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#FollowFriday: The enemy of true conversation?

11 August 2009

Back in January 2009, @Micah (Micah Baldwin, who is currently with Lijit) sent out a tweet proposing "Follow Friday".

In an article on Mashable.com ("#FollowFriday: The Anatomy of a Twitter Trend", Baldwin said:
The idea is to think of interesting people you already follow and recommend them to others
The idea was laudable — but what is the [...]

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How to lose your job on Facebook

10 August 2009

WARNING: Some might find the language used in the graphic offensive. It is, however, an actual Facebook message.

Jack Schofield,  the computer editor of The Guardian (a UK newspaper, online and off), sent out a Twitter message linking to the graphic file below.
It's a Facebook status message posted by a young woman — and her supervisor's [...]

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How to change your Facebook language setting

6 August 2009

Image via CrunchBase

Have you ever thought about letting a social networking tool help you increase your secondary language skills, especially when it comes to social media?
For example, what is "status" in Swahili or "message" in Chinese?
Facebook provides a great opportunity to do this whenever you want.
Here's how:

Simply go to the bottom of your Facebook Home [...]

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Get LinkedIn with Learning Abroad Professionals (LAP)

30 July 2009

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If you're a professional in any field, there are a couple of social networking sites that are actually practical and helpful business networking sites.
The one I use the most is LinkedIn. It's like a virtual rolodex. I love the ease with which I can update my own information. If I need to change [...]

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A Global TuneUp™ for your telephone number

4 August 2008

Did you know that Robert Scoble does something that helps him improve his ability to connect to people around the world that Chris Brogan doesn't…yet? (Or at least didn't at the time I was writing this post.)
Scoble clearly recognizes that he is communicating with people from all over the world. How do we know this? [...]

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