August 2, 2013

The meeting was called to order at 7:31 p.m. by President Chuck Horner. See Lola Hunter at the ticket table, for raffle tickets, door prize tickets, and 3" x 5" cards to write questions for discussion/answers at the end of the Meeting. Get at least one $5 raffle ticket for this month's raffle prize, a $20 Fry's gift card.

There were no SIG announcements.

Presentation:

Twitter: We saw two YouTube videos from SocialMagnets.net: Discovering people to follow. The reason people drop Twitter is often because they are not focused on why they are using it. Are you using it to keep in touch with friends or family? To build a network of people with interests similar to yours? You can use the Search functions in Twitter to find specific people or to find people who have the same interests you do.

If you want to embed a long link in a Tweet, Twitter will automatically create a shortened version of a link. Keep Tweets under 120 characters so that people can reTweet them and have space for the attribution to you.

An audience member asked how Twitter is monetized if there is no cost. Look for the ads. And avoid them. Discussion moved on to the categories of site to avoid (e.g., games, porn). In general, it is good to block PopUps. In Firefox, exceptions can be added to the blocked PopUp list.

Yorkman Lowe reported that Comcast filtering rarely lets spam through to his account; and very few legitimate e-mails wind up in his Spam box. Andrew Tews reported that when he deletes e-mail in his AT&T account he cannot empty the Trash.

Hint: When sending an e-mail to a large group, use only your own address in the To line. Put other names in BCC so that no one can harvest e-mail addresses from your list.

Don Trimble is having trouble writing DVD's. No one present could answer his question. Chuck will publish his question for further consideration.

Thank you to George Kornbluth for taking care of refreshments.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:27 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Bayle Emlein, Secretary