Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
My recent blog post on the possible "Facebook Worm" seems to be making an effect in security circles. Within 24 hours I quickly got this e-mail from Zango making sure their name was not associated with it:
Hello Jesse,
I am writing to you about the above entitled post. I ...
Posted in Facebook Stuff | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Today I received some interesting wall posts that claimed to be from my Aunt. The first looked like the following:
hey do me a favor and try the new crush calculator, don't worry its not some annoying facebook application that makes you invite all your friends, the crush calc works ...
Posted in Facebook "No-No's", Facebook Stuff | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Congrats to Jesse and his wife on their new baby, nicknamed Twitter.
For those who couldn't tell, Jesse is a social junkie. So pretty much all the birth was online in one form or another (or many forms). You can check out his most recent post about it in his ...
Posted in Facebook Stuff | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
The Washington Post had a very interesting article yesterday about how Children feel when their parents get involved on Facebook. Some children welcome and embrace the upcoming trend for the 25 and older crowd, while some still seem hesitant, not accepting their Parents' friend requests.
In I'm On Facebook -- Now ...
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
Recently "I'm on Facebook -- Now What???" was reviewed by one of the most popular job search destinations, Quintessential Careers.
I find it interesting that Katharine Hansen, career expert and coach, has been on Facebook since 2005 - longer than Jesse or I have been on.
I can't review her review, but ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
In I'm on Facebook -- Now What??? we suggest building a Facebook Group for your School Class in order to collaborate with other classmates. Doing so can be an excellent way to get help with your questions about the material and meet with other classmates that are also studying your ...
Posted in Facebook "No-No's", Facebook Groups, Facebook for Education, I'm On Facebook -- Now What??? | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
I was interviewed yesterday by CIO magazine and surprised to see the article today. That's way faster than I'm used to! Here's the article (I got a one-sentence mention on the third page, after an interstitial ad!): When a Colleague is a "Friend": Facebook Users Get a Crash ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Mari Smith is one intriguing person. She travels the country in an RV with her man, making stops all over the place. What a life!
She's also a Facebook enthusiast with great resources. In fact, in our resources chapter we linked to three of her properties.
She'll be on ...
Posted in Facebook Stuff, Facebook for Business | No Comments »
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
One of the applications we mention in the book is a CRM solution called "Linking Universe". In full disclosure, they were one of my clients, but I thought it would be worth announcing that they went live today! I generally am selective in my clients - I generally choose those ...
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Jason previously mentioned profile.to as a method to provide an easy-to-remember url to give people to reference your Facebook profile. I thought I'd give a little plug to an excellent tool of mine that I'd like to share with you. Just last night, I added new functionality to a website ...
Posted in Applications, Facebook Stuff, Howtos | 1 Comment »
