Klout - Statistical Tool or Game?

Klout!

Before the update, I thought Klout was a meaningless "fun" number. Remember, when Klout started it was a Twitter influence measurement. Now, after the update, I know it is meaningless. At least with Empire Avenue you know it is a game, and Klout pretends to be a real world statistical tool. Very misleading...

Let me use myself and my wife as an example.

Before the update my Klout score was 56-57 and had been steady here for a long time. I get on my computer by 7am and log off at around 11pm. This is 16 hours. I am active on Twitter, Facebook, FB pages, Google+, LinkedIn, Foursquare, Blogger, YouTube, and more!! 

Note: On Empire Avenue, I am ranked number 70 on the leader board (US) and I have only been here 2 months. I AM VERY SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVE!

My wife logs on the computer in the morning. She checks her email, scans though Facebook, maybe posts something, and closes her laptop. She might check in a few times during the day with her iPhone. And she checks in again after dinner. She is using Social Media for maybe 30 minutes a day. She is on Facebook...period. She doesn't do Twitter, Google+, nada. 

Before the upgrade her Klout score was 23. After the upgrade her Klout score jumped to 43! WTF!?!!??!

So my Klout score is 50 and I am online 16 hours a day on multiple platforms with lots of engagement, my wife is online less than 1 hour a day, reads Facebook and maybe posts something, and her Klout score is 43.

Klout wants you to think Klout is important. Klout is NOT a statistical tool. Klout is a game.

What do you think?

CaptRob

You Might Be A Pirate If

You Might Be A Pirate If ... Jokes By Captain Rob - Pirate Lifestyle TV ™ Quickie 066

Are you a pirate? You don't think so? Well, you might be a pirate if...

I will get straight to the point. I know I am a pirate,

But a lot of you out there don’t think you are a pirate,

so I am going to prove that you might actually be a pirate, and just don’t know it…Yet.

The most excellent way to be supportin' Capt Rob and Pirate Lifestyle TV is ta LIKE & FAVORITE & THUMBS UP this video an' be sharin' it wit' ye friends on Facebook an' Twitter.

A humble pirate "thank you" fer doin' this. Arrrrr.

YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/PirateLifestyleTV

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Sail Around the Web-O-Sphere wit' Capt Rob!

Website:  http://www.piratelifestyle.com

Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/PirateLifestyle

Twitter:  http://twitter.com/#!/CaptRobLee

Google+:  http://Gplus.to/CaptRobLee

Quick Response [QR] code

Ahoy matey. Do you know what QR codes are?

Well I hadn't paid much attention to them...Until recently. They are pretty darn neat things. Barcodes, the ones we all see on items, are one dimensional images. Because of this, they cannot contain much information. In fact, the standard barcode contains just 12 numbers. And all they can contain is numbers, period.

The new QR codes are two dimensional and can contain most any kind of information.

I created one yesterday with an online QR code generator. Here it is.

It is a link to my YouTube channel - Pirate Lifestyle TV.

That is right!! If you "read" this image with a mobile device like a smart phone, this image contains the information: http://www.youtube.com/user/PirateLifestyleTV

Wicked sweet. Don't you think so?

Have a look at them and play around with them.

CaptRob

Sail the Seven Seas of Freedom: Living the Pirate Lifestyle

Ahoy me hearty.

This is very exciting news!!

My book, Sail the Seven Seas of Freedom: Living the Pirate Lifestyle, is now available for Barnes & Noble Book Nook. If you have one of the Nook's, you can download my book instantly and begin reading ASAP.

You can still get the print book directly from me, or your favorite bookstore (like Amazon), but this provides another option for you!!


eBook edition for the Nook

Enjoy!!

CaptRob

Sail the Seven Seas of Freedom

Ahoy me hearty.

This is very exciting news!!

My book, Sail the Seven Seas of Freedom: Living the Pirate Lifestyle, is now available on iTunes. You can get the instant download and read it on your iPad, iPhone, iWhatever you have.

You can still get the print book directly from me, or your favorite bookstore (like Amazon), but this provides another option for you!!

Apple iTunes Sail the Seven Seas of Freedom

Pelican Fishing the Lazy Way

This pelican was sitting next to boats in the marina and waiting for small fish to swim up along side the boats. Easy fishing!!! Rather than flying and diving on the fish, this one is smart and doing some easy fishing. Hahaha.

Birthday Morning Moon

Ahoy me hearties.

I stepped outside with the dogs this morning, to a clear sky and a just past setting full moon. So I snapped a photo with my iPhone (thank you Steve Jobs) and I am sharing it here.

It was around 7am, give or take a few minutes.

I hope you have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend too!

Arrrrrrr.

CaptRob