Edited to add: Also, periodically check your sent tweets to see what your account has been doing without you!  (Hat tip to @cspenn.)

Step 1: Stop clicking the links that get you hacked in the first place.  Even if you know the person, consider the message that’s accompanying the link.  If it sounds suspicious it probably is.

Step 2: No seriously. Stop.

Step 3: If you are still logged into your account, log out.

Step 4: Clear your browser cache and close out of it completely.  (If you have numerous tabs open and don’t want to lose them?  Save them as a group in a folder.)

Step 5: Re-open your browser, go to Twitter and change your password.  No, don’t use the same password.

Step 6: Go to settings -> connections.  Revoke access to any OAuth permissions that are suspicious or that you aren’t actually using.  Remember these hacks almost always require you to login or give them permission via OAuth, make sure you trust the companies/people you grant permissions.

Step 7: Report the hack to Twitter then delete any tweets from unauthorized access.  Prevent others from following the link from your hacked tweet.

Step 8: Post to your blog (i.e. somewhere other than Twitter) to let people/friends/followers know that you’ve been hacked, not to click on links that seems suspicious and when your account has been secured.

If you need help with the clean up or want more advice on how to prevent your account from being hacked you can contact me.  I consult on a number of different topics including social meda, manage Wordpress maintenance, and  help clients manage their time effectively.

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To avoid this, use something like BBEdit, TextEdit (included on Macs), or another notepad type of software.  I know some folks use blog editors like Ecto as well.  This works too.

If you have composed posts in MS Word in the past, go back to those post in Wordpress, select all (Crtl + A or Cmd + A) and click the Remove Formatting button to clean it up (the button looks like a white eraser).

Need help?  Shoot me an email at chel [at] chelpixie [dot] com.

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not sure if I’m in the majority when I say that I’d love to have Jaina save Arthas in some way, even if it’s just his soul. I’m sure any which way Blizzard goes it’ll be incredibly awesome.

She explains what that experience was like in her TED Talk and what we should take away from her experience. It is fascinating speech.

She reminds us that it’s good to be alive and that she discovered the beauty of  “we have the power to choose, moment by moment, who and how we want to be in the world.”

If you don’t see the video, click through to chelpixie.com to view.

I spent the weekend Dayton, OH.  It wasn’t for a conference or an unconference.  I made a choice that I needed to honor an opportunity to attend a seminar by Stephen K. Hayes called Evocation.  I owe a a great deal to Chris Penn, Mark Davis and Stephen K. Hayes for making this weekend possible for me, for opening the door and giving me the choice to be present.

To explain Evocation, I’ll tell you, I get asked a lot what Podcamp is and you could ask me about what Evocation is, but Chris nailed it.  It’s not easy to describe and it’s something you need to experience in order to get what you need to out of it.

After Podcamp Boston 4, I was inspired for different reasons to make some changes in my life. Between learning about Shambhala teachings, listening to Mr. Tony Robbins (whom I’d dearly love to meet someday) and learning some priceless things about meditation; I’ve progressed a lot on my own.

In the midst of all this learning I realized there was a limitation I placed on myself and it seemed to be warring with me because I want to be who I am fully.  The negativity was sticking around, so was the limitation I was committing to.

I’m not good enough.

Not good enough for what you ask? A good majority of the good things that I’d accomplished or wanted to accomplish with my life.

How do people feel they aren’t good enough?

• I don’t deserve to be loved.
• All this hard work that people are complimenting me on wasn’t really that great.
• I’m a fraud compared to this person I look up to, admire, who intimidates the shit out of me.
• I can’t write intelligently enough like that person, therefore, why should I blog?

I asked everyone I knew if they had the answer. How do you counter argue not being good enough? How do you smack that feeling down, reshape it, change it?  Some of them didn’t have the answer and a couple felt the same way and are fighting their own demons.  From two people in my life, that answer was this seminar.  I almost didn’t make it for reasons outside of my control.  But I did it.  I made a choice to force it and could sense it was important.

The seminar taught me lots of things.  That I made the choice to feel and listen to the “you’re not good enough” taunt being thrown at me.  That as long as I keep listening to that I was going to be defined by it.  Defined by the feeling that would hold me back in every aspect of my life.

This is more than just positive thinking.  It’s a new way of being.  You know how you make a change and you feel like oh this is okay.  Then it doesn’t stick!  This is true of drug users.  They keep coming back to the way things were because that’s who they are.  When you change who you are, you have less desire to keep reaching for that old familiar.

This weekend that I made the choice.  I could keep doing choosing to listen to the taunt or I could choose a new reality for myself.  I chose to bury my old self and live a life where all the things I aspire to achieve are possible.  Some of those things are starting to become clearer now.  Some will come later.  Right now I’m feeling more alive and aware of myself and my presence and place in the world than ever and who I am supposed to be is shaping.

If there’s some choice that you want to make for yourself, I encourage you to consider attending the next seminar.  Until then I suggest you read How to Own the World and begin your own exploration to find the answers to the things that you limit yourself by.

There’s more to come.  So much more.  I’m glad you’re here with me to share it.

Photo by Bahman Farzad (photo linked).

“What does Commercial-free mean? It’s the story of YOU, without the corporate sponsor, prime time title, and of course, the wait.”

One of the ultimate goals in my life is to love and believe in what I do every day and to let that passion drive me.  What about you?

(Note: if you don’t see the presentation above in your reader, just click the link to go to this post on the web and it’ll bring it up. Take a look…then visit Andrew’s blog, it’s a worthy read.)

If you haven’t heard of Prezi, it’s a new kind of presentation tool.  Prezi tends to get you to dig in and find the creative bones and put them to use developing more than just a slideshow.  With fun or just plan cool visual effects.

I recently tweaked a syllabus Prezi for Howard Rheingold for his upcoming classes. This is just a small example of what Prezi can do.

If you want to get really crazy creative, then check out this press release done in Prezi…

Created by Adam Somlai-Fischer

If my mindblown awe isn’t enough of an endorsement consider this:

• In June 2009, Prezi has successfully closed a series A investment round with Nordic based VC firm, Sunstone Capital
• Owner of TED, The Sapling Foundation has invested in Prezi
• Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter has joined Prezi’s advisory board
• Prezi’s founder and lead designer Adam Somlai-Fischer named as one of the world’s top 40 emerging designers by I.D. magazine New York, is World Technology Awar winner in Arts category
• Prezi has been awarded 2nd best at NextWeb Startup Rally in Amsterdam April 2009
• Harvard Business, TechCrunch, Lifehacker, Mashable, Twitter founder Evan Williams and presentation guru Garr Reynolds have recently wowed about Prezi

This small company wants to make audiences and presenters alike have a lot of fun giving and listening to presentations.  For me they’ve succeeded.  It takes some getting used to, you’ll spend some time learning it, that’s usually half the fun.  You will also find you can engage your audience into the presentation a little better than using a typical PowerPoint.

If you’ve already tried Prezi, I’d love to see the results.  Just post them in the comments!  If you give a shot, do me a favor and let me know what you think?

When you’re trying to balance your life with the personal, the professional and middle of the road stuff that brings you joy, it can be difficult.  For myself, guilt plays a huge role in how and when I schedule things.  For someone else, it might be scheduling around family time and making sure you meet those expectations as well.

Whatever your scheduling craziness turns out to be here are a few tips that I want to share.

Don’t schedule on the go.

Don’t be tempted to put that one little thing on you calendar when you’re out and about.  Or blindly schedule anything before you check calendars.  Almost anything can wait until you’re at your desk. It’s better than making things crazy in your life, which leads to total overwhelm nation.

Don’t schedule too much in one day.

Okay these seems like a no-brainer, but it’s a point I want to make.  I can count numerous acquaintances that do so and I always advise them to stop.  No, you shouldn’t schedule yourself with just enough time to get to that next thing.  Especially avoid double booking yourself driving long distances to two or more things in one day if possible. (Yeah, sometimes with some jobs, it can’t be helped.)

I get it. You want to pack as much into life as you can.  You don’t want to miss that really cool opportunity. But we both know, your mind needs downtime.  Schedule wisely. Which brings me to my 3rd point…

Pace yourself.

You also need to do client projects, work on personal projects and just HAVE A LIFE.  Schedule your days and consider the flow of the week as well as the day when putting things down.

A couple more notes, specific to my client (she hired me!), but that might help YOU.

She needs to write a lot.  She gets paid to write a lot.  I advised (ordered?) her to set aside one day a week for nothing but writing.  No calls, no driving, no meetings, or projects.  She’s just to write that day.

Find your date for a comfortable cutoff.  Say within 1 week.  When you get a call, email, DM, regarding that cool opportunity, if it’s before that date.  Pass.  There will be emergencies and things you can’t turn down, but don’t heap on an already full schedule.

In the end, this helped my client so much that I decided to share it in hopes that it’ll help anyone else having scheduling issues.  So, What tips and tricks do you have for scheduling?

Photo by iBeeCortnee

But we’ll remember.

“…They seem to realize patiently

that sunshine and rain,

growth and pain,

are all there as part of the total scheme

and no matter what the circumstances

of the current moment

those circumstances  will too pass…”

- Stephen K. Hayes, Wisdom From the Ninja Village of the Cold Moon

Photo by C.C. Chapman.

Wow. Another Podcamp Boston concluded.

It’s was an amazing weekend for me for several reasons. In the past we’ve had people talk about not getting the chance to find out what they needed to know. It’s important for everyone who comes to an event like this to get the takeaways that make the entire weekend and the cost of their attendance worthwhile to them.

That was the focus of this year. We had roughly (from a hand count) 75% first time Podcampers attending. 75%! People who had come to learn about podcasting and new media from those advanced enough to give some good ways to get started. I hope that each of you got a chance to ask the questions on your mind this weekend. If not, reach out to someone you met this weekend and it’s quite possible they can connect you with someone that *can* help you get that question answered. (You can email me, in fact!)

In instances where discussion leaders couldn’t make it for their scheduled discussions, others stepped up, took over and helped the discussions move forward. I’d like to thank all of you who stood up to help facilitate those discussions, flying by the seat of your pants to help the community. You are what Podcamp is all about.

Personally the weekend made me face some fears, helped me move forward and push through some things holding me back. The feeling is overwhelming in a good way. Chris Penn touched on my story in his reflections on the weekend. I’m sure I’ll touch on it again as I turn this next page. Chris and Chris, thank you for trusting me to make this year happen. For believing in me.

Community rocks. Each of you did your part to make this weekend a success. Being a part of this community, watching it come together was very thrilling for me. Seeing all of your faces and all of the discussion happen this weekend made all the hard work worthwhile.

I owe a huge thank you to everyone. The sponsors, the organizers, and of course the attendees, because without you being there it wouldn’t have been possible.