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It’s a Free For All

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One would think  I would have jumped at the opportunity to have a free-spin this week.

Yet here it is, Thursday night, 9:41 PM Central time and I am so scattered I don’t even know where to start.

I could blog the recipe for my elk stuffed poblano peppers.  But that would require download of the photos. Nah. I’ll blog it later.

I could blog about animal welfare and how current law is affecting my beloved equines. But I don’t want to think that hard right now.  Yeah, I’ll blog  that later, too.

I could write a post about how much better I’m feeling.

I could put up a new video of me playing the guitar and singing, but I don’t have the video camera handy. But trust me, there’s one on there. I promise.  Actually there is probably one on my computer.  But I don’t wanna look for it.

No, instead of all that, I think I’ll write about Twitter, TweetDeck and my new Blackberry phone.  Yeah, that sounds boring exciting enough.

I discovered TweetDeck about 3 weeks ago. And fell. In. Love. I can access MySpace (which I never check), Facebook, and Twitter all from that one application; the best part is that it runs separate  from an internet browser. The love affair with TweetDeck had been growing, until…My Twitter account got hacked. This forced me to change the password. Which was fine for my personal/blogging Twitter account. The Ducheneaux Quarter Horses Twitter account, notsomuch. No, TweetDeck is convinced that I do not have the correct password, much to the dismay of Twitter, which assures me it is correct.  And as handy as TweetDeck is, it’s not as awesome as I once thought, since they (whoever they are) don’t have a solution for the fact that you can’t change your password. Sad. Sad. Sad.

Two weeks ago, Zach had a surprise brought back for me from Bismarck.

A Blackberry. It’s not the Iphone (which I can’t have here anyway because we do not have At&t service) but it is nonetheless fabulous. And I heart it because Zach surprised me with it!

I don’t only heart it for that reason though:

I can Twitter from it; thank you TwitterBerry.

I can Facebook from it.

I can surf the web from it.

I can call from it, (duh).

I can take photos and video with it.

I can now take such great photos, that I can even post them to my blog, like I did yesterday.

I’m so easily addicted. I can tweet about being horseback (or being followed by goats), take a picture and then share it with the world to see on Twitter and Facebook.  Genius!   I had to take a couple today while we were sorting pairs and moving dry cows into another pasture:

The View from Gump's Back
The View from Gump's Back
Wide Open Spaces
Wide Open Spaces

I’m so excited about this new phone and the whole Twittering thing that I’ve even set my blog up to chronicle what I Tweet about in the form of a weekly Tweet Digest. Let’s hope it actually works. Happy Friday y’all!

For more spins, go see Jen at Sprite’s Keeper!

About ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

Jenn Zeller is the creative mind and boss lady behind The South Dakota Cowgirl. She is an aspiring horsewoman, photographer, brilliant social media strategist and lover of all things western.

After a brief career in the investment world to support her horse habit (and satisfy her mother, who told her she had to have a “real” job after graduating college), she finally took the leap and stepped away from a regular income; trading the business suit once and for all for cowgirl boots, a hat, and jeans. She has not looked back.

When Jenn first moved to The DX Ranch on the South Dakota plains, she never imagined she’d find herself behind a camera lens capturing an authentic perspective of ranching, and sharing it with others. Jenn has always been called to artistry, and uses music, writing, images, home improvement, and her first true love of horses to express her ranching passion.

Horses are the constant thread and much of her work centers around using her unique style of writing to share her horsemanship journey with others in publications such as CavvySavvy, the AQHA Ranching Blog, the West River Eagle, the family ranch website, and her own website.

Using photography to illustrate her stories has created other opportunities -- Jenn’s brand “The South Dakota Cowgirl” has grown to the level of social media “Influencer”. This notoriety has led to work with Duluth Trading Company, Budweiser, Wyoming Tourism, Vice, Circle Z Ranch and Art of the Cowgirl, to name a few. She also serves as a brand ambassador for Woodchuck USA, Arenus Equine Health, Triple Crown Feed and Just Strong fitness apparel. Her photography has been featured by Instagram, Apple, TIME Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Oprah Magazine. Jenn’s work has been published internationally, has been seen in several books and has graced the covers of several magazines.

Jenn became a social media influencer by accident when she started to explore Instagram as a way to share her life on the ranch with folks that don’t get to experience it. It’s grown into an incredible platform that she uses to empower women, create an environment for self improvement and share life on the ranch.

When she’s not working, she loves to drink coffee, play with her naughty border collie named Copper, start ranch colts, and run about the country chasing cans. Her mother still thinks she doesn’t have a “real” job.

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  1. Sprite's Keeper says

    How cool is that!? I’ve seen Tweetdeck, but I’m afraid to do it, I think it would just push me that much further into the alternate world that is the Internet. But you rave about it. I think I’ll try it! You’re linked!

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  2. D.M. Wright says

    I love my blackberry, too!! My hubby works for Research in Motion (sort of) so I always have one of the newest ones. And I don’t even realize it! They are like test berries. But anyways, LOVE that you can access anything from it!!! Enjoy it =) and I love your signature thingy! I think I will get one, too!

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  3. Maureen@IslandRoar says

    I love the photo with the back of Gump’s head!
    I know how much I appreciate being plugged in since I live on an island, but to you, so far from everything, it must be doubly awesome!
    That was so sweet of Zach!

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