I am a husband to a beautiful wife named Whitney and Dad to a wonderful baby boy. Yay! :) Damien Augustus Shaffer has come into this world on March 15th 2010.
In my professional life, I have accumulated over 4 years utilizing a wide range of technologies to develop software solutions for my current employer. Most of this time was spent learning methodical approaches within different environments to broaden my programming knowledge and project planning abilities. These environments include both open source and Windows based development, mainly Web.
I also dabble in Social Media and it applications in today's culture and marketplace. I consider it a hobby but some may say its an obsession. ;) I enjoy it immensely.
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I recently visited our local Barnes and Nobles to scan the books and periodicals to see what was new. I walked around for a moment looking for the section where I could find resources on Social Media. Most importantly, I was looking for hard copies of “Socialnomics” by Erik Qualman or “Social Media 101” by…
I recently studied the predator-prey model for a grad class this Spring and found that it’s properties could possibly foretell an upcoming Doomsday for Twitter. In this model, the simulations concluded that with each corresponding variable change to either animal there is a diverse effect on both populations. For instance, if the birth rate of the prey…
Twitter is like a river in which we drink. The river flows continuously. When we are thirsty, we dip our canteen in and catch the water at that exact moment and begin drinking. It’s impossible to catch the entire river. Sometimes our canteen catches things we don’t want in our water. We then create filters…
If you are like me, you often find yourself at a computer opening up your first internet browser and checking your email. This is great. You log in and see a few hits from your facebook page, blog comments and twitter follower DMs. The next step? You open a new tab/window in the browser and…