Bit.ly has become the URL shortener of choice for Twitter users. Mostly because, by default, it’s the URL shortnening  service that Twitter uses when it shortens your tweets. Bit.ly is continuing to have a huge surge in traffic, and a recent TechCrunch article estimates it to be worth $8 million after it was able to raise $2 million. According to this article: Bit.ly distinguishes itself by tracking all the clicks and streams that come through the [...]

Our company recently started to use Yammer as an internal communications tool.  For those that aren’t familiar with Yammer, it’s sometimes referred to as….. “it’s like twitter but for work”.  It allows employees to send updates knows as “yams” (kinda like tweets) to everyone else in the company.  Since most of our work is done virtually, an application that fosters communication was greatly needed.  We’ve been using it for the past few weeks and I’m [...]

So I learned something  new today…..I was reading some article and they mentioned the term “tin cupping”. I asked myself…. What does tin cupping mean? Did a quick search and it led me to Urban Dictionary: To beg/ask for money Beggars frequently use a tin cup to beg for money, therefore tin cupping