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Our Twitter feed – @ByGeorgeJournal – offers daily quotes to inspire and motivate followers in their workplaces and with their daily activities. However, we must state that we ourselves gain a great deal of thoughtful inspiration from some remarkable people who regularly share their favourite quotes. Here is a list of 50 + quotes from…
A recently released study by Microsoft shows that digital lifestyles are decreasing Canadian attention spans. Microsoft asks: with news reduced to 140 characters and conversations whittled down to emojis, how is this affecting the way consumers see and interact with their worlds? The most alarming finding in the study is that our minds are easily…
The By George Journal delivers daily missives both on Twitter and Facebook. Our tweets and posts are forwarded to inspire and motivate our followers. They are positive urgings to remain determined and focus on your day’s objectives and to be aware of those things that make you complete and give you purpose. Consider joining us…
A recent presentation to politicos at an Ottawa conference reveals just how important Facebook will become in the fight for public support and your vote in the up-coming federal election campaign. At the Manning Center Networking Conference Facebook session, politicos were instructed on how to best use the Facebook platform in the coming months. Many…
Facebook is a tremendous social media tool – perhaps the best tool to be ever developed. People can spend hours on their Facebook each day – socializing. However, this on-line activity can also lead to an addiction, as people get lost in the FB’s black hole, clicking through both posts, sponsored pages and, ultimately, ads…
Alec Scott has written a great expose of Vint Cerf – the father of the Internet – in the recent ROB magazine. Here are some facts that you should know about the man and about the modern phenomenon known as the Internet. What is most striking about reading this magazine piece is the realization that…
Here are some FAV “poignant” quotes from the last two weeks (as found on our Twitter feed). “Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you.” – Frank Tyger “Have a goal, make a plan, and take action! Stop allowing your day-to-day life to be clouded by busy nothings.” – Steve Maraboli “I’d rather…
Through each day, By George provides motivational and inspiration tweets for its followers. Here are 25 of our latest favourite quotes from the past month – found on @ByGeorgeJournal “The poor, the unsuccessful, the unhappy, the unhealthy are the ones who use the word tomorrow the most.” – Robert Kiyosaki “Perseverance is not a long…
Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. – Henry David Thoreau Our By George editorial mission is to share provocative thoughts on the pages of this journal, on our Facebook page, and with tweets of quotes and quirky…
Here are 20 of our favourite quotes from the last few weeks, taken from our By George Journal Twitter stream…. “The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.” – Aristotle “Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things…
Numbers The on-line world represents a total of 2.4 billion Netizens. Every minute of every day: e-mail users send 204,000,000 messages Google receives 4,000,000 search inquiries Facebook users share 2,460,000 pieces of content Twitter users tweet 277,000 times Instagram users post 216,000 new photos YouTube users upload 72 hours of new video Amazon makes $83,000…
Join our By George conversation on Twitter and receive daily tweets to inspire and motivate you – like these 25 favourite quotes from the past few weeks. Follow us @ByGeorgeJournal. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, & grow brave by reflection.- Thomas Paine Happiness depends more…
Admittedly, we too got caught up in the 30-minute-Twitter-frenzy following Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s press conference late afternoon yesterday. Here are 10 of the more colourful tweets from the @ByGeorgeJournal feed. @splomgirl – I felt like my eyes were going to roll out of my head while scrolling through my twitterfeed of Rob Ford’s transcript….
Here are a few one-liners, puns and jokes relating to social media to insert in your next presentation – or in your next conversation with a tech-fearing person. You just might be addicted to Social Media if you have more facebook friends than in real life… or if you tweet more than you talk when…
Weekly, By George shares dozens of motivational posts and provocative thoughts on the pages of this journal, on our Facebook page and with our regular tweets of quotes and helpful links. We are very pleased to be communicating with our circle through these means – and we welcome others to join in with the on-line…
Social media specialist Cara Pring always amazes her readers with the reams of statistical and factual information she digs up on the use of the Internet. By George highly recommends her blog: “The Social Skinny.” So, here are lists of the most and least remarkable sm 2012 stats she has shared: Top 15 Positive…
Of Boomers and sm : A new report by Nielsen in collaboration with BoomAgers shows that in five years, 50% of the U.S. population will be 50+. They spent close to 50% of all CPG dollars yet 5% of advertising is geared towards them. In the next five years, Boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, are…
“Think like a publisher, not a marketer.” – David Meerman Scott, Marketing Strategist “If content is king, then conversion is queen.” – John Munsell, CEO of Bizzuka “Focus on how to be social, not on how to do social.” – Jay Baer, Convince & Convert “Social marketing eliminates the middlemen, providing brands the unique opportunity…
Here are 25 of our most recent FAVs as tweeted @ByGeorgeJournal. We welcome you to join us on Twitter to receive daily #quotes that will #inspire & #motivate Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Make your dream your most habitual thought. –…
As we become more computer dependent, there is an emerging argument that we are fast becoming intellectual mutants. Does increased screen time equate directly to a devolving humanity? A few nights ago, our family saw an interesting and frightening CBC documentary entitled “Are We Digital Dummies?” This is worth every minute of your time! As…