Thinks I find along the way
IMHO, lots of the controversy is about envy of Facebook’s success. My logic is that Facebook invited you to dinner at its house. You go, eat, drink, and be merry. After a while, you start complaining that the food isn’t good. Hey, it’s a free dinner. If you don’t like it, politely suggest changes to the menu. If the changes don’t satisfy you, leave but Facebook doesn’t owe you anything.
Hear, hear. Follow the ‘via’ link if you want to see the interview…
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You can download the free ebook by following the ‘via’ link…
Your blog is not your job (unless it is). Twitter is not your job (unless someone’s paying you to tweet). Facebook isn’t your job.
These are just communications tools. We use them. We use them to make media. We use them to weave marketing, sometimes. We use them to tell stories about your organizations or our wants or whatever it is we’re talking about. Spending hours updating status, spending hours chatting, doing things that take us away from our objectives can sometimes feel easy.
Hmmm…
At the D8 conference this evening, Steve Jobs told Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg his view on privacy, as Facebook has come under intense scrutiny over the past month. Steve Jobs offered his opinion on how to approach privacy which was refreshingly clear, something the audience agreed as they applauded his comments.
Jobs stated, “Privacy means people know what they are signing up for in plain English. Some people want to share more data. Ask them. Ask them every time. Let them know precisely what you are going to do with their data.” While it wasn’t directed at Facebook specifically, the comment contrasts Facebook’s position with their “Instant Personalization” which doesn’t alert users ahead of time what’s taking place with their data.As we’ve reiterated over the past month, most users may not care about what information is being shared but that doesn’t mean it’s justified and it’s setting a precedent which could impact other decisions made within and outside Facebook in the future. In other words, Facebook needs to fix their instant personalization program to be opt-in. As Steve Jobs acknowledges, it’s not the job of technology companies to force users to be more open, instead you can ask them. It’s as simple as that.
St. Steve is so pious! “plain English”? Read the terms and conditions on iTunes…
Perhaps it’s because I follow Lifehacker daily and use what they recommend, but I use and recommend almost every one of these tools. Follow the ‘via’ link and download them all from the Lifehacker pack!
While most law firms, big and small, tend to err on the traditional side, social media has created new opportunities for attorneys to flourish as thought leaders and entrepreneurs.
A recent survey from communications consultancy Greentarget notes that, “While the more traditional marketing channels for law firm credentialing continue to dominate … in-house attorneys now are using new media platforms to deepen their professional networks; to obtain their legal, business, and industry news and information; and to enrich their social and personal lives. Most importantly, they expect that trend to accelerate in the future.”
But social media is still uncharted territory for many lawyers, particularly in big firms, said Rachel Zahorsky, a legal affairs reporter for the ABA Journal. “Varied and outdated ethics rules in regards to online communication, as well as numerous examples of cases put in real jeopardy because of prosecutors and judges posting on Facebook () or jurors twittering mid-trial, only fuel a general tendency in the legal profession to distrust new technologies.”
Smart attorneys will want to follow the ‘via’ link to learn more…
Today is a day of reckoning for potentially millions of Facebook users — it’s Quit Facebook Day. The formal Facebook revolt was announced about two weeks ago amidst the growing debate over how Facebook uses and protects its users’ private information.
So far, just over 27,000 users have “committed to quit” Facebook, a figure that is statistically insignificant when compared with Facebook’s more than 400 million users. In response to the growing outcry over privacy concerns, Facebook made extensive updates to user privacy controls last week. But is this enough for the Howard Beales of the world?
When we last asked Mashable () readers about their reasons for planning to quit Facebook, there was almost an equal split between users who claimed that they didn’t trust Facebook with their personal information and with users who said they had no intention of leaving the social network.
Not me, although I am paying much better attention to my privacy settings…
…like I recommend [especially for older computers] then Google’s Chrome browser combined with GNOME Do is a great combination. I create application shortcuts for web applications and then summon them with a keystroke combination. Very fast! Very powerful…
Are you using Dropbox? It’s one of the best tools ever for people with multiple computers, regardless of platform. I use it to keep 3Gb of data always syncronized between a desktop and two notebooks — one of which is an Ubuntu device. Dropbox rocks…
Bright, shiny objects! 
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