this very thing. Would you consider setting up a poll?
I've tried to separate personal and professional with mixed results. In order of frequency of use:
FB, Twitter, SecondLife, Ravelry, Tumblr
Twitter, Google+, Mobileread, LinkedIn
I'm struggling to keep track of it all. I don't want to just repurpose the same info everywhere, that seems like a poor way to create relationships.
- August 4, 2011 at 10:16 AM
- Amy Joy said...
As far as using social media for marketing goes, which sites we decide to put our time and energy into appear to depend on what our goals are. Different social media outlets appear to help serve different goals. There are lots of great books aout there about this, for those who are interested. Unfortunately, they also become outdated very quickly as the media changes. Personally, I am on Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads,and I have two websites. And I am nowhere near an expert on any of this.--Amy Joy www.theacademieseries.com
- August 4, 2011 at 10:19 AM
- Matthew MacNish said...
I think the answer lies somewhere between fad and future. There is no way there will be room for that many networks to be that huge.
There will always be some niche ones, I'm sure, like Goodreads, but I can't see myself actually sticking with both FB and G+ for long.
Personally I'm on, in this order:
Google +
I have, but never use:
It's already too much. We just need teleportation already, so we can actually hang out with people.
- August 4, 2011 at 10:21 AM
- Justus R Stone said...
Personally I'm using
Facebook (personal & page)
And my blog
It feels a little overwhelming sometimes because I feel obligated to make it worth people's time to follow me. At the same time, those communities have proved to be treasure in terms of help and support. I think social networks are here to stay. The reality is as people, we don't always have like minded individuals to share things with in our immediate geographic location. Social networks help bridge that distance.
- August 4, 2011 at 10:26 AM
- Annie McMahon said...
I'm on:
That's about it. And I agree with Matt, we need teleportation so we can get to meet all these people we've become friends with over the internet. That would be awesome!
- August 4, 2011 at 10:26 AM
- Bryce Daniels said...
Holy carp, Nathan!
How in the devil do you manage to keep up with all that, as well as your tech job? Not to mention writing and promoting your books?
Please forward your secret to the 30-hour day to the Bryce Daniels Preservation Society. Donations are gladly, and always, accepted.
Me? Facebook for personal and family contacts.
Blogger for my writer's face and my platform.
Twitter as a tandem media for the writing career.
- August 4, 2011 at 10:26 AM
- ann foxlee said...
Aside from (rarely these days) blogging on Blogspot, the only other thing I do is Google+.
Twitter was too many 'I had an egg salad sandwich today' type entries for me, and Facebook lacked the privacy and selective posting that drew me to G+. Besides, I don't like the 'friend' moniker (I take the word too literally it seems), and I hated the constant badgering I got (why haven't you friended me yet???). Nuts to facebook. And Myspace is a ghost town, unless you're a musician.
Technically, I do have accounts on all of them, but collectively, I have logged in less than a dozen times over the course of the last 5 years.
Hopefully G+ catches on enough that I can use that as my social networking outlet. I like being able to separate my interactions between family, business, friends, and people I don't like but am obligated to include sometimes ;-P
- August 4, 2011 at 10:27 AM
- Patrice said...
Let's see. I'm on:
Wordpress (a couple blogs)
Twitter (two accounts)
and a couple others that have just popped up, whose names I can't even remember. It is definitely too much, but it will sort itself out in time. Some will prove useful and survive, some won't.
I think I have an old MySpace page. Remember Friendster??
But Nathan, if YOU are finding it too much, imagine the rest of us!
- August 4, 2011 at 10:28 AM
- CourtLoveLeigh said...
In order of favorite to least favorite that I use on a regular basis:
Twitter had been so good to me. I've gotten to guest blog on cool websites, won free books, and even got a gig for my band of Twitter. I swear by Twitter.
- August 4, 2011 at 10:29 AM
- Italy to Los Angeles and Back said...
Facebook (Public and Personal), Blogspot, YouTube (for specific campaigns) and now a personal Twitter account. I must admit Twitter is my least favorite. Not because one needs to be brief, but because I see it as too one-way. Kind of like being in High School all over again; you follow others that often could give a hoot about following you!
My favorite, warmest and most cuddly social networks are Blogging and Facebook, because though we might want to be "out-there" and create a following on Twitter, I think the straight forward interaction that FB encourages, and the creative avenue that Blogging permits is more personal. AND, yes beside my blog, I think I spend way too much time on social networks!
- August 4, 2011 at 10:30 AM
Although I visit here quite a bit.
- August 4, 2011 at 10:37 AM
- Aimée Beatrice Jodoin said...
Just my blog is enough to keep me busy! I also have a twitter that I use mostly just to follow people, and my facebook is just for my friends.
- August 4, 2011 at 10:40 AM
- Nisa said...
I keep up with facebook mostly, though I do have Google+, and twitter accounts. I also blog, but that seems to be dying off a bit.
I don't think social media is a fad in general. Perhaps the outlets will change. Maybe google+ will over run facebook like facebook pushed out myspace, but networking online is here to stay I think.
- August 4, 2011 at 10:45 AM
- Oscar Bermeo said...
I still love being on Flickr, a more professional social media outlet that lets me love images without having to be a premiere photographer.
- August 4, 2011 at 10:49 AM
I'm on all those, and so many yahoo groups I can't keep track of the e-mails.
But I often wonder whether or not it's a waste of time, especially when I get mail from so many who aren't on any social networks. In other words, the majority of the people I see on social networks are other authors, not readers. And they are all doing the same thing: hocking their books.
I wish there were some kind of meter to gage these things.
- August 4, 2011 at 10:53 AM
- Kay Elam said...
I'm on:
Facebook (personal and professional)
Twitter (still trying to figure out)
Wordpress blog 3x a week
Frankly, it takes so much time to keep up (sort-of) with Facebook and Twitter, write a blog 3 times a week and read all of the great blogs in my Google Reader, I have little time to write, edit, etc.
I don't have an outside job--I quit to focus on writing. I don't know how people with another profession manage.
- August 4, 2011 at 10:54 AM
- D.G. Hudson said...
Never liked Facebook, not enough security. I've not jumped on to all the different social media like Twitter or some of the other sites because of the time suck and a current lack of interest.
I enjoy blogging and put most of my effort into that, but I don't blog as frequently as others since I concentrate on the novels and short stories I'm writing.
Each of us has the choice in how we promote ourselves, and how we spend our day (aside from work) but that promotion should always be something that you enjoy doing, or you won't keep it up.
Why should we try to be available 24/7? A person needs time to collect his thoughts or he's just spewing into the ether. Media pollution may be the result.
- August 4, 2011 at 10:58 AM
I'm on Twitter and LinkedIn and don't have time to do either of those "correctly," at least in the view of the social media gurus.
Do we really need this insane proliferation of systems? More to the point, do you need to be on all those systems, Nathan? How much time do you spend each day on feeding the social-media beast? What would you have time to do if you weren't juggling 15 online personas?
If you could be on only two social-media platforms (leaving aside YouTube, which has a reason for being beyond "community"), which would they be? Now the next step: could you wean yourself from the others, and what would be the cost?
The straw broke for me when Google+ appeared. All the people who were singing the praises of Facebook the week before then jumped on the G+ bandwagon. What will be the new shiny toy six months from now? Will publishers expect us all to flog our books on all these systems? That sounds like a new circle of Hell to me.
- August 4, 2011 at 11:06 AM
I'm on:
Twitter (@benwhiting) a decent amount, but I've been frustrated by the lack of interaction I have had with others.
Facebook, though hardly at all for a six month period last year. I was largely limited by the scope of the friends I had.
Google+ (http://gplus.to/benwhiting) more and more. This is the one I'm hoping to use primarily in the future. The G+ add-on for Chrome lets me monitor the other two accounts from my Google+ page too, which is nice.
- August 4, 2011 at 11:11 AM
- Crystal Collier said...
I think there are WAY too many social networks out there. It's impossible to maintain them all, say nothing about being current and involved--and actually doing some writing on occasion.
- August 4, 2011 at 11:13 AM
- L Jaye Bell said...
For writing, Facebook has turned from a black hole time waster into many opportunities for travel writing. So I post links to my articles, blogs and photo essays that are published in other media.
For my radio show, the buckshot approach is best. Staying up with postings individually to 8 social nets is tedious for sure. I use a program that allows me to post to all social media sites simultaneously, even to schedule them for when I want them to go out. (Hootsuite) When I post a new show online, Poof! there's the link. I also post during the live broadcast, for we stream live on the net, so I keep posting and trolling for interested listeners as I go. Sometimes, one will filter through to the musicians. It's a nice surprise when an artist responds with a "thank you."
- August 4, 2011 at 11:19 AM
- Scott said...
You have to pick your battles (target the most valuable ones) and make them count (do them right).
Google+ (family, hobbies)
LinkedIn (professional)
I have accounts with Goodreads and Youtube, but don't use them actively as social tools. Twitter and the rest I consider timesucks of very limited value.
- August 4, 2011 at 11:23 AM
- Jck said...
Yes! and add to all of those personal Social Media Platforms, the fact that I manager brand pages for my clients as a community manager, so technically I live,eat, sleep Social Media
- August 4, 2011 at 11:28 AM
- Ishta Mercurio said...
You're on all those networks, and you're just now starting to have trouble keeping up with all of them?
Jeez, Nathan. Make us feel like social networking losers, why don't you? (LOL - just kidding, in case that didn't some across.)
I'm active on:
I also blog, and lurk on Verla Kay's boards and in your own forums. (I sometimes post in your forums, but not nearly as often as I'd like.)
And I can barely keep up! Okay, so maybe I feel like a loser just a tiny bit...
- August 4, 2011 at 11:30 AM
- Rick Daley said...
I'm on:
- Facebook (Rick Daley, Cinder Clouds)
- Twitter (@rjdaley101071)
- GoodReads (Rick Daley)
- LinkedIn (Rick Daley)
- Blogger (http:// mydaleyrant.blogspot.com and http://openquery.blogspot.com)
I think that social media market is in a bubble, what with the new entrants and all. It will be short lived, because there's a bit of pressure to be on all of them, but there's now reasonable way (or reason, IMHO) to manage the plethora of online identities.
Some will continue to thrive, but some will follow in MySpace's footsteps. Meanwhile, a market opportunity will open up for middle-ware that integrates and manages the various social media sites for a user. There are some existing integrations between Facebook, Twitter, and others to eliminate redundant entry of posts / status updates, and some third-party sites also provide reporting on your online presence across multiple social media networks.
The next big thing is making the last big thing usable.
WORD VERIFICATION: pholeres. I'm not defining anything that starts with phole because that's just gross.
- August 4, 2011 at 11:31 AM
- Tanz said...
I haven't received an invite to Google+ yet, so I hit the sites that most of my friends use, so I get their updates. Mainly that is FaceBook, and of the ones I use, I like that one the most, but I can't say I'm happy with it.
I follow people on Twitter for better updates, and I have a few followers there, as well.
I was on MySpace because of the groups and forums, but they killed those a long time ago.
MyYearbook for the games and pictures
I have a Friendster and a LinkedIn account, but no one I know uses these, so I have very few contacts on either, and so I don't go there often.
- August 4, 2011 at 11:32 AM
- Kristi said...
Google+ could be fun but they're not letting anyone in right now. So it's like the social media for the super-cool-kids-only. And it's annoying as heck to read when folks say "check this out on Google+" because, you know, we can't. (Ok, not entirely true...I can see other people's stuff, but can't share any of my own until I'm invited). :)
I do Facebook, Twitter, Blogger (to write)/Google Reader(to read), Goodread.
I also have (gasp) quite a lot of Yahoo Groups still. They seem to be lagging behind the times, and yet I haven't seen a good replacement being adopted by anyone yet (maybe Google+ will be? Who knows, they won't let me in to find out....).
- August 4, 2011 at 11:44 AM
- Sean Thomas Fisher said...
I'm on:
and TheWalkingDead.com
Eventually people will tire of posting every little detail and picture of their day to whichever networks. Real life probably isn't all that exciting on a daily basis to support any a lengthy interest. Although, this morning I made the switch from Frosted Flakes to Fruit Loops and that seemed to raise a lot of eyebrows on FB...
- August 4, 2011 at 11:49 AM
- Torre - Fearful Adventurer said...
I feel like I've become Social Networking's bitch. I'm on everything, and I'm struggling to find the time to take a (CENSORED). Portlandia's 'Technology Loop' skit captures this perfectly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jT0JT3N47g
- August 4, 2011 at 11:52 AM
- Selena Robins said...
3 Yahoo chat groups with readers and writers
I did sign up for the Google one, but am not active on it. I find it hard enough to keep up with these.
I dedicate about an hour or so a day to posting and another hour to reading various blogs, and try to leave a comment. I just feel one can get bogged down too much with all this at times.
I miss letter writing and receiving mail by the postman.
- August 4, 2011 at 11:54 AM
- Raghav said...
''give me camera'' generation..
- August 4, 2011 at 11:56 AM
- JD said...
I had most of the same ones you have but have abandoned most of them for G+. I use public posting for Twitter replacement, Hangouts for Skype replacement, G+ feed for Facebook replacement. I tried the Sparks feature to replace Goodreads but it is not what I thought it would be so I'm still on that.
- August 4, 2011 at 12:02 PM
I only have a livejournal right now where I talk to myself because I haven't even reached out to anyone so I guess it's just a private journal.
As a writer I think you have to do what is comfortable for you and at the end of the day if you write a good book the masses will come without all that other stuff.
- August 4, 2011 at 12:04 PM
- Anne R. Allen said...
I echo Matthew MacNish--
Google +
& have, but never use:
& probably a bunch of others I've forgotten about.
And then there are the forums which I used to visit, but never seem to have time for, like Kindleboards and Absolute Write and AgentQuery (do they still have forums?) and of course your brilliant ones.
Whew! Where does it all end?
I like Google+, but that's mostly because it's smaller and quieter and there are no ads or spammy quizzes & question boxy-things. But I suppose that will all end when it gets going.
Then I will hate it as much as FB but keep going there because it's where I meet a few people I don't see elsewhere.
And I'm doing this all because I really want to write novels?
- August 4, 2011 at 12:33 PM
- collectonian said...
As the song says, I'm a simple girl myself :-) I have Facebook, almost exclusively personal use except for a page I run for our local NaNo group. I have a blog on LiveJournal, and two more on my own sites. I don't see any need/use in the rest. They add no value, to me, versus what I already have.
I don't really consider YouTube to be a "social network", its a place to upload and share videos and that's all I use it for. I don't do any of the community stuff. Ditto Flickr. I upload my insane photo collection for storage and easier sharing, not socializing :-)
The rest, I just have no need for.
- August 4, 2011 at 12:36 PM
- Mira said...
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- August 4, 2011 at 12:36 PM
- The English Teacher said...
I blog and have school websites to update all the time. I can't really be bothered with more than that and still have time to live the life I blog about.
- August 4, 2011 at 12:46 PM
- Taylor Napolsky said...
Yes of course social media is here to stay. I think it takes at least an hour a day to stay on top of everything.
And I'm loving google plus. I even linked to this article from google plus!
- August 4, 2011 at 12:57 PM
- Laura said...
I'm on:
- August 4, 2011 at 1:02 PM
- Dave said...
Not even a glimpse of the future...this is the current standard. The number of accounts I use astonishes me at times: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Blogger, Delicious, YouTube, Goodreads.
- August 4, 2011 at 1:12 PM
- Lisa Hall-Wilson said...
I co-write a blog on WordPress (Girls With Pens) and we also have a Facebook page. I have a personal profile on Facebook too. I'm active on G+, Youtube (unlisted links only for family), Pinterest, and monitor LinkedIn. I don't do twitter - too frenetic.
I think it's important to do a few things well, than everything poorly.
- August 4, 2011 at 1:12 PM
I use Twitter and now Google+, LinkedIn and LibraryThing (when I remember to post there). Goodreads, same thing -- I have to remind myself. MySpace, which I mostly don't use at all anymore. And my blog, of course :)
I only use Twitter on a daily basis. The rest is mostly just duplication because I'm always paranoid I'll miss someone. I post pretty much the same thing to each place when I'm doing an announcement.
You'll note Facebook is not there. Not because I don't like it or am anti-FB, but because I have a personal account there that's not connected with my online author persona. That account's for family and close friends. Does it mean I've cut off a part of my advertising? Sure. But then, you can't do them all and still write!
grr. Publishing this as anonymous because my cookies are goofed up. This is Diana Hunter.
- August 4, 2011 at 1:22 PM
- Darley said...
I'm on Blogger, Facebook, and just now working on Google+. But it's all really too much.
Do people e-mail anymore?
- August 4, 2011 at 1:26 PM
- L.G.Smith said...
I'm on blogger (bardsandprophets.blogspot.com) and Twitter, and I have a Goodreads account that I don't know how to use. Really, I'm totally confused over there. It says I've been reading Neverwhere for nine months. Don't know how to change it. I am that lame.
- August 4, 2011 at 1:37 PM
- Mr. D said...
I have a teacher's website, my blog, Facebook, and a spot on Author's Den.
- August 4, 2011 at 1:45 PM
- Mira said...
Sorry, Nathan, this is a re-post b/c I decided to take out the last paragraph.
I think social media is definitely here to stay. It fills a need for connection in a way that can't really be duplicated.
But the form that social media takes, whether it's Twitter, Facebook, linkedin, etc. will change. New ideas, new techologies, new ways of doing something better and faster, will replace the old ways after awhile.
For me, I'm not on any of it. I come to this blog and bug Nathan, but other than that, nothing for right now. Maybe later; I just have other important goals that need my full attention.
But later...when I'm ready...
- August 4, 2011 at 1:49 PM
- Stephanie {Luxe Boulevard} said...
Blog and facebook. I just made it to Twitter, only to find out there was no Google+. I have a Bloglovin' account, but don't quite use it yet.
- August 4, 2011 at 2:04 PM
None, unless reading your blog counts as a social network use? I love my computer but choose not to own a mobile phone or TV. I know how easily I could get hooked and then - whoosh - time would be sucked away from my day and I'd be facebooking and watching junky TV and such rather than writing and reading.
- August 4, 2011 at 2:11 PM
- Kristin Laughtin said...
For writing, mostly my own blog and daily commenting on 8 million others. At some point I'll probably start a writing Facebook account as well, but since I haven't even started trying to sell stories yet, I'm not sure what the purpose would be, other than rehashing my blog (which is already linked in my personal FB account).
For my personal life, I have Facebook, Twitter, an old LJ, and probably will get a G+ account. I do talk about my writing on all of these as well, but it's just friends and family reading it for the most part. I've had people asking me to start using LibraryThing or GoodReads recently, too, so I'll probably start that. It's all a little much already.
- August 4, 2011 at 2:25 PM
- Kourtnie McKenzie said...
I'm on Facebook and Google+. I use Twitter to keep track of interesting links. I have a LinkedIn, but it only gets updated between jobs. The hardest part is trying to make sure there's different content on all of them. I don't want to come off as repetitive to the friends that I share Facebook and Google+ with.
I also have Wordpress and Blogger, but they get updated infrequently.
- August 4, 2011 at 2:34 PM
- Darley said...
Back to ask a question, Nathan. I'd love to know which social networks are the most important. Specifically for an author, which ones are critical in promoting oneself.
I realize it may be a difficult question to answer but if someone only has time to juggle a few, like me, which ones do you think matter the most.
- August 4, 2011 at 3:00 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
The most important one is the one you like the best. It's way more important to enjoy what you're doing in social media than to feel like you have to conquer any one social network or the other.
- August 4, 2011 at 3:53 PM
- Roger Floyd said...
I have a Facebook account and a blog on Wordpress. That's it. I'd rather spend my time writing or revising or editing or doing something with more potential or more relaxing, like a hobby. If that sounds naive or unrealistic or overly simplistic, then get used to it.
- August 4, 2011 at 4:11 PM
- Sommer Leigh said...
I am on:
My Blog (wordpress.org)
The Bransforums
(And technically I have a Facebook but aside from automatic posting of different things, I never use it)
I spend most of my time on my my blog, the Bransforums, and Twitter. I'm slowly getting settled into Google+, so we'll see where that leads me.
1) I do not think it is a fad. Fads come and go and have short but white hot lifespans. LiveJournal, the ealiest popular blogging platform started in 1999. Frienster was started in 2002. MySpace in 2006. LiveJournal is still very very popular and even though Facebook has overtaken the other two and Twitter is its own little demon, we've had serious social networking going on for almost thirteen years. That encompasses almost half of my entire life and all of my adult life. I think we scan stop worrying if social networking is a fad or not. It's not.
2) The platforms will come and go like any type of business, but the act of digital social networking won't change all that much. Since LiveJournal allowed us to "Friend" people we knew and just "Watch" people we didn't 13 years ago, the concept has stayed very consistant through all platforms. New technology might alter things a bit, but the framework of social networking will always be recognizable.
3) My prediction and hope for the future is that instead of new social networking platforms we'll start seeing new companies making it easier for us to integrate all of our platforms, monitor, update, and share in more intuitive ways so that it becomes less of a time sink than it is now. I've seen a few people trying to do this, but I'm hoping for something ingenius to come in the future so we can spend less time monitoring our social digital lives and more time being, well, social.
- August 4, 2011 at 4:36 PM
- Bryan Russell said...
Okay, just looking at your list gave me a headache.
As for me, Blogger is my friend.
I'm very monogamous. Though sometimes inattentive.
- August 4, 2011 at 4:52 PM
- K. C. Blake said...
Wow. I can't handle that many. I've tried most of those, but my favorites are Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, Goodreads, and Book Blogs ning. Oh yeah, I am also on Absolute Write sometimes.
The ones I didn't stick with are Shelfari and Librarything.
- August 4, 2011 at 5:00 PM
- Matthew C Wood said...
I'm on:
And that's it actually. To be honest it's taking a fair bit of getting used to being active on just those! Lord knows how I'd keep up with as many as you have.
- August 4, 2011 at 5:50 PM
- G said...
I'm just on Facebook, although I'm not a very heavy user. I don't play games and I don't do a lot of status updates except for my blog during the week, and the occasional rare ones on the weekend.
I do have a YouTube account but what I have posted on there can only be accessed via my blog.
- August 4, 2011 at 5:52 PM
- Jennifer R. Hubbard said...
Blogging - because it's still my favorite; it's where my posts have the most depth and where I have longtime commenters
Twitter - because it's easy, not very time-consuming, and good for tracking breaking news
Verla Kay's blue boards and YALitChat Ning - to keep up with children's publishing (I visit these less often; once a week at most)
Google+ - just started because I was never on Facebook, and it seems like this one has the potential to be a multi-faceted platform that might someday substitute for having to be in many other places
Which leads to my prediction that not all of these networks will last, and I think most people will scale back and go with just one or two networks in the long run. I won't try to predict which ones!
- August 4, 2011 at 6:16 PM
- Elisabeth Grace Foley said...
Until the other day it was only Blogger...I've just started Twitter. Both are writing-centered. I don't think I could handle any more than that; I cut my blogging to once or twice a week this summer because it was too much pressure. I also use YouTube, but not as social networking, strictly for watching videos.
- August 4, 2011 at 6:21 PM
- Karen A. Chase said...
Facebook, blog, website, LinkedIn and a few others. But inside, my heart says please let it be a fad, and I think I should really limit all this. Why? I miss people. Even when I'm writing, I don't feel as lonely as when I'm handing social media.
- August 4, 2011 at 6:49 PM
- kdrausin said...
I'm on Facebook and my blog. That's it. It seems I have a lot of catching up to do. I must say that I love the two I'm on though.
- August 4, 2011 at 6:52 PM
- Haste yee back ;-) said...
I go to the local Barber Shop for fishing reports...
Haste yee back ;-)
- August 4, 2011 at 7:03 PM
- Angela Brown said...
I'm on Facebook
Blogger - http://publishness.blogspot.com/
Hadn't really done much with my LinkedIn and left MySpace a while back.
If there is ever a question about why we have a lack of privacy...well...*frown*
- August 4, 2011 at 7:13 PM
But where are you all REALLY? (OK, I'm on FB and doing nothing, Twitter and never used it, MySpace - feh - and Linkdin, also never used. So where am I...REEEELY?)
- August 4, 2011 at 7:17 PM
- TeresaR said...
When do you find time to sleep and write?? I can't keep up with just blogs, twitter, and facebook.
- August 4, 2011 at 7:18 PM
- fakesteph said...
I've been thinking about this a lot lately.
I'm on:
Myspace (kind of)
LinkedIn (kind of)
I tend to stick with the sites that have a very specific use. For example, I have a MySpace, but it serves the same function as Facebook, so I have stopped using it.
- August 4, 2011 at 7:21 PM
- Richard Mabry said...
I can't begin to count the social networks I'm on, but I only routinely post on and read posts on blogger, Facebook, and Twitter. Why am I on the others? I'm afraid not to be.
My opinion: It's a self-perpetuating fad. Those of us who write are so afraid we'll miss an opportunity to have our name seen that we spend our day chained to the computer or smart phone participating in this back-fence chatting instead of doing what we should be doing....writing.
- August 4, 2011 at 7:27 PM
- Carolyn B said...
I'm G+, Twitter, Linkedin, Goodreads,Blogger, Wordpress, Yahoo Groups. I recently deleted my FB account because my friends kept getting spam that looked like it came from me, even though I changed my password and blocked all the apps.
As for the future - I remember when I had to check 5 or 6 search engines every time I looked up something - then Google came along.
We may be seeing the first glimpse of the future right now.
- August 4, 2011 at 7:43 PM
- Stephanie McGee said...
Facebook (personal account and writer page)
Picasa (technically since that's where things go on the blog side of things)
Youtube (technically but I don't think I have any videos up anymore)
Book Country
- August 4, 2011 at 8:30 PM
- Writerzlife said...
I am on Posterous, Facebook, Twitter and I have Google Plus but don't know anyone there...I even have a podcast with a modest 100 listeners. I find Google+ and Facebook to be the same. Facebook has the same features they just aren't as advertised....and well Google is considered the "trusted" agent, but even still I am getting burned out on it all.
What I want is one place where my information is able to be distributed out TO the social network. I can barely managed three and then to move? Really?
I don't have much of a following yet and while that isn't my goal (my goal is to write good books) I recognize the ability to reach out to your readers. Still....I am getting burned out on it all.
- August 4, 2011 at 9:23 PM
- Adam Heine said...
FB, Twitter, Goodreads, and G+. Most of my updates are automatic (thank you Ping.fm and NetworkedBlogs), but I admit the only networks I actively check are FB and Twitter. I mean, I waste enough time as it is!
- August 4, 2011 at 9:35 PM
- SM Johnston said...
I'm on:
Myspace(bit not active there)
AND I want to be on Pottermore
- August 4, 2011 at 9:54 PM
- paula said...
Google+ is rapidly becoming a favorite. I dislike Facebook.
- August 4, 2011 at 9:55 PM
None - and never visit - and this is my sole blog posting in a year - too busy. Cheers
- August 4, 2011 at 10:43 PM
- Lynda R Young said...
Where on earth do you get the time for all that?
I'm on Facebook, Twitter, G+ and I blog. That's about it because I barely have enough time for that and write (I gave up on the house cleaning ages ago).
- August 4, 2011 at 10:59 PM
- Terin Tashi Miller said...
Facebook and Twitter,as well as occasionally www.eHemingway.ning.com and www.redroom.com
But I don't really blog, except on Redroom now and then. Though I'm thinking about occassionally blogging more on one of those sites.
I could also blog, I guess, on my own website, but I haven't really yet.
Or on my Amazon.com author's page.
I have not looked at G+. I only got into Twitter in April after much urging by writing friends. I've attracted some interesting "followers," but don't know if it's actually helped me promote my work.
Great question, by the way.
- August 4, 2011 at 11:11 PM
- Simon Haynes said...
I had to set up a web page just to link to all my social networking sites...
I first encountered you on Myspace, but rarely use it now.
Facebook - grudgingly. The Like tool cannot be ignored.
Twitter - love it. Use it a lot (@spacejock)
Google+ - recent addition, like most. Finding the feed page overwhelming.
Plus a bunch of others like LibraryThing, Goodreads, Shelfari, LinkedIn, Kiva, Red Room, LJ, Blogger and so on.
- August 4, 2011 at 11:16 PM
- Wendy said...
I use Twitter, mainly. I also started using Tumblr recently. Twitter is more for connecting wit new people, Tumblr for sharing things with friends. I also use StumbleUpon and Goodreads, but I don't use the 'social' part of them as much, if that makes sense.
- August 5, 2011 at 12:47 AM
- Whirlochre said...
I'm with AllPeepz.
It's a but like one of those banking facilities where all your loans are consolidated into one — a one-stop shop for all your Twitter, RSS and Facebook feeds etc.
Problem is, for it to work you have to be strapped into a special chair with a load of Allpeepz cables hotwired into your brain.
So — fine for synchronising your social life and keeping you in touch but less good when it comes to basic skills such as feeding and washing (and, ironically, going out).
- August 5, 2011 at 7:59 AM
- Eric Hoefler said...
As a new writer just getting going, I've been trying to decide what my "online presence" should be. I've been online as "just me" for a while, so I have accounts everywhere, but this is a different question now. How and where should I try to represent myself professionally online?
Two recent articles have me wanting to take a conservative approach to all of this. The point of both is that social media are secondary media ... the announcement channel, the emotional connection channel, etc. The substance has to be somewhere else: the writing, the blog, etc. And the danger is in confusing the two and letting the social media sap the substance from the "real work." Both articles are worth the read, particularly the first:
"Losing interest in social media: there is no there there" http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2011/07/30/losing-interest-in-social-media-there-is-no-there-there/
John Mayer 2011 Clinic – "Manage the Temptation to Publish Yourself"
If anyone finds the magic answer, please let me know!
- August 5, 2011 at 8:40 AM
- Sheila Cull said...
Bransford, per you mostly, as a writer, you stressed the importance of Twitter and now I understand. So just Twitter and Facebook. My womanly intuition tells me those are here to stay.
- August 5, 2011 at 8:41 AM
- Kelley said...
I'm on
Twitter: Writtled
Blogger: also Writtled
Goodreads: Writtled or Kelley Smith
Facebook, as of recently.
- August 5, 2011 at 9:28 AM
- Damyanti said...
I run two blogs, I sometimes hit FB, I'm on Twitter whenever I'm on break from writing. I have Goodreads and Linkedin, but not too active on those.
I tend to interact with more or less the same (increasingly wider) bunch of people on each...which is to say I follow most bloggers I like on twitter and Goodreads as well, and vice versa.
- August 5, 2011 at 9:54 AM
- Rachael said...
I'm on Blogger, Twitter, Facebook, and Goodreads. I'm also on YouTube, but my account is more for saving my favorite videos than actual networking so far. My Facebook is more personal and my Twitter is more writing-related. I'm kind of sitting back to see where G+ goes before I consider joining myself.
- August 5, 2011 at 10:20 AM
- wosushi said...
"The most important one is the one you like the best. It's way more important to enjoy what you're doing in social media than to feel like you have to conquer any one social network or the other."
I like this.
I'm on:
Facebook (public page and personal profile)
In addition, I blog on WordPress (use to be a Blogger girl).
Twitter gets the most attention, then G+, and a little love for Facebook (that's where the relatives hang). LinkedIn mostly is there for updated resume info, things like that. I don't update a status or anything. Everything else gets little attention at the moment.
I don't think it is a fad in the sense that as a whole it isn't going anywhere. But I do think there will be a moment when we'll see fewer new ones popping up.
- August 5, 2011 at 10:43 AM
- Caryn Rose said...
People who make fun of social media are just saying, "I don't know how to use this tool so I'll just mock it and that makes it okay."
Two Twitter accounts built me an international platform. That's all I'm saying.
I wish Google+ had better tools so I didn't have to log into the site to target messages. I really do need to use it better/more frequently but Twitter/FB/Tumblr/blogging/instagram takes up enough bandwidth already. I like the concept of G+ but I don't know that it will carry long term.
I can't just give up Facebook (like many people have), there are too many people on the platform who won't go anywhere else. I mean, I've begged people to comment on my blog posts instead of commenting on the FB post that gets generated by my blog post, and they just won't do it. They feel "safe" on FB.
I check LinkedIn (for non-writing - I have to keep that separate) once a week.
Also Goodreads, Library Thing, Shelfari...and a couple of discussion forums that I try to participate in but don't have much patience for.
- August 5, 2011 at 10:45 AM
- Annikka Woods said...
I'm on:
-Blogger (personal blog & book review blog)
-Facebook (family & author pages)
That's it. I'm not very active on Goodreads, LJ, or FB to be honest. I focus most of my time and energy on my personal blog and on Twitter.
- August 6, 2011 at 5:18 PM
- Emily Strempler said...
I actually use: Facebook, Twitter, Wordpress, Youtube
I'm from the internet generation, and, contrary to popular belief, we tend to agree that less is more. Though it wouldn't hurt for me to add a tumblr. I may eventually switch to google+, who knows.
- August 7, 2011 at 10:31 AM
I'm on Nathan Bransford, Author and the Bransforums, period. So stay healthy, Nathan!
- August 7, 2011 at 9:14 PM
- janesadek said...
Choice is the enemy of community.
- August 8, 2011 at 1:41 PM
- Matt Larkin said...
Facebook and Blogger. Is Google+ better than FB?
- August 8, 2011 at 8:02 PM
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Someone asked in another forum if they should purchase a Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG or an '07 X5 4.8i with Sport Package - the main concern being horsepower. Thought I would share my response.
Let's cover the basics about horsepower, since this is the crux of your question, then what I think are the crucial differences with the X5 4.8 and ML63.
Engine: AMG-built 6.3L 32-valve V-8 engine with 503 hp @ 6,800 rpm and 465 lb-ft of torque @ 5,200 rpm
EPA estimate 12/16mpg city/highway
0-60 in 4.8 seconds
Transmission: AMG SPEEDSHIFT 7-speed automatic. Steering-wheel-mounted Direct Select shifter with fingertip shift controls.
Drive configuration: fixed 40/60 front/rear torque split.
Suspension: Front, double wishbone and front-arm; Rear, independent 4-arm multilink.
Tow capacity when properly equipped: 2,000 lbs
Distronic Adaptive Cruise Control yes.
No Heads Up Display
No Adaptive Drive
No Flexray technology
No panoramic moonroof
No auto-leveling suspension
No Rear View Camera
Destination charge: $775.00
Full Maintenance: there is a fee.
'07 X5 4.8i
Engine: 4.8L 32-valve V-8 engine with 350 hp @ 6,300 rpm and 350 lb-ft of torque between 3,400-3,800 rpm, Double VANOS Variable Valve Control
EPA estimate N/A
0-60 in 6.4 seconds, top speed 130 (150 with 20 optional wheel (Ive already taken my X5 up to 144 mph, a photo that provides proof was taken at 142 mph)
Transmission: 6-speed electronically controlled automatic with Adaptive Transmission Control and STEPTRONIC gear selection shift by wire. Shifter is in the usual place, between driver and passenger seats.
Drive Configuration: The X5 is the only vehicle to feature a fully variable torque control system. In other words, all of the torque can be shifted to either front or rear wheels, whereas in the ML63 is fixed at 40/60.
Suspension: Front, double wishbone and front arm; Rear, lightweight multi-link integral. And rear auto-leveling suspension.
Tow capacity when properly equipped: 6,000 lbs.
Weight distribution: front/rear 49.6/50.4
No adaptive cruise control
Heads Up Display
Adaptive Drive includes Active Roll Stabilization and Electronic Dampening Control
Flexray Technology
Panoramic Moonroof
Rear View Camera
Destination charge: $695.00
Full maintenance at zero cost 48 months/50,000 miles.
There is definitely a more powerful X5 (4.8is?) on the way, but probably not until fall '07 or early '08.
Both have similar Park Distance Control systems. I personally think the rear cabin ceiling visual alerts on the MB are a bit silly. Its just one more thing to look at when you are already trying to look at the rear view mirror, side view mirrors. X5s rear view camera works very well, even at night, and is automatically defrosted in cold weather. You can turn on/off Camera Panning which will actually show the bumper. The following can also be turned on/off: Pathway lines, Obstacle marking, and Turning lines. Both offer power-retractable exterior mirrors.
When you take the base vehicle and add a few grand worth of options, those options need to add up to something more than their individual option price points. In other words, there's more to a $70,000+ vehicle than horsepower. It's how well that horsepower is translated into driving pleasure.
Take a look at my X5 here: http://homepage.mac.com/kaleocarter/...toAlbum12.html
Itll show you the following:
- 142 mph photo.
- L.E.D. conductor rods for rear tail lights. These are used for daytime running lamps and provide energy efficiency.
- Corona Rings are the most beautiful headlight configuration on a luxury light truck!
- Xenon Adaptive Headlights with auto-leveling and Cornering Fog lamps (standard features on X5, $900 option on M class) Lets not forget the BMW headlight safety feature added to the lastest X5 model (code named E70) The xenons will remain facing straight forward when vehicle is at a stop but the steering wheel has been turned. Once the vehicle begins forward movement, the Xenon Adaptive Lights will then maneuver and turn according to the steering angle. .
- Anthracite headliner included with Sports Package. The black headliner is sportier and adds a two-tone elegance. If you look at NAIAS and LA Auto Show, two-tone interiors are going to make a come back.
- Black Dashboard BMW has always employed a black dash for safety reasons minimize glare and reflection. MB color-coordinates the dashboard with the interior seat color. However, the beige and gray will always throw a reflection on the front windshield.
- Heads Up Display - The black dash becomes even more important when you have Heads Up Display, which is now available in the X5, but not the MLs.
- Dark Bamboo Interior trim offerings from MB are Burl Walnut, Burl Walnut, and Burl Walnut. BMW offers Grahpite, Light Poplar, Dark Burl Walnut, and Dark Bamboo. The only other car manufacturer I have seen use bamboo is Aston Martin. With the addition of bamboo, BMW offers a wood species that can be replenished very quickly as it is a fast-growing species. This is in keeping with BMWs sustainability of growth principles.
I am trying to persuade you to not look at horsepower as the end-all be-all of your experience. Youve got to ask for a heck of a lot more from an ML63 with a base price of over $86,000!!!!
I priced out the vehicles using each companys Build Your Own site. There are a couple of different options, but I am trying to be fair in the comparison by choosing options that speak best of each manufacturer and the option offerings on their respective vehicles.
- I did not include any Rear Entertainment systems, but for the record X5 option is $1,800 and ML option is $2,800. I do like the MLs dual DVD screens in rear of front head restraints better than the single DVD above-front-armrest screen in the BMW. Since I dont have kids, this option played no factor in my choosing a vehicle.
- I also did not include iPod Integration Kit. Though BMW and MB offer auxiliary input jacks to plug in MP3 player, BMWs full integration kit is forthcoming and MBs integration kit is $365.
- Both offer Satellite Radio. BMW is the first to offer HD Radio with multicasting for entire product line (3, 5, 6, 7, X3, X5, and Z4).
- I did not include Third Row seating, which is new to the X5 as a $1,200 option.
- Verde Brook Metallic, Macadamia Nappa, Burl Walnut, Aluminum accents $0
- Lighting Package (headlamp washing, Bi-Xenon Curve Illuminating Head Lamps, Corner Illuminating Fog Lamps) $900
- Auto-dimming mirrors is standard)
- Distronic Adaptive Cruise Control $3,150
- Keyless Go (keyless access and ignition) $1,100
- Parktronic $760
- DVD Navigation $1,650
- 6-Disc CD Changer, MP3 compatible $701
- harman/kardon LOGIC7 digital surround-sound system
- Voice Control $500
- Bluetooth Interface Module for Hands-free Communication $350
- Variable speed-sensitive steering is standard
- Destination Charge $775
BMW X5 4.8i $54,500
- Deep Green Metallic, Sand Beige Nevada Leather, Dark Bamboo, Aluminum accents $0
- Premium Package (lumbar support, panoramic moonroof, auto-dimming mirrors, etc.) $2,550
- Rear Climate Package $700
- Active Ventilated Seats $2,100
- Cold Weather Package $900
- Comfort Access (keyless access and ignition) $1,000
- Technology Package (DVD Navigation, Park Distance Control, Rear-view camera) $2,600
(DVD Navigation also includes Real Time Traffic Information (RTTI) and service is provided at no cost. When youre navigation route is interrupted by traffic, a dynamic route setting will request the system to choose a route that avoids the traffic when possible.)
- Premium Sound Package (6-disc CD Changer, MP3 compatible, 16-speaker, 600-watt, digital 9-channel amplifier) $1,800
- Heads-Up Display (windshield display of current speed, navigation directions, cruise control and warnings, with brightness and height position settings) $1,000
- Voice Activation is standard
- Bluetooth Hands-free Communication is standard
- Sports Package (Adaptive Drive w/ Active Roll Stabilization & Electronic Dampening Control, Anthracite Headliner, etc.) $3,600
- Run-flat all-season tires are standard (Spare wheel is provided unless ordered with Third Row Seat option, then no spare.)
- xDrive is standard
- Active Steering (variable speed-sensitive steering) $1,250
- Destination Charge $695
- Optional BMW Performance Center Delivery of any new BMW model (not just Z4 or X5) includes one nights stay at Greenville Marriott, 3 complimentary meals, driver course instruction, Spartanburg Plant and Zentrum Museum tour. There is no extra cost for Performance Center Delivery, but transportation costs to and from Greenville, South Carolina is the responsibility of customer. You may also opt to pay for shipment of BMW model back to your original destination at owners expense. Shipment to Phoenix is $700-$800
More often you will be wanting stability control, safety, driving comfort, superb braking, electronic dampening, gas mileage, a decent monthly payment, a wonderful sound system, easy to use navigation, Real Time Traffic Information, the most advanced data transmissions system in any vehicle on the planet which is called Flexray, and only the X5 has it (though other car manufacturers will follow suit as this will soon be the standard data transmission protocol).
But if you want to know from my experience the X5 is the quietest vehicle I have ever been in at 102 mph with me driving and 3 passengers in the cabin one was an Audi owner, the other one a Mercedes-Benz owner, and the third a recent BMW Z4 owner. The MB owner went out and purchased a 325 coupe the next week.
On top of that, throw in the BMW Performance Center Delivery option. Learn from a Formula 1 racecar driver. Experience three different courses and the off-road course. Maybe get a hot lap in an M5! And tour the Spartanburg Plant and see how the X5s are built. Then enjoy a sweet drive across the country - trust me.
To see is to know. To drive is to believe.
This is my offering as why I think you should go for the X5 4.8i over the ML63. Theres only so much that horsepower is going to get you a sweet 0-60 time and bragging rights. I would rather be able to brag about driving the most innovative, most technologically advanced assembly-line vehicle on the planet, brought to you by the company that first introduced Active Steering, Xenon Headlights, Adpative Headlights, Heads-Up Display, the first to implement Flexray into a production vehicle, first to offer Digital HD Radio Receiver for the entire product line, first to offer a sustainable wood species in product line.
Im going for a drive now in my X5!
'07 X5 4.8i, Deep Green Metallic, Sand Beige, Dark Bamboo
Delivery taken at BMW Performance Center 12/22/06
Premium Pkg, Sport Pkg, Tech Pkg, ComfortAccess, ActiveSteering, HUD, RTTI, Sat Radio, Rear Climate, 3rdRow, 20" Y-spoke, PremiumSound
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6-speed, Sport Pkg, ComfortAccess, PDC, Navigation, HUD, RTTI, Sat Radio, Logic 7, Chrome Ellipsoid
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Despite Three-Hit Games for Cordell and Wimmer, Liberty Falls to Radford, 6-3
Liberty outfielder Ryan Cordell and catcher Trey Wimmer collected three hits apiece, but the Radford Highlanders used a six-run second inning to defeat the Flames, 6-3, in a Big South contest, Thursday evening at Liberty Baseball Stadium.
Cordell had three hits, including a double, a RBI and two stolen bases in the game, recording his team-leading 22nd multi-hit game. The Liberty center fielder posted his third straight multiple-hit contest.
Wimmer also had three hits in the contest. It was the catcher's 18th game with multiple hits.
Liberty falls to 11-11 in Big South play and 27-26 overall. The Flames have dropped five straight contests. Radford moves to 14-8 in conference action and 29-22 overall.
The visiting Highlanders tallied all their runs on the evening in the second. First baseman Alexander Lee led off the inning with a walk and two batters later, moved to third base on a single by center fielder Blake Sipe. With runners on the corners, third baseman Chris Coia grounded into a fielder's choice, scoring Lee with the first run of the contest. Second baseman Josh Gardiner then singled to produce a run for a 2-0 advantage.
After catcher Josh Revis singled to load the bases, right fielder Patrick Marshall was hit by a pitch to force in run and left fielder Zach Woolcock followed with a two-run single to extend the visitors' advantage to 5-0. Marshall then plated the final run of the inning, scoring when shortstop Matt Kemp was caught in a rundown between first and second, trying to a steal base.
Liberty pushed across a run in the third. Shortstop Dalton Britt opened the home half of the inning with a single and moved to second when left fielder Ashton Perritt was hit by a pitch. Britt then advanced to third on a fielder's choice grounder by Cordell and scored on a wild pitch to make it 6-1 Radford.
Liberty reliever Blake Fulghum and Radford reliever Dylan Nelson held their respective opponents scoreless until the ninth.
In the bottom of the ninth, the Flames benefitted from two Highlanders' errors to plate two runs and bring the tying run to the plate. First baseman Alex Close reached on a throwing error by Kemp and advanced to third when Woolcock dropped a fly ball to left field by third baseman Sammy Taormina. Britt tallied the first Liberty run of the frame with a sacrifice fly. Two batters later, Cordell singled to left to bring home Tarormina to cut the Radford advantage to 6-3. Wimmer followed with an infield single to bring the tying run to the plate. However, Highlander reliever Daniel Bridgeman retired the next Flame on strikes for a 6-3 win.
Liberty starter Josh Richardson falls to 2-3 on the season. The right-hander gave up six runs, four earned, on five hits over two innings. Fulghum came on in the third and pitched seven scoreless innings. He allowed four hits. The reliever struck out a career-high eight and did not walk a batter.
Radford starter Tyler Costello moves to 6-4 with three innings of work. He gave up one run on four hits, striking out three.
The Flames outhit the Highlanders, 11-9, in the contest. Besides Cordell and Wimmer, Brit collected two hits, driving in a run and scoring a run for Liberty. Radford had three players with two hits apiece in the game.
Liberty and Radford will meet again tomorrow at Liberty Baseball Stadium. Due to a forecast of rain for the Lynchburg area, first pitch is now scheduled for 3 p.m.


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COLUMBIA, Ky. -- A record number of
students are enrolled this fall at Lindsey Wilson College, LWC
College President William T. Luckey Jr. reported Friday, Oct. 26,
to the Lindsey Wilson Board of Trustees.
At the trustees' annual fall meeting, Luckey reported that
the 109-year-old liberal arts college has enrolled a record 2,677
students this school year. That's a 2.9 percent increase over last
school year's enrollment of 2,600 students. The college's 2012-13
enrollment includes 2,217 undergraduate students and 460 graduate
"The major reason this is such exciting news is because more
students than ever before are experiencing the mission of Lindsey
Wilson College," said Luckey, who has been the college's eighth
president since July 1, 1998.
The 598 new undergraduate students who enrolled this fall at
LWC make up the most academically prepared freshman class in the
college's history, Luckey said. They entered LWC with an average
ACT score of 21.3 and an average cumulative grade point average of
"The teachers and leaders of Kentucky high schools are doing
a much better job preparing students for college," Luckey
A record number of students are living LWC's residence halls
this year, Luckey said. A total of 1,099 students are living on
campus, 47 more than the previous record, set in 2010
Since fall 2007, LWC's overall enrollment has increased by
more than 47 percent.
"This phenomenal increase is a direct result of our decision
to begin several new academic programs, start a marching band
program and add a couple of athletic programs," Luckey
Also since 2007, LWC's A.P. White Campus has undergone an
almost $40 million makeover that included a new science center,
nursing and counseling center, health-and-wellness center, two
residence halls, and a sports park that contains a baseball field,
softball field and an outdoor sports stadium for football and track
and field.
In the last decade, the college's full-time faculty has
expanded from 58 to its current record level of 114.
"Expanding our faculty is one of our most impressive
accomplishments," Luckey said. "Visitors to campus may not notice a
larger faculty in the same way they notice a new three-story
science center, but a larger and more accomplished faculty has been
a primary reason so many of Kentucky's best and brightest students
have chosen to spend their undergraduate years at Lindsey


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Captain Byrnes transferred the two Parrots to an eminence just upon the river and above the town, and answered her fire.
Byrnes barricaded his house and sent to MacNaghten for help.
I have heard Mr. Byrnes' reputation for truth and veracity spoken of, but not until these trials had commenced.
The Byrnes are coming in a minute—and he's bringing the Choir.
At the time of the first rush, there was one or two near Mr. Hutchins, and Mr. Byrnes might have been one of them.
But the evening at the Byrnes' house did nothing to clear things up.
Colonel Grigsby and Captain Byrnes also crossed the river here, and succeeded in escaping.
Henry Stimpson duly waited on the Byrnes and explained the position.
Had heard Mr. Byrnes' truth, &c., spoken against for some time back.
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Hilton Head, S.C. - Brevard College swept all six singles matches with George Finch clinching the commanding 8-1 victory for the Tornados over the Ashford Saints on Monday afternoon.
Brevard improves to 4-3 on the season, while Ashford falls to 5-2.
Beau Wills opened the scoring on the afternoon giving the Tornados their first point of the match as he topped Alvaro Merino on court no. 2, 6-2, 6-1. Sam MacNeil followed with a straight set 6-2, 6-1 victory on court no. 1 over Carlos Pico, while Rob Havens continued his recent hot streak, topping Jake Dunn on court no. 6, 6-0, 7-5 to put Brevard up 3-0 after the first three matches.
Rory Northam kept the ball rolling in Brevard's favor with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Moises Hernandez on court no. 4, before Finch clinched the match cinching the Tornados victory in taking the 6-4, 6-1 win on court no. 5 over Diego Aviles. Stefano Giovanolli gave Brevard the singles sweep, coming from behind after dropping the first set 7-5 to Luis Castillo, as the freshman rallied to take the next set 6-3, winning the tiebreaker 10-7, sending the teams in doubles play.
MacNeil and Wills kept Brevard undefeated on the afternoon as the Tornados duo topped Pico and Hernandez on court no. 1, 8-1. Giovanolli and Northam gave Brevard the 8-0 advantage with their 8-4 victory over Merino and Castillo on court no. 2, but Dunn and Aviles prevented the Brevard sweep, taking the final point of the match on court no. 3, topping Havens and Jonathon Lavelle, 8-6.
Brevard returns to action tomorrow morning in Hilton Head, S.C. as they take on Palm Beach Atlantic. Doubles play between the Tornados and the Sailfish is set for 8:15 a.m.
Singles competition
1. Sam MacNeil (BCM) def. Carlos Pico (ASH) 6-2, 6-1
2. Beau Wills (BCM) def. Alvaro Merino (ASH) 6-2, 6-1
3. Rory Northam (BCM) def. Moises Hernandez (ASH) 7-5, 6-4
4. Stefano Giovanolli (BCM) def. Luis Castillo (ASH) 5-7, 6-3, 10-7
5. George Finch (BCM) def. Diego Aviles (ASH) 6-4, 6-1
6. Rob Havens (BCM) def. Jake Dunn (ASH) 6-0, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. Sam MacNeil/Beau Wills (BCM) def. Carlos Pico/Moises Hernandez (ASH) 8-1
2. Stefano Giovanolli/Rory Northam (BCM) def. Alvaro Merino/Luis Castillo (ASH) 8-4
3. Jake Dunn/Diego Aviles (ASH) def. Rob Havens/Jonathon Lavelle (BCM) 8-6


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By Diana Hefley Herald Writer
EVERETT — A convicted felon who tried to run down a Bothell police officer during a traffic stop won't be steering anything more than a prison library cart in the near future.
Joseph Medoro, who has a history of running from the cops, admitted Wednesday that he tried to ram a Bothell police officer with a Pontiac Grand Am. Medoro pleaded guilty to second-degree assault, attempting to elude police and first-degree unlawful gun possession stemming from the July 17 incident.
That last charge carries the toughest penalty. Medoro, 32, will face nearly a decade in prison when he is sentenced next month in Snohomish County Superior Court.
His attorney David Gehrke told Judge David Kurtz on Wednesday that he plans to provide the court with information about his client's mental health issues, including attention deficit disorder, which may explain some of Medoro's criminal history.
Medoro was 15 when earned his first felony conviction. He has since racked up numerous other felonies, primarily for drug and property crimes. He's also had three prior convictions for attempting to elude police.
His latest run-in with the law happened when a Bothell police officer stopped the driver of a Pontiac Grand Am for having an expired registration.
The officer recognized the driver right away. He said Medoro is someone he'd investigated in the past, according to court papers. At the time of the stop, Medoro also was the subject of a police bulletin out of Kirkland. The bulletin advised officers that Medoro was wanted on felony charges and was believed to be involved in a rash of burglaries.
The officer requested backup and parked his patrol car in front of the wanted man's car. The officer pulled his gun and walked around the back of his patrol car. That's when Medoro sped backward. With tires squealing, Medoro drove up and over a curb.
He drove at the Bothell cop, Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Laura Twitchell wrote in charging papers.
The officer ran for cover and fired one shot at the moving Pontiac. The bullet hit the driver's door, but missed the suspect.
Medoro sped off. Pursuing police officers lost sight of the vehicle, but later found it abandoned in a residential neighborhood.
A witness told officers that she saw a man in red, carrying a backpack, run from the car and cross the street.
A police dog found Medoro hiding in a wooded area a few blocks from the getaway car.
The defendant was carrying nearly $4,000, court papers said.
Detectives later found more than a half of a pound of heroin, a loaded handgun, meth, marijuana, scales and other drug paraphernalia in the backpack Medoro was seen carrying before his arrest, Twitchell wrote.
At the time, Medoro was wanted for failing to report to his community corrections officer.
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BC Men Take 5th at SAC Cross Country ChampionshipOctober 20, 2012
Helmick Named to SAC All-Freshman Team, All-SAC Second Team
Greenville, Tenn.- The Brevard College men's cross country team ran their way to a 5th place finish at the SAC Cross Country Championship on Saturday morning.
The Tornados 5th place team finish ties the mark for best team finish since joining the South Atlantic Conference as a full member in 2008. The BC cross country team finished 5th at the SAC tournament in 2011 as well.
Freshman Patrick Helmick led the way for the Tornados, turning in a time of 27:52.2 to earn a 12th place individual finish on the 8K course. Helmick was named to both the SAC All-Freshman Team and the All-SAC Second Team.
Josh Mower and Jordan Tager both placed in the top 25 for Brevard, at 21st and 23rd, respectively. Mower completed the course in 28:15.3 just ahead of Tager, who came in at 28:19.6.
"The men had a strong team effort and were rewarded with a top five finish in the conference," said head coach Thomas Cason. "We are excited to race at regionals in two weeks."
The men's cross country team will now gear up for NCAA DII Southeast Regional Championships on Saturday, November 3rd at McAlpine Greenway Park in Charlotte.
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1. Mars Hill
2. Wingate
3. Lenoir-Rhyne
4. Lincoln Memorial
5. Brevard
6. Anderson
7. Tusculum
8. Newberry
9. Catawba
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Steve Hammond, Wingate
Alex Griggs, Mars Hill
Cesar Reyes, Mars Hill
David Cooper, Tusculum
Eric Blackburn, Mars Hill
Bradley Maldonado, Lincoln Memorial
Brady Adcock, Mars Hill
All-SAC Second Team
Aaron Nelson, Lenoir-Rhyne
Parks Edwards, Anderson
Carter Benge, Mars Hill
Christian Crifasi, Catawba
Patrick Helmick, Brevard
Kiel Bollero, Mars Hill
Binyam Belachew, Wingate
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Alex Griggs, Mars Hill
Cesar Reyes, Mars Hill
Patrick Helmick, Brevard
Ryan Mecca, Lincoln Memorial
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SAC Runner of the Year: Steve Hammond, Wingate
SAC Freshman of the Year: Alex Griggs, Mars Hill
SAC Scholar Athlete for Men's Cross Country: Christian Crifasi, Catawba
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To mark its 100th birthday this year, Manhattan Beach has celebrated with a carnival-theme event at the mall, a food festival for paying ticketholders and a parade that stretched across town.
Still to come is a Dec. 9 fireworks show that's expected to end the milestone year with a bang.
But marking the centennial isn't all about parties; on Saturday, the city will host a daylong symposium at the Joslyn Community Center that's designed to allow for more reflection and discussion.
It will feature a documentary created by a local leadership class, a keynote presentation covering the city's early years, a moderated panel discussion with various civic leaders, and opportunities for residents to communicate their visions for the future. Former Mayor Jan Dennis, a longtime historian, will deliver the keynote address.
"Reflect on the Past, Give Meaning to the Future" runs from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Manhattan Beach City Councilman David Lesser, who has helped to organize the event with Dennis and several others, said he hopes to engage various sectors of the community in the discussions.
"This is intended to supplement the festive (centennial) events," said Lesser, who suggested the idea of a symposium earlier this year as the council debated whether to approve a fall centennial ball on the beach. (That concept, which drew controversy, was eventually canceled.)
Lesser said Saturday's event will focus on the city's history but also look toward the future, offering residents a chance to talk about challenges facing the town, and how they'd like to see Manhattan Beach look in years to come.
He said people are invited to come and go during the event, which is free and will include a complimentary lunch provided by Body Glove.
In addition to Dennis, other participants are former city Mayor Russ Lesser, Body Glove president; former Mayor Steve Napolitano, a field deputy for county Supervisor Don Knabe; Nancy Hersman, a former Manhattan Beach school board member; Beverly Rohrer, former Manhattan Beach schools superintendent; Arthur Verge, a history professor at El Camino College; Judson Grenier, a historian and retired professor at California State University, Dominguez Hills; former Mira Costa High School teacher Robert Brigham; and past and current members of the Mayor's Youth Council.
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9 Years later a supervisor finally tries to implement a 9 year old grand jury recommendation..
Original post made by MIchael G. Stogner, another community, on Nov 19, 2012
a resident of another community
on Nov 21, 2012 at 8:04 am
Supervisor Don Horsley didn't want to hear about it.
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on Nov 21, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Thank You Supervisors,
This is what has not been accomplished since 2002. Single Point Contact/Data
Establish a single point of contact for all such complaints within the Board of Supervisors offices or assign coordination to an outside agency under contract to the County.
Include coverage for members of the public, vendors and others serving the County.
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on Nov 23, 2012 at 12:22 pm
Whistleblower plan gets yanked again
Don Horsley made sure that item number 9 was removed from the agenda before the public could even hear the presentation. The supervisors should at least be open to hear plans and ideas form other supervisors. Dave Pine asked his fellow board members to at least hear the presentation on the plan before yanking it from November 20th agenda. That did not happen, That is exactly what a presentation is all about. I believe that Don Horsley's behavior was shameful. Lets take a look at the idea, its been 10 years since the Grand Jury made a more powerful recommendation. Single point contact for reporting crimes not just fraud. Independent from the county officials and supervisors. How else can we possibly protect our employees?
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I bought as a gift for Christmas for my brother who is an amateur historian. He couldn't wait to watch it. He was 8 when Kennedy was shot and has been totally absorbed in the life and presidency of Kennedy this past year.
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Good collection but some of his famous speeches were missing from the videos.
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The Wyoming Cowgirl volleyball team and first year head coach Chad Callihan will begin the 2013 campaign on Friday, August 30 by hosting the UniWyo Wyoming Invitational. They open up the tournament against the Stetson Hatters at 1:30 p.m. and the Idaho Vandals at 7:00 p.m. They will take on the Montana State Bobcats the following day at 1:30 p.m. and the Drake Bulldogs, at 7:00 p.m., to close out the weekend. The matches can be followed on www.gowyo.com.
With four starters and eight letterwinners returning to a squad that finished 21-11 overall and 8-8 in the Mountain West a year ago, the Cowgirls were selected eighth in the Mountain West preseason coaches' poll. Two all-conference selections, Erin Kirby and Becky Stewart, return in 2013. Kirby was selected for the second year in a row after leading the Cowgirls and the league in blocks. She also finished the year ranked third overall in the country in that same category. Stewart was a first time honoree after a solid junior campaign at the libero position. She led the team and was second in Mountain West matches in digs a year ago. Other returning letterwinners include seniors Rachel Keyes, Calli Fry and Reese Plante, junior Whitney Smith, and sophomores Kaitlyn Johnson and Bridget Shanahan. Wyoming also welcomes eight newcomers to the team as well.
The Vandals come into the 2013 season with three preseason All-Western Athletic Conference selections including the Preseason Player of the Year in middle blocker Alyssa Schultz. The junior averaged 2.19 kills per set to go along with 1.42 blocks per frame. Idaho was picked to finish second in the WAC preseason coaches' poll after the Vandals finished the 2012 season with a 17-14 record as they ended their season with a 3-1 loss to New Mexico State in the WAC Championship. The Vandals lost six seniors and five starters from last year's squad. Debbie Buchanan is heading into her 14th season at the helm of the Vandals as she has record a record of 196-188.
Montana State comes into the 2013 season with six letterwinners and three starters returning from a 2012 team that went 15-14 overall and finished sixth in the Big Sky Conference. Montana State was picked to finish eighth in the Big Sky Conference in the league's annual coaches' poll. Sophomore Eli Svisco is the Bobcats' top returner as she averaged 2.25 kills per set a season ago. Defensively, junior libero Nicole Baker led MSU as she averaged 3.81 digs per set. Head coach Kyle Weindel is in his second season with the Bobcats as he is 15-14 in his career with a 9-11 record in the Big Sky Conference.
The Drake Bulldogs come into the 2013 campaign with eight letterwinners returning, five of them being starters. Drake recorded a 5-24 mark in 2012 and 4-14 in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Bulldogs were picked to finish tenth in the MVC by coaches in the league. Junior Amanda Platte is poised to lead Drake's offense as she was second on the team as she averaged 2.33 kills per frame in 2012. Defensively, the Bulldogs are led by Sarah Madden as she averaged an impressive 5.81 digs per set last season. Drake head coach Darrin McBroom is in his first season after spending the last four seasons at Iowa Western Community College where he posted a 177-25 record.
Stetson is coming off of a 4-31 campaign in 2012 while finishing 0-18 in the Atlantic Sun Conference. They return nine letterwinners and five starters from last season The Hatters were picked to finish tenth in the 2013 Atlantic Sun preseason coaches' poll. Senior outside hitter Kaley Melville finished runner-up in the online fan voting for the A-Sun Preseason Player of the Year. Melville averaged 2.74 kills per set and 2.78 digs per frame last season. Defensively, senior middle hitter Ellen Hawks recorded a school record 115 blocks a season ago ranking second in the A-Sun. Head Coach Tim Loesch is 13-49 overall as he begins his third season with the Hatters.