Today, I thought it was a slight inconvenience having Hootsuite down today because I might actually have to visit those sites I never go to, but yet am so actively involved with…

Hootsuite handles all my social communications and I was surprised to find an error on my beloved social hub website.

While this is not a major disruption it was a point of humor.

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It really doesn’t matter who sends the email to you when your talking about EMAIL RAGE; it’s like Road Rage but different. Surely this could be filed under email etiquette, but let’s just call it what it is.

Emails from people can infuriate people so quickly, and not even have the intention to. Trust me, I know. [long story]

And sadly enough, the perpetrators are typically people you know, or even worse, people you would call family. That’s bad; cause’ while it would be anyone else you might say to them, ‘get lost’, you now has to smile and place a charade to mask the disappointment.

What can you do?

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These are some items that I notice, like to keep an eye on and also to notate any new programs/software that could be useful. I offer this as some links you should be curious about and if they can help you.

Check out these links…

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I remember the days when fax machines were just coming out, and I remember the days when computers started coming with fax modems, and that was the beginning of the end for the FAX machine.

I was working with Microsoft the other day on an issue [pertaining to work] and as I was talking to the lady on the phone she said I could ‘FAX’ the information over to them and they would process it. –this just staggered me.

It was funny because I had received the information from them about an activation via email and yet they were expecting me to FAX them back something?!

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Forget surveillance with the FBI or the NSA; watch for yourself. Data mining social networks for personal data, trends and comments to build a profile of you; a digital file of who you are and what you like. This is the stuff that’s not taken from you, it’s stuff you’ve provided freely.

If you ever thought the information you were putting out there was just out there for fun and you just wanted to share with your friends- that honeymoon is over.

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