Monthly Archives: March 2010

Weekend Articles Shared More on Facebook

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Also called “The Social Media Scientist”, Dan Zarrella shares boatloads of useful advice to help others achieve social media success.

His latest blog post was as fascinating as the finding he published The Science of Retweets. In today’s post, he states that articles published/shared on Facebook in the course of the weekend are shared A LOT MORE than articles posted in the course of the week.

It kinda makes sense, if you come to think of it. Besides the reason Dan shares (that so many companies block Facebook to help with productivity), the weekend is also the time when we slow down, so we may catch up on the latest in the lives of our Facebook friends.

Have you found this to be consistent with your experience?

Education in California: It's a Priorities Problem

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Today, I took part in a local protest along with dozens of teachers, parents and children facing the (new) potential budget cuts to education in California.

I took lots of photos, which you can see on my Facebook page. However, the most revealing one in my opinion was the one I included here, which had a father of a student holding up a sign that read “It’s a Priorities Problem.”

The state Government doesn’t have a spending problem. It has a PRIORITIES problem: what it’s valuing most and what it’s willing to do for that vs. what it’s willing to do to maintain (and improve) public education.

What can YOU do?

  • Call your state legislators (1-888-268-4334): tell them to think like Oregonians! In Oregon, on January 26, to protect public education and other vital social services, voters passed two ballot measures that raised taxes on those with the highest incomes and corporations.
  • Read about progressive tax alternatives to cuts: www.cft.org
  • Talk to everyone around you (family, neighbors, friends) about the issues.
  • Support the 48-day March for California’s Future and follow it.