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The Finer Points of Facebook - butterscotch
A series of videos that help you become more expert in Facebook.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Advanced Twitter Tips - butterscotch
Advanced Twitter Tips - butterscotch
A series of instructional videos to help you make better use of Twitter.
Note that the site contains a large number of instructional videos that are very helpful.
A series of instructional videos to help you make better use of Twitter.
Note that the site contains a large number of instructional videos that are very helpful.
Twitter is a miniblog and getting to be one of the most popular SN sites. A good number of people do not tweet themselves very often, but rather they follow celebrities, news, information, etc.
Some college students use it for group work and note taking or note sharing.
Some people just twitter inanely. High school students often gossip on it or some even share answers with it comfortably out of sight on their phones. Many companies and organizations use it for PR and advertising. Others just use it to keep up with what is current (most twetted topic). It has been useful to get news out of Iran and other places along with other SN sites.
As with other texting there is a whole new abbreviated vocabulary:
8:] a Gorilla
and smilies
You will notice that many tweets contain links to other sites and are sort of bookmarks.
Twitter has many apps that expand it beyond just a miniblog. See the post below.
Help with Twitter
Mashable has a very comprehensive online Guide to Twitter.
Some college students use it for group work and note taking or note sharing.
Some people just twitter inanely. High school students often gossip on it or some even share answers with it comfortably out of sight on their phones. Many companies and organizations use it for PR and advertising. Others just use it to keep up with what is current (most twetted topic). It has been useful to get news out of Iran and other places along with other SN sites.
As with other texting there is a whole new abbreviated vocabulary:
8:] a Gorilla
and smilies
You will notice that many tweets contain links to other sites and are sort of bookmarks.
Twitter has many apps that expand it beyond just a miniblog. See the post below.
Help with Twitter
Mashable has a very comprehensive online Guide to Twitter.
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Facebook Apps
Lots of plug-in apps that can be very helpful or just cute. Read reviews, etc. before you put them on your page. Sometimes they spread to more people than you want.
See Facebook Widget post below for more additions to you site and ways of connecting.
See Facebook Widget post below for more additions to you site and ways of connecting.
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Create a Custom Toolbar | Conduit
Create a Custom Toolbar | Conduit
Get traffic and leave visitors with a piece of your site. Allows you to run sweepstakes or contests, etc. Small monthly cost therefore mostly for commercial use.
Get traffic and leave visitors with a piece of your site. Allows you to run sweepstakes or contests, etc. Small monthly cost therefore mostly for commercial use.
Facebook & Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave
Face book is facing competition from a new super email site from Google called wave which is in Beta at the moment. This article explains why Wave and Facebook should be combined.
Basically all e correspondence will become social and multimedia. A selection about Facebook
is interesting to us as we start Facebook.
Facebook does a lot of things, and with over 300 million active users, they do a lot of things for a lot of people. But the two things they might do best are enable sharing, and co-opt good ideas from companies that target early adopters.
According to some data, Facebook is the most popular way to share information online, more popular than older technologies like email. Which probably shouldn’t come as a surprise given that Nielsen Online reported earlier this year that social networking now has a broader global reach than email, and that among social networks Facebook is experiencing the most most growth.
While Facebook certainly hasn’t killed email, something that has been has been a recurring meme since 2007 (see here, here, here and here, for example), people are spending more and more time on the site.
Facebook and Wave
Basically all e correspondence will become social and multimedia. A selection about Facebook
is interesting to us as we start Facebook.
Facebook does a lot of things, and with over 300 million active users, they do a lot of things for a lot of people. But the two things they might do best are enable sharing, and co-opt good ideas from companies that target early adopters.
According to some data, Facebook is the most popular way to share information online, more popular than older technologies like email. Which probably shouldn’t come as a surprise given that Nielsen Online reported earlier this year that social networking now has a broader global reach than email, and that among social networks Facebook is experiencing the most most growth.
While Facebook certainly hasn’t killed email, something that has been has been a recurring meme since 2007 (see here, here, here and here, for example), people are spending more and more time on the site.
Facebook and Wave
OUR BLOGS
Below is a list of our blogs. You may want to associate with them.
http://www.CoryGardiner.blogspot.com
http://jimtoddsblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.kconnors123.blogspot.com
http://www.skiprobinson.blogspot.com
http://www.fortheloveofhouses.blogspot.com/
http://www.jmftravelgirl.blogspot.com
http://www.richarddevito.blogspot.com
http://www.myanika-myanika.blogspot.com
http://www.CoryGardiner.blogspot.com
http://jimtoddsblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.kconnors123.blogspot.com
http://www.skiprobinson.blogspot.com
http://www.fortheloveofhouses.blogspot.com/
http://www.jmftravelgirl.blogspot.com
http://www.richarddevito.blogspot.com
http://www.myanika-myanika.blogspot.com
Fancy up your Profile
If you want to make your profile fancy try link below. You will have to do this at home since the audio is very important.
http://www.fbexpressions.com/videos.html
http://www.fbexpressions.com/videos.html
Vox.com is Fun, Easy Blogging with Powerful Privacy and Multimedia Features
VOX is an easy alternative to Blogger that you might like better especially if multimedia and privacy are your prorities.
Vox.com is Fun, Easy Blogging with Powerful Privacy and Multimedia Features
Vox.com is Fun, Easy Blogging with Powerful Privacy and Multimedia Features
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Introduction to FaceBook
FaceBook has become a phenomenon. Please read the Atlantic article.
President Obama's Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/barackobama?ref=nf
FaceBook article on FaceBook.
President Obama's Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/barackobama?ref=nf
FaceBook article on FaceBook.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
FaceBook is actually easier to use than Blogger. It is a lean site set up only for social networking and not designed after the diary. It is very easy to use because of this. If you want to pimp up your site, you will find it more difficult to do. You will notice that other sites are usually "plain Jane."
A note about a quirk in FaceBook is that to get to your wall (where public messages are displayed) you need to click on your name on the top right side of the page. After all the setup is done the wall will come up each time you enter FaceBook. Also note that they are sending you email that you should read. (If you do not know how to get your email, try Mail2Web. You will need your address and password.)
You will begin to receive emails asking you to be a friend. My suggestion is to decline them, unless you know them. ( The teenager love to have hundreds of "friends")
If you belong to a group, be sure you friend them.
FaceBook Help is very complete so we will not spend so much time in class on building our page, Rather, we will network with each other since this is what FaceBook is all about.
For those who desire to fancy up their page, I can make suggestions or you can Google your questions. Information about FaceBook is plentiful.
A note about a quirk in FaceBook is that to get to your wall (where public messages are displayed) you need to click on your name on the top right side of the page. After all the setup is done the wall will come up each time you enter FaceBook. Also note that they are sending you email that you should read. (If you do not know how to get your email, try Mail2Web. You will need your address and password.)
You will begin to receive emails asking you to be a friend. My suggestion is to decline them, unless you know them. ( The teenager love to have hundreds of "friends")
If you belong to a group, be sure you friend them.
FaceBook Help is very complete so we will not spend so much time in class on building our page, Rather, we will network with each other since this is what FaceBook is all about.
For those who desire to fancy up their page, I can make suggestions or you can Google your questions. Information about FaceBook is plentiful.
Monday, September 28, 2009
FaceBook Worm Warning
This will not effect us now. It could as you enter feeds on your FaceBook and should serve as a warning.
http://mashable.com/2009/09/25/warning-facebook-worm-spreading-via-news-feed/
http://mashable.com/2009/09/25/warning-facebook-worm-spreading-via-news-feed/
FaceBook Widget and Applications
http://www.facebook.com/facebook-widgets/ is like Blogger widgets. There are only Two.
Some very interesting applications and other things to create interest. Fun.
http://www.fbkit.com/
Some very interesting applications and other things to create interest. Fun.
http://www.fbkit.com/
Inroduction to FaceBook
FaceBook has become a phenomenon. Please read the Atlantic article.
FaceBook article on FaceBook.
NYT article on FaceBook.
FaceBook article on FaceBook.
NYT article on FaceBook.
Make the Title of Your Blog Look More Interesting!
You can put a picture into the title rectangle of your blog.
Go to customize, then the Page Elements page. Click on the small Edit in the lower right hand corner of the Header box. When the next screen comes up, you have the choice of selecting an image from the web or from your computer. From your computer, you can just browse and click on the location of the image, but it appears that you have to type in the URL if you're using an image from the web. I couldn't get a copy and paste to work.... The image should show up on the page.
Be sure to click on the instruction to put the picture behind the title, so you can still read the title, and also click on Shrink to Fit, so the picture squeezes into the space of the header.
Voila! You have a personalized header!
Go to customize, then the Page Elements page. Click on the small Edit in the lower right hand corner of the Header box. When the next screen comes up, you have the choice of selecting an image from the web or from your computer. From your computer, you can just browse and click on the location of the image, but it appears that you have to type in the URL if you're using an image from the web. I couldn't get a copy and paste to work.... The image should show up on the page.
Be sure to click on the instruction to put the picture behind the title, so you can still read the title, and also click on Shrink to Fit, so the picture squeezes into the space of the header.
Voila! You have a personalized header!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Photo Buffs Try Splashr and Photoshow
Splashr takes the photos you have on Flikr and makes a great presentation.
You may like Photoshow better. Why not check them both out?
I will have more on this later, if anyone requests it. You can follow the instructions yourself if you are a photo buff or are considering a commercial or a site for a cause.
This could be a class or group project by making a show about Senior College.
You may like Photoshow better. Why not check them both out?
I will have more on this later, if anyone requests it. You can follow the instructions yourself if you are a photo buff or are considering a commercial or a site for a cause.
This could be a class or group project by making a show about Senior College.
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