Now I'm Angry

Saturday I deactivated my Facebook account and felt really good about it. Then I went out with some friends to a massive coach burning party.

When I got back I had an email from Facebook welcoming me back, saying that my account was reactivated. (to reactivate your account all you have to do is log in with your old username and password info) I laughed at the irony of it all. Here I was being super strong-willed and deleting my account to only find that it was reopened. Almost like Facebook was taunting me saying… really? you’re going to do this Ashlea… come on, I know how much you love looking at pictures and status updates!

So, I went back in and re-deactivated it. Thinking there had to be some flaw in the system or something. I even asked my sister (who knew my password info) if she had signed in to my account. She hadn’t. Confusion persisted.

Then today, I get another email that my Facebook account was reactivated.

What the ?!?!?

Now, I was angry. I went in, changed my password and re-deactivated it AGAIN.

Ugh. Now I’m DEFINITELY never coming back.

Thanks Facebook.

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Fluid: Making the webpage a less cluttered space......

To preface this post, I subscribe to other Mac blogs to see what they are writing about and to discover what other applications other avid Mac users are testing out.  I love doing this because there is a lot of people who know a lot about the Mac and, what I like to call the “hidden gems” of Mac applications.  It is a great way to be in the know what is the latest and greatest when it comes to the Mac.  So last week, I was reading a blog post from Mac Stories (which by the way, is an amazing blog and I love reading his stuff!) titled “30 Web Apps You Should Turn into Mac Apps Using Fluid”.   But as I saw the title it caught my eye.  I have been reading a lot about Fluid, but I really didn’t know a whole lot about it.  But as I read this blog post, I started to realize that Fluid was an app that was going to essentially declutter my web experience.  I don’t know about you, but before I started to use Fluid, I would have about 6 or 7 different tabs going on my web browser (email, facebook, Pandora, calendar, work email, Twitter,  ESPN, etc).  Now with Fluid, life is so much easier, let me tell you how.

Fluid is an app that takes just about any website and turns it into its own standalone application that you can start up from your desktop on your computer.  For example, take Facebook, I use it all the time, but if I want to use it I have to open my web browser and if something is already open, I need to create a new tab and then get to Facebook.  Wouldn’t it be nice if I could just have a Facebook application right on my desktop that I can just click onto and wham, Facebook opens up as it’s own application. This is what Fluid does for you!  So now, instead of opening up several different pages or tabs to get everything I need, I just made Fluid apps for websites that I use frequently.  Below is a snapshot of just some of the ones that I have made.

As you can see I made a Fluid app for Jott, which I just previously blogged about, Gmail, Pandora, Facebook, Brizzly (a Twitter and Facebook Client), and Google Calendar.  Now, the nice thing about this is that I don’t have to always open up a web browser to open one of these web apps, I can just click on the icon and that site will load.  Let me show you how this is done.  You will see that it is very easy and in no time you will hopefully love it!

The first thing you need to do is download the free fluid app, you can get it here (http://fluidapp.com).   After you download the app, click on it and you will get a screen that looks like this.

Pick a website that you would like to use as a Fluid app.  In this example I will use Jott.  So in the “URL” box, I type in www.jott.com.  Then in the “Name” box, I can put something like “Jott” or “My To Do List”, then select a location for the application and an icon.  Now as far as the icon is concerned, you can leave it as it is and Jott will have an icon you can use, but I have noticed that most times when you do this, the icon is very blurred and doesn’t look good.  So I went online to Google and just searched for “Jott Icon” and there are a myriad of choices for icons out there.  Pick the one you like, right click on it, then select “Save Image As” and then pick a location as to where to download it.  Then go back to the Fluid app screen and now you can pick your icon by letting it know where it is.  Here is a short demo video to explain all of this.

So there you have it!  Fluid is an amazing app that, in my opinion goes a long way to declutter your web browsing experience.  I love the fact that now when I need to go to my Google Calendar, I can just click on the Fluid app I made for it and not have to open a browser or another tab within a web browser.  If you like Fluid, again go and check out the Mac Stories blog about the 30 apps that you should have as Fluid apps; they are great ideas and I have a lot of them.  Feel free to comment below about any apps that you have created into Fluid apps; I am always looking for more ideas for Fluid apps.

Thanks again for reading, I really appreciate it!  I love doing this and I hope my passion and simplicity shows through my writing.  If you already haven’t done so, please add me on Twitter (theeasymac) and/or become a fan of me on Facebook (The Easy Mac)

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Nicholas Sparks could never write a beautiful romance like this

I STUPIDLY forgot when saying what I was thankful for at dindin for remind the world of how thankful I am to be facebook friendz with the ClAsSy, ElEgAnT, aRtIcUlAtE pHiLoSoPhEr that is Mah BFF, Ashley M (we shall leave her anonymous-ish so that we do not take up her presh time with our plebian messages of love and adoration). This Princess of My Heart and I shared a beautiful summer together lifeguarding together, though honestly I probably let a few lil rug rats float off to the big Chuckie Cheese Ballpit in the sky since I was so focused on making sure Ashley did not tumble from her high regal lifeguard throne. The instant I accepted her generous and humbling friend request, my newsfeed was graced by her hourly status updates, giving my undeserving self an honest look into the emotions of a true angel.

I have to say, when I’m feeling down because some boy throws up violently on my heels when I proposition him, or Snaxa is out of the plasticky glory that is the Nerds Rope, I just steal a few moments to revisit Ashley’s facebook page. This shrine of dignity always cheers me up, and gives me hope that I too may find twue wuv that I may announce dramatically to the werld. This past summer, whenever work was slow, I would bless the office with an Ashley M Quote of the Day, which they all reflected upon, and adjusted their ignorant lives accordingly.

Ashley lives a life that would make Marissa Cooper scurry back to Tijuana and down another bottle of meds. This beacon of feminine grace is clearly in the midst of an epic high school love affair, and she has the kindness to share with all 1300 of her facebook biffles. God bless those friendz that I have seen like her precious statuses over and over throughout the years. Even when she is sad and can’t call this cruel man that keeps playin gamez wiv her heart, Ashley’s close friends like her statuses to remind her that publicizing this dramz is absolutely the best move for her social life.

I have offered only a slice of this delicious love cake, but rest assured this tumultuous romance has been dominating my newsfeed for a full year now, and thus there may be more to come.

Because true love knows no bounds, including norms of privacy.

[Via http://xoxothevenusflytrap.wordpress.com]

No, you may not poke me.

Mister Diplomat welcomes guest blogger THE Molly Buckley.

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You don’t have to believe me, but I’m being honest. I was once picked up in a bar with the line, “AY! Yo female, lemme get that backslash!” At first I was taken aback by this pickup line. What in God’s name did this boy mean, my “backslash”? I thought it was something vile, dirty, and disgusting. I immediately retorted, “Uhh, no?” I’m really good at being passive aggressive towards potential suitors.

You don't need a book. You need an imagination.

I later found out that “Lemme get that backslash” is actually referring to my MySpace username. That’s right – myspace.com / = backslash. I should have told him that it is actually a forwardslash, but I might have been slapped. And domestic abuse is no way to pick up a lady. Regardless, I did not go home with the gentleman in question that evening.

Well, after mulling on that particular event for a while, it prompted me to think about this idea of using “social networking” terms to pickup members of the opposite sex… in person. And thus, I held a contest. The contest was to see WHO could come up with the BEST social networking term pickup line pun. And I got some hilarious submissions.

Here are some of the best:

• Aaron K.: Wanna go to my place and #eachother? You do? Tweeeeet.
• Jonathan B.: Baby, add me to your friend’s list, and we can poke each other all the time!!!
• Sylvia T.: I can blog all night long, and this entry is definitely not tweet-length.
• Luke D.: Hey baby, how ’bout we ditch this party and head back to myspace?
• Matthew N.: It’s Friday and my only recommendation is that you follow me
• Rare Bird S.: I’ll invite you to an event, and I want to poke you’ tube. I like to comment when you download on my boobs.
• John B. Jr.: Hey baby. Wanna get Linked in Myspace or yours?

And the winner is…

• Jim W. (@digitaldrivel): I wanna put my Facebook in your Yahoo and Digg your Twitter until you Yelp!

Congratulations, Jim. You’ve won a grab bag of awesome comedy stuff from the Dirty South. That’s right. We’re dirty and we’re in the south. Rawwr.

So remember boys (and girls), next time you’re in a bar, don’t use that “did it hurt when you fell from heaven?” crap. Be creative. Use your imagination. Get to poking.

Word.

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Week 12: Social Networking

I’ve never really been a big fan of social networking and only got a profile on Facebook due to peer pressure (I was told I would no longer get invites to parties because invites only went out on Facebook…) I don’t spend a lot of time on Facebook – but it’s great for keeping contact with friends overseas.

I guess I’m beginning to see Facebook’s potential…especially the Science Library Facebook page (and song) If only we can find ways to “tap into” that!

I had a look at Myspace, but it really didn’t appeal to me.

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How Will Twitter Change?

Biz Stone says Twitter revenue will be in 2010, but promises advertising will be “non traditional.” Hmm. What does that mean? Non traditional is so, well, broad, right?

Does Biz mean that there won’t be a string of ads floating in the right or left nav bars of our Twitter pages? I hope it doesn’t ever come to that.

Here’s how I think it might go. Twitter would be nuts to continue allowing businesses to use their services for free. WIth all the apps around to do the searching for you, like tweepsearch and Refollow, any business can hire a “Twintern,” load ‘em up with caffeine and for little money market the heck out of their brand.

The way I see it, Twitter will soon start charging businesses big bucks for access to their tweople. It is simply not in the business of doing favors for other businesses.

Basically, all that money that has migrated away from newspapers and television (traditional media) over the past few years will be flowing to Twitter and other social media sites, like Facebook.

Why else would R. Rowe Price and Insight Ventures throw another $100 million at Twitter in September? They know that Twitter will soon enough manifest into the cash cow of their dreams.

[Via http://socialgurus.wordpress.com]

Woman's insurance benefit cut for happy, healthy Facebook pictures.

With out passing a judgment whether what she had done is right or wrong in terms of claiming insurance,it is imperative that who use social networks,are careful about the information they provide in these sites;at times it may prove to be very dangerous.

A WOMAN on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.

Nathalie Blanchard has been on leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Quebec, for the past year.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corp (CBC) reported on Saturday she was diagnosed with major depression and was receiving monthly sick-leave benefits from insurance giant Manulife.

But the payments dried up this (northern) autumn and when Blanchard called Manulife, she said she was told she was available to work because of Facebook.

She said her insurance agent described several pictures Blanchard posted on Facebook, including ones showing her having a good time at a Chippendales bar show, at her birthday party and on a sun holiday.

Blanchard said Manulife told her it was evidence she was no longer depressed. She is fighting to get her benefits reinstated and said her lawyer is exploring what the next step should be.

Blanchard told the CBC that on her doctor’s advice, she tried to have fun, including nights out at her local bar with friends and short getaways to sun destinations, as a way to forget her problems.

Manulife wouldn’t comment on Blanchard’s case, but did say they would not deny or terminate a claim solely based on information published on web sites such as Facebook.

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26384298-5013016,00.html

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People Power 2.0

Sejarah telah bertutur: jangan main-main dengan massa yang berkerumun. Penguasa sekuat apa pun bisa ambrol bila melawan massa seperti itu. Gerakan people power di Filipina telah menghancurkan rezim Ferdinand Marcos. Gelombang unjuk rasa mahasiswa pada 1998 juga telah melengserkan Soeharto.

Itu dulu, Bung. Untuk menumbangkan penguasa, orang perlu berkumpul di satu tempat. Mereka berunjuk rasa bersama-sama meniru demo ala Lech Walesa atau Tragedi Tiananmen. Lalu menggabungkan energi kemarahan sehingga menghasilkan tuntutan yang meledak-ledak.

Sekarang orang tak perlu berkerumun di satu tempat untuk menggerakkan people power. Ini zaman web 2.0 (meminjam definisi Tim Tim O’Reilly) , Bung, era orang bisa menyuarakan pendapatnya  dengan lantang . Facebook dan Twitter jauh merasuk ke relung-relung kantor, kampus, juga tempat-tempat nongkrong. Cukup teriakkan kepedihan bersama di Facebook, “jemaah fesbukiyah” akan mendukungnya spontan. Lihat saja gerakan mendukung dua pimpinan nonaktif Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi, Bibit Samad Rianto dan Chandra M.

Hamzah. Hanya dalam hitungan hari, sekarang sudah terkumpul “kerumunan” yang terdiri atas lebih darisejuta pendukung.

Mereka sangat lantang dan juga galak. Gerakan mengenakan pita hitam atau baju hitam sebagai bentuk keprihatinan terhadap matinya keadilan hukum dan perlawanan terhadap kesewenang-wenangan polisi serta kejaksaan sebagai contohnya. Dalam sekejap, gerakan mengenakan pita hitam menyebar ke mana-mana.

Padahal, dalam gerakan ini, tak ada yang disebut superinfluential people, seperti teori Malcolm Gladwell dalam bukunya, The Tipping Point. Dulu setiap perubahan selalu membutuhkan “orang berpengaruh”. Polandia butuh Lech Walesa. Gerakan reformasi 1998 di Indonesia butuh orang-orang seperti Amien Rais, Abdurrahman Wahid, Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono, juga para orator mahasiswa, yang kini sudah duduk manis di kursi Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat.

Merek Hush Puppies, seperti kata Galdwell, pun butuh orang berpengaruh. Merek yang hampir mati itu tiba-tiba melejit–penjualannya terbukukan 5.000 persen–lantaran orang-orang penting tiba-tiba memakai sepatu Hush Puppies.

People power melawan ketidakadilan terhadap Bibit dan Chandra tidak membutuhkan superinfluential people. Mereka tak butuh koordinator lapangan atau orang-orang yang mencari donasi untuk membeli nasi bungkus. Saat orang merasakan “kepedihan yang sama”, orang pun berkerumun di Facebook dan Twitter serta situs jejaring sosial lainnya. Tak peduli siapa yang meneriakkannya. Siapa yang kenal dengan pembuat “Gerakan 1.000.000 Facebookers Dukung Chandra Hamzah & Bibit Samad Rianto”, yakni Usman Yasin? Mungkin 99 persen pendukung gerakan ini dipastikan tak mengenalnya.

Dulu betapa repotnya mengumpulkan sejuta orang. Kini bisa terkumpul dengan beberapa klik komputer. Inilah People Power 2.0. Di Indonesia, setidaknya sudah dua kali people power model ini lahir dan menekan dengan kuat orang-orang yang berkuasa. Yang pertama, saat Prita Mulyasari, penulis e-mail yang dipenjarakan Rumah Sakit Omni Serpong. Yang kedua adalah gerakan dukungan terhadap KPK dan membuat Presiden Yudhoyono tergopoh-gopoh memanggil tokoh penting, membentuk Tim Pencari Fakta.

Kepolisian, kejaksaan–atau Presiden sekalipun–boleh menganggap remeh gerakan ini. Mereka mungkin akan bilang, “Ah, itu kan cuma di Facebook” atau “Ah, itu kan bukan gerakan kaum elite, bukan gerakan rakyat”. Tapi keadaan bisa berbalik. Perubahan memang selalu dipelopori dari kalangan kelas menengah, baru kemudian menetes ke masyarakat kelas bawah atau atas. Sekarang sudah terbukti, sejuta  facebooker bisa menggoyang Yudhoyono, yang meraih dukungan dari 41 juta orang pada Pemilu 2009.

Bila masyarakat marah, People Power 2.0 akan terus bergulir, membesar bak bola salju. Seperti kata Mahfud Md., Ketua Mahkamah Konstitusi. “Kalau pemerintah tidak bisa memberi keadilan, rakyat akan mencari keadilan sendiri.”

 

Sumber : http://blog.tempointeraktif.com/politik/people-powe-20/

 

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More on Social Media

I’ve been posting to this blog for over a year now. WordPress has made blogging very easy for me and I enjoy sharing photographic insights with others. It’s a cool way to connect with others and create dialogue with fellow photographers. It also allows customers and those interested in my photography to stay updated.

This week I also began to Twitter more frequently. I had a Twitter account for some time but did not fully see the potential of this powerful social medium. Now I am posting a daily tweet including a PhotoTip. You can follow me on Twitter to see a new photo tip each day.

I also have a Facebook page that replicates each day’s blog post and displays some photos and upcoming events.

Last but not least, I have a Flickr page that displays some of my photo galleries and the photos from the Photo Walk I led.

The great thing about these social media outlets is that followers can see my photography from their favorite venue. If they prefer Facebook, I am there. If they like Twitter, I am there, too. It is a great way to stay in touch with fellow photographers and share my passion for photography!

Miss Wilson di pukul pakai gelas
yang mengenai wajahnya oleh
seseorang saat ia berada bar.
diketahui pelaku bernama
Holliman yang setelah kejadian
itu langsung pergi tanpa bisa di
halangi oleh penjaga bar

Tapi Miss Wilson, dari Oxhey,
Herts., Diakui salah satu teman
Holliman yang ia tahu samar-
samar dari Facebook.
Dia trawled situs jaringan sosial
dan mencari melalui 200 dari pria
itu ‘teman’ sampai ia menemukan
fotonya penyerang.
Dia bahkan melacak alamatnya
melalui seorang teman di situs
tersebut dan memberikannya
kepada Polisi Hertfordshire.
Namun, Holliman sedang keluar
ketika petugas datang untuk
menangkap dia – dan mereka
kemudian bertanya Miss Wilson
apakah dia bisa mencari tahu di
mana dia bekerja.

Jadi Miss Wilson kembali di
Facebook dan menemukan ia
adalah seorang penata rambut di
Croxley Green, Herts.
Holliman kemudian ditangkap di
bekerja pada hari berikutnya dan
dibawa ke kantor polisi,

Yeah, I'll Do It Later...

Did you know that the Deadly Serious Party was an Australian political party that once proposed to train killer penguins to protect us from an Argentine invasion? Or that Valencia’s stadium Mestalla was once used as a concentration camp? Or that a whoopie pie is an American chocolate cake? No? It’s amazing what Wikipedia knows that we don’t. I find that Wikipedia is quite often the cause of a condition that afflicts me and many others. I call it Chronic Procrastination. See, I’ve always envied people who can set their mind to do doing something and then go out and do it. Studying for exams, finding a job, writing an essay. The list goes on. But I can’t do that. I tell myself that I am going to write my essay yet I find myself watching a DVD, joining the real-time chat on a certain F1 site or, as I mentioned before, trawling through Wikipedia adding to already overflowing stockpile of useless crap that takes up most of my brain. I tell myself I am going to study for my exams that are in less than a week yet I find myself blogging about procrastinating. See what I mean?

And I know I’m not the only one. Why do you think Twitter was invented? So that people can talk about whatever meaningless activity they are doing rather than going out and doing something important. To waste time. Facebook is the same. They exist only to serve our desire to put off that which is most important.

But yes, instead of telling you about cakes and camps and killer penguins, I should be telling you something about Virgil’s Roman epic, the Aeneid. I have to tell an examiner about it on Tuesday. But because my own trail of discovery, albeit a virtual one on Wikipedia didn’t take me there, I can’t.

Anyway, that’s enough procrastinating, I’m off to watch to a film…

My name's Ron....and I'm addicted to Twitter.

I never thought I’d be part of another social networking site. When I got rid of my Myspace, I thought I was done. Wow!! I was soooo wrong. I couldn’t care less about gaining followers, I post things in there for the same reasons I started my blog here, for my own enjoyment. The main reason for joining was to see what all the fuss was about. Conclusion, it’s just simple and fun. The humor that gets kicked around minute after minute is so worth the hype. I think the most attractive thing about it is that even though it’s a social site, it definitely doesn’t need the maintenance that places like Facebook or MySpace require. Follow who you want, and that’s it. There are also some great causes that use the site for putting the word out on charity events and contributions to certain organizations if a user reaches the required amount of followers. There’s also something kind of cool about getting a response from athlete, musician, comedian, talk show host, or actor. I’ll admit, I thought something like this was truly worthless and a waste of time. I couldn’t be more wrong. I have an HTC Touch and the best application I’ve encountered is Twobile. Blogging on a smaller scale……. My original thought of “It’s just another one of  THOSE sites.”-FAIL. Twitter-WIN!

Why Twitter > Facebook

I’m starting to get that feeling in my gut, the same one that I had in late 2007 when I knew that MySpace had crossed the line of no return in its war against Facebook.   But this time, it’s Facebook’s turn to be bested.  It’s not because of the multiple site revamps where with each one the design of Facebook seems to get worse and more confusing, it’s not just because Twitter seems to be all the rage right now (sites can lose that momentum, here’s looking at you Friendster), and it’s not because of Facebook users unhealthy obsession with Farmville. 

The reason why I think Twitter is about to truly blow its competition out of the water is because Twitter does one thing better than any other site on the internet: reinvents how we communicate.  While many just use their tweets to convey news and priority information, the new trend with Twitter seems to be friendly conversation with strangers, much akin to the old days of forums and message boards and dare I even say chat rooms.   Twitter has become an easy way for you to reach out to a complete stranger, and it seems like these days it’s more and more likely you’ll get a reply.  Most of the conversation on Twitter is always in a polite and friendly tone, you just don’t get the flame wars and trolls that the much despised chat room can bring.  Twitter encapsulates the most basic form of human contact and communication, and reinvents it into something a bit more intuititve for the digital age.

Whether you’re talking to a celebrity, friend, or somebody you have never met, Twitter has created a new way for us to share ideas, news, information, jokes, and just about anything else thats on our minds.  Facebook meanwhile in contrast feels very sterile, cold, and isolating.  On FB, there’s a litany of privacy settings for each profile blocking any meaningful conversation with someone you’ve never met before.   Let’s face it.. don’t you just feel a tad bit creepy sending someone an unsolicited message or friend request on Facebook even if you’re interested in getting to know more about them? 

But on Twitter, unsolicited messages are not only welcome but quickly becoming anticipated and expected.  We feel a sense of pride when someone chooses to follow us, retweet us, or reply to something we’ve said.  Twitter has opened the flood gate for an actual conversation to take place on the internet, theres no fees, theres no bad music/flashing layouts, and most importantly of all there’s not a feeling of bothering someone or being put off when we reach out to them.  This community is also still growing day by day, I feel that we haven’t seen 1/4th of the potential that Twitter can bring. 

I see Twitter as almost the next evolution of e-mail.  You can reach out to anybody that has an account, they still have the choice to reply to what you send, and 140 characters is just right for breaking the ice or getting a quick point across.  Tweets are a faster, quicker, and shorter way of contacting someone and when enough people get on your social network will really start booming, giving you far more “friends” and contacts than myspace/facebook could combined. 

One of the tell tale signs of a site really hitting its mainstream stride, is when your friends who are anti-social media or technology start to sign up for it.  Slowly but surely I’m seeing everyone from the “jocks” to the “geeks” getting on to Twitter, and surprisingly enough.. they’re communicating with each other.  I think Twitter has done an amazing job of bringing down this impetus shield of contact that we put up as human beings.  We’re all social creatures at heart and out of all of the platforms out there, it seems like Twitter gives us the most ability for our voices to be heard.

Thanks to Anti-social Networks

Anti-social Networks are bound to happen and we should be grateful for it.
Those hundreds of ’social’ pics publishers who think they’re cute can just really make you puke:

‘Chances are, if it doesn’t describe the face you’re making in your Facebook profile picture, it describes one (and likely more) of your friends: the pouty-kissy duckface. And the minds behind Stop Making That Duckface! are sick of it. “Stop doing it,” reads the manifesto just above the address where you’re encouraged to send egregious examples. “It isn’t sexy. You look stupid. Really. Really. Stupid.”

‘Indeed, Eliot Glazer concurs, “It’s a lot of pressure, capturing that ‘perfect’ image. … Honestly, though, when did Taylor Dayne take over the Internet??? Cut! It! Out!”’ -Urlesque

Nếu bạn bị chặn facebook.com

Lưu ý: phương pháp sau đây chỉ làm việc với 1 số tường lửa nhất định.

Nếu ISP của bạn chặn truy cập vào trang facebook.com, hãy thử tải file bat này về và chạy với quyển quản trị. Bấm chuột phải vào nó và chọn Run As Administrator. Restart lại máy và thử lại.

Hoặc bạn có thể thay đổi DNS server cho kết nối của mình để tránh tường lửa loại này. Cách làm như sau:

1. Windows XP: vào Start > Control Panel > Network Connections.
   Windows Vista hoặc 7: Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Connections.
2. Chọn kết nối của bạn (thường là Local Area Connection). Hộp thoại tương tự như sau hiện lên.
   
3. Chọn Properties rồi chọn Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) hoặc Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IP) rồi bấm Properties.
4. Trong hộp thoại mới click vào Use the following DNS server addresses rồi gõ vào địa chỉ các DNS công cộng như OpenDNS (208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220).
   
5. Bấm OK rồi thử truy cập vào facebook.com.
6. Nếu thay đổi trên làm bạn không thể truy cập vào internet, hãy lặp lại các bước 1, 2, 3 và tick vào Obtain DNS server adress automatically ở bước 4.

Rumor: Leaked Images Of Next PS3 Firmware (Featuring Facebook Integration)

Leaked images of the next PS3 firmware all over the internet. This time, this “rumored” firmware is to have facebook integration. It’s sorta not hard to believe that the PS3 will have this on there firmware as the Xbox 360 has Facebook and Twitter integration.

Some people don’t understand we can just use the PS3’s web browser to use facebook and twitter, and even more. I would find it pointless for these “rumored” facebook integration, since we can already do it on the web browser.

School is always "in" at Friedberg Properties

Training never ends for agents at Friedberg Properties.  In order to be current with the real estate market, economic and business trends, technology and New Jersey MLS system enhancements, school time for a Friedberg agent is important.  In house training is a big part of what we do and we have professional education days as well. 

Shown here is an in house training session just held at our Englewood Cliffs Office.  Jeff Lattimer is working with a New Jersey MLS instructor who’s teaching Jeff the latest system enhancements.  Working one on one with Jeff just like a personal trainer helps him learn the material thoroughly and efficiently. 

The Eastern Bergen Board of Realtors and the Real Source Board of Realtors both cover Bergen County and have excellent seminars too which our agents and managers attend regularly.   Teaching at these meetings can range from using social media such as Facebook and Twitter to testing well water properly.  Education is important at Friedberg because we never stop honing our skills and our professionalism.

Grammar is [sadly] Relative

I am a grammar snob.  At least, I used to be, before I took a class in linguistics from the chair of one of the top-ranked linguistics departments in the country.  He taught me that all language is relative, so having set in stone rules doesn’t always make sense.

Yes, I’ll say that again.  My professor of linguistics said that, because language is relative and constantly evolving, from words to grammatical structures, sometimes the rules are over-emphasized.

This, for me, was an earth-shaking revelation.  I had spent time as an editor and as a copy editor — my job was to fix grammatical errors and make people follow the rules!  Adding in a semicolon between two complete sentences not seperated by a conjunction was my drug.  Heck, even the New York Times employs a writer whose job is to write columns on word usage, so it had to be important.

As a result, I was one of those people who was convinced that the youth America, and really, all countries around the world, was going down the drain because of bad grammar.

However, based on this class, I started thinking about writing and the writing ability of our generation.   We can read, which is a big step ahead of most of our ancestors.  And we write; we write e-mails, text messages, facebook notes, and blog posts on a daily basis.  And if language is relative, then it doesn’t matter if we spell “love” or “<3.”

It quickly became clear to me that, in fact, we are one of the most literate generations in history.

Penelope Trunk posits that the best writers in history are graduating from college, right now.  She cites research that shows that with the advent of the internet, people are writing more and more in their spare time.  While previously most, if not all, writing took place in a classroom setting, now only 38% of writing does.  Which means we’re all writing a lot more than we used to be.

I’m not saying that we can debate, create arguments, and understand logic better than previous generations.  That’s a topic for another post, if not a phD dissertation.

And don’t get your hopes up; I’m also not saying that grammar doesn’t matter.  It still does, especially in the workplace.  If you’re writing an e-mail to the boss, it had better have good grammar.  If you’re taking a standardized test with an essay-writing component, you’d better believe they’re going to grade you on your grammar and spelling.  That’s the point.

Some employers will throw out resumes with a single typo.

Even if grammar and spelling are relative, you’ll still be judged on it.  Having a basic understanding of the language we speak and write is not optional, it’s required.

Sarko ce héros (ignoré) qui a abattu le Mur (presque) alors que l'UMP est obligée de faire de la retape

Un coup digne des démocraties populaires et de l’ex-URSS, fallait oser. Oui, souvenez-vous, c’était avant ce qu’on (les libéraux) a voulu nous faire passer pour la Fin de l’Histoire (les cons ça ose tout, c’est passé dans le langage courant) – une théorie battue en brèche par la réalité et l’échec du capitalisme, comme le décortique le philosophe slovène Slavoj Zizek dans Le Monde -; à cette époque, donc, les pays du bloc de l’Est avaient pris l’habitude de réécrire l’Histoire à leur sauce. Et, suivant les tendances du moment, on pouvait ainsi voir tel ou tel dignitaire disparaître des photos officielles (ou y réapparaître). Et voilà que le tout-petit-président nous tente le coup.

Hissé sur un escabeau, ou bien attaquant l’obstacle par le bas, mieux qu’un Zelig qui se glissait dans les événements historiques en simple figurant, voilà notre nain élyséen qui fait tomber le Mur de Berlin marteau en main. Et photo à l’appui.

Un fake ? Non un fail surtout – je vais y revenir -, mais l’image a bel et bien été mise en ligne dans l’après-midi par le héros de tout un peuple (enfin par ses conseillers plutôt) sur la page Facebook du petit père des riches au-dessus du peuple (vous pouvez vérifier, c’est là).

Une belle occasion de prouver aux internautes et au reste de la populace à quel point le dépensier de l’Elysée est un homme qui compte et qui a déjà marqué les temps. D’autres révélations fracassantes sont attendues, à l’exemple de l’annonce faite sur Twitter par @guybirenbaum : “@Donjipez @MryEmery Demain le Sarkoinfo à 20h32 sur BFMTV révèlera que le Président a, notamment, aussi arrêté un char Place Tian’ Anmen”.

Les langues timides à porter au plus haut les incroyables exploits du nabotléon se délient alors et on se prend à espérer savoir savoir comment il a remporté la bataille de Marignan, gagné la guerre de Cent Ans, sauvé Stalingrad, mis le pied sur la lune, viré Ceaucescu, combattu Hitler, peint les grottes de Lascaux, découvert l’Amérique… serré la main de Pétain (Hein ? Non, ça faut pas le dire ? Ahh ok). Bref à la suite du prince Jean de l’Epad  on découvre à quel point #nicolassarkozypartout.

Une nouvelle preuve surgit alors des archives de Fabrice Epelboin : le guide suprême de l’action à la française (j’insiste ou l’allusion est assez claire là ?) en pleine action lors des JO de Mexico pour lutter contre la ségrégation raciale aux USA.

Epoustouriflant non ? Bon d’accord, là c’est un fake. Mais l’aventure berlinoise ressemble, elle, plus qu’à un fail de communication et de “je prends les gens pour des cons”.

Très vite dans l’après-midi de ce pourtant tranquille dimanche les doutes affleuraient et la supercherie devenait de plus en plus évidente. Alain Auffray, journaliste de Libération longtemps en poste à Berlin, mettait les pieds dans le plat dans un billet intitulé: “Mur de Berlin: Sarko refait l’Histoire “(lire sur son blog ici). Il reprenait le texte mis en ligne par le président déconsidéré, et qui ne pourra que se féliciter que le ridicule ait renoncé à tuer, pour souligner l’impossibilité d’avoir été sur place le 9 novembre 1989 au soir et là où il dit que la photo (celle du haut, suivez bon sang) a été prise. Tout simplement parce que, sauf à être devin, personne ne pouvait prévoir l’ouverture du mur ce jour-là et à cette heure-là. D’ailleurs, on peut se souvenir que nombre de chancelleries furent prises de court et que les réactions officielles des chefs d’Etats, de gouvernements et des diplomates n’affluèrent que le 10. En un mot la tentative sarkozienne pour se hausser du col apparaît pour ce qu’elle est : tout bonnement pitoyable.

A ce jeu de “j’étais là quand ça s’est passé” un autre s’est fait prendre les doigts dans le pot de confiture. C’est Alain Juppé qui, visiblement, a la mémoire qui fait plus que flancher (lire ici quelques explications). Droit dans ses bottes, il était le 10 à Paris (et pas foutu de témoigner de ce qu’il aurait vu de ses yeux vus la veille ?) et n’a sans doute pas mis le pied dans la (future) capitale réunifiée avant le 16. Une journaliste qui vécut ces moments sur place n’a d’ailleurs aucun souvenir (et n’y croit pas du tout) de la présence d’une délégation du feu RPR durant les premières heures et premiers jours de cette chute du Mur.

On est bien là face à un événement auquel beaucoup prétendent avoir assisté (l’ayant raté ou par envie de se faire mousser), comme peut l’être, dans une dimension historique autrement plus importante, le fameux festival punk de Mont-de-Marsan en 1977 qui avait réuni quelques brassées de spectateurs mais où tout un chacun se vante avoir été. J’ai moi-même tenté le coup mais fut renvoyé au fait que j’avais à peine 11 ans à cette date

Pour en revenir au nabotléon (et à Juppé), c’est lamentable.

Il est vrai que pour le tout-petit président, il y a quelque intérêt à tenter de se grandir un peu et l’heure est à essayer de sauver quelques meubles. L’UMP prend l’eau et a vu ses effectifs régresser à vue d’oeil, notamment du côté des jeunes encartés (pourtant c’est pas cher et on te file des tongs en plus) passés de 31000 à 11000 (plus de détails : clic, clic, clic). Ca fait mal.

Ca va même si mal que l’on s’y inquiète et fait de la retape. Pour le 11-Novembre, le mini monarque a voulu faire les choses en grand et profiter de l’occase pour en repasser une couche sur la chute du Mur (heure qu’ont voulu faire leur des néo-cons auxquels il est indubitablement lié, même si ces théories sont renvoyés vers les poubelles de l’Histoire  à leur tour). Comme il lui faut une claque dévouée, qu’il a peur de se frotter au vrai peuple et à son courroux, on a tenté de faire monter les militants du parti qui voudrait bien être unique au premier rang. Mais là encore ça ne répond plus bien.

Relances par SMS et multiples rappels ont été adressés aux fédérations umpistes et aux militants. Au bas mot, on doit être à la troisième relance avec celle-ci.

Subject: Rappel : Invitation aux commémorations de l’armistice du 11 novembre

 

RAPPEL

INVITATION

Chère Amie, Cher Ami,

Dans le cadre des commémorations de l’armistice du 11 novembre, le Président de la République a souhaité ajouter au souvenir de la Grande Guerre celui de la réconciliation entre les peuples français et allemand.

La cérémonie aux pieds de l’Arc de Triomphe à Paris prendra donc une dimension toute particulière avec la présence de la Chancelière Angela MERKEL.

Vous êtes invité(e) à assister a cet événement historique qui se tiendra donc ce mercredi 11 novembre 2009

Il est vivement recommandé de se présenter sur place avant 10 heures (accès métro ligne 1, 2, 6 et RER A : station Charles de Gaulle-Etoile, sortie avenue Carnot).

Pour ce faire, il vous suffit de vous inscrire auprès de votre fédération au 02 32 60 20 37 ou
ump27@orange.fr

Nous savons pouvoir compter sur votre mobilisation.

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RAPPEL

INVITATION

Chère Amie, Cher Ami,

Dans le cadre des commémorations de l’armistice du 11 novembre, le Président de la République a souhaité ajouter au souvenir de la Grande Guerre celui de la réconciliation entre les peuples français et allemand.

La cérémonie aux pieds de l’Arc de Triomphe à Paris prendra donc une dimension toute particulière avec la présence de la Chancelière Angela MERKEL.

Vous êtes invité(e) à assister a cet événement historique qui se tiendra donc ce mercredi 11 novembre 2009

Il est vivement recommandé de se présenter sur place avant 10 heures (accès métro ligne 1, 2, 6 et RER A : station Charles de Gaulle-Etoile, sortie avenue Carnot).

Pour ce faire, il vous suffit de vous inscrire auprès de votre fédération au 02 32 60 20 37 ou
ump27@orange.fr

Nous savons pouvoir compter sur votre mobilisation.

La fédération de l’Eure

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La fédération de l’Eure

Du vrai racolage actif

TRIK TAMBAH TRAFIK BLOG ATAU WEBSITE DARI FACEBOOK

Jika Anda memiliki blog atau website, namun hanya dikunjungi oleh 100-an visitor per harinya, mungkin Anda harus memiliki trik tertentu untuk meningkatkan trafik pengunjung blog atau website Anda. Berikut trik dan tips untuk meningkatkan angka pengunjung melalui situs jejaring social Facebook :

1. Buat account di Facebook

2. Setelah memiliki account, carilah teman (friends) sebanyak-banyaknya, minimal 100 hingga 200 teman di account Facebook Anda

3. Lihat di menu Info -> Contact Information -> Websites, lalu tulis alamat URL blog atau website Anda.

4. Masukkan menu Info tersebut ke dalam Profile Facebook, dan akan tertampil di bagian samping.

5. Pasang kotak komentar yang dilengkapi dengan Facebook Connect, dengan menggunakan Disqus (disqus.com/signup/?next=/add/).
- Pada bagian home klik Add Website. isi Website URL, Website Name dan Short name
- Pilih platform blog Anda.
-Setelah melihat petunjuk penginstalan, lihat kotak komentar baru seperti kotak komentar WordPress yang berisikan name, email, dan URL tetapi masih belum tersedia Facebook Connect.
- Masuk ke Admin -> Settings, pilih Fitur Facebook Connect, dan centang box, lalu masukkan “Enter Facebook API Key”
- API Key didapat setelah Anda membuat sebuah aplikasi Facebook di facebook.com/developers/createapp.php, beri nama, pilih Agree dan Save
- Di halaman edditapp anda akan mendapatkan API Key. Copy, paste pada halaman setting Disqus, lalu Save
- Kembali ke edditapp klik pada link connect (sebelah kanan), isi connect url dengan alamat blog atau website, base domain dengan alamat blog atau website tanpa http:// dan klik save changes
- Lalu kembali lihat halaman blog atau website Anda.

6. Anda juga bisa memasukkan Feed blog atau website ke Facebook, sehingga setiap Anda memposting artikel baru, maka akan tertampil secara otomatis di halaman Profile ataupun News Feed.

7. Pasang widget Share on Facebook. Tapi sebelumnya masuk ke Facebook, lalu buka facebook.com/advertising/?src=pf#/advertising/?shar e

8. Share artikel via kolom Attach Link, pilih gambar thumbnail yang paling menarik agar mudah menarik perhatian pengunjung

The Interwebs Makes Dating Hard. Just Saying.

Funny thing about liking someone. It makes you a fucking lunatic. You stare off into space, thinking about them. You pull out your cell phone a zillion times, just to see if they texted you yet. You save your favorite texts they sent you. You make appointments with a personal trainer. You cancel those appointments. You eat three KitKat bars and vow to call that personal trainer back and this time, you are going to keep that appointment.

You once again worry about what you look like naked. You see yourself through someone else’s eyes for the first time. You question everything about yourself. You worry about your crazy family. You change your sheets. You consider sex toy etiquette (Yes, you need to get new ones. Those things don’t transfer).

You get those stupid ass butterflies in your stomach when they reach over to kiss you. You smile a lot, for no reason. You start every sentence with “Well, me and Mavrick…”. You drive your friends insane. You drive yourself insane.

And you start to realize that liking someone now isn’t a whole lot different than liking someone ten years ago. And then, oh hai, Interwebs! Let’s see if we can add a whole new layer of things to worry about. Thanks!

Trying to navigate the beginning of a relationship is difficult enough, and then you have to go and add the freaking Internet into the mix. Let’s start with Twitter. Mavrick and I follow each other on Twitter. But did I ever tell you that the day he joined Twitter, I had just tweeted:

“A watched cell phone never gets that text you have been waiting for. I hate crushing on someone. Makes me feel like a girl.”

So I get out of the shower to this text from him:

“Bet you wish this wasn’t the day I decided to get on Twitter. So. You’re crushing on me, huh? I like it when you’re a girlie girl.”

Like, honestly? I wanted to die. So. We text. We tweet. I blog. We live our lives SO in the public domain. And he knows it. He reads the blog (hi, honey!). I warned him that dating me meant having our dirty laundry aired out here. I warned him if he pissed me off bad enough one day, that I was a vindictive bitch and could go after him here. He knew (mostly) what he was getting into.

And this is not at all what it was like dating ten years ago. I didn’t have a blog. I didn’t tweet. And there was no stupid ass Facebook. This is my dilemma. How does one approach changing one’s Facebook status? It’s one thing to sit alone with your sweetie and agree to not see other people. It’s another thing to change your Facebook status. Then, all hell breaks loose.

You change your status from single to in a relationship, and the next thing you know, you have 75 messages and 32 comments. “Who’s the lucky guy?” “OMG, good for you! Who is he?” “Why haven’t I heard about this? You better call me!” “Did you tell him you had herpes? JK! Good for you!” All of your well-meaning ‘friends’ come crawling out of the woodwork, getting all up in your bidnezz.

Add to this the fact that if they are also on Facebook (he is) and you want to state that is who you are in a relationship with, and you want to ‘tag’ that, they have to approve, via email, that they are in a relationship with you. But what if they don’t want to advertise that? What if they aren’t ready to answer that flurry of questions? Does that mean that they aren’t serious about you, or that they just don’t want to deal with the shit storm that could befall them if they change that goddamned status?

WHAT DOES IS ALL MEAN?

It means that my head hurts. That I’m glad I always have wine on hand. That it’s not fair that Twitter and Facebook has changed the way we date. And that liking someone is a wonderful, scary, breathless, painful thing. If your Facebook status says single but you are actually in a relationship, does a tree still make a sound falling in the woods? This is the question for the ages.

Fucking Interwebs.

iklan lagi di FB (re. pilih CPC atau CPM)

Berapa dana yang kita keluarkan untuk beriklan dapat mendatangkan penjualan? Berapa ROI nya?

Sudah hampir 3 minggu ini tetap hidup walau tidak nonton TV sama sekali. Baca koran? hmmm apa lagi, gak baca koran atau majalah juga tidak masalah. Tapi tidak baca m.detik.com, twitter.com, facebook.com, cek email yahoo, email google, pasti dunia terasa hampa.

So setelah habis kontrak dengan radio di bekasi dan koran nasional, akhirnya obatamandel.com kembali ke “dunia maya”. Targetnya saat ini adalah FB. Sebelumnya media ini sudah dicoba dengan budget sangat minim, hanya 150.000 dan hasilnya dianggap kurang sukses sehingga kembali ke media koran. Saat itu sukses tidak sukses susah sekali diukur karena belum ketemu metode yang paling pas. So setelah belajar dan tahu ilmunya, nampaknya praktek jilid 2 iklan di FB harusnya lebih handal.

Artikel ini akan lebih fokus mendiskusikan pemasangan iklan di FB.

Facebook memberi kesempatan bagi semua membernya untuk beriklan. Sekedar mau nampang, cari popularitas (misal calon bupati), atau jualan bebas-bebas saja. Ada 2 metode yang ditawarkan :

1. CPC : bayar per klik. Advertiser harus bayar nilai klik yang diberikan. Nilainya bisa dari $0.01. dan bisa juga di set anggaran hariannya.

2. CPM : bayar per 1000 tampilan. Advertiser harus bayar setiap 1000 x iklannya ditampilkan. Nilainya hampir sama, bisa mulai $0.01

Ada 2 model iklan, karena FB meyakini setiap pemasang iklan memiliki target dan tujuan yang berbeda. Untuk CPM sangat cocok untuk reminding, peluang click sangat tinggi (produk unik, sensasional,membuat penasaran).

Trus kalau kita iklan pilih yang mana? pilih yang mana saja yang kita suka, lalu evaluasi

bagaimana mengevaluasinya?

Rumusannya adalah :

A = impression x CPC x CTR
B = (1/1000) x CPM

samakan nilai CPC dan CPM dulu, dengan estimasi budget iklan kita tetap

jika nilai A < B, maka CPC lebih cocok dan ekonomis bagi program iklan kita. Jika ternyata A > B, maka pilihan CPM akan lebih cocok

Kuncinya sesuaikan antara kebutuhan kita, FB sudah memberikan jalan keluarnya Tugas berikutnya setelah trafik datang bagaimana mengubahnya menjadi transaksi.

gabung disini yukk… http://lanjut.in/FansFB

Level Up Already

I was sitting at my computer the other day, engrossed in Castle Age. It’s one of the best applications I have found to distract me on Facebook. I know, I’m such a nerd. But I LOVE IT! Being a nerd is fabulous.

In a nutshell, you lead an army and complete quests, grow your army, invade and duel other players, fight in epic team battles against horrible creatures, build castles, make money and increase in health, stamina and energy. All the while you are going from level to level by gathering experience points.

While I was waiting for my energy to increase so I could take on another Orc King, I thought how similar this game was to real life. And maybe this is why I, and so many others enjoy it so much.

I know, you think I’m crazy. Settle down and hear me out.

If you think about it, real life is all about completing quests, “dueling” with personalities, joining forces with your peers for a common goal, starting a career, making money and gaining experience. Sure, you don’t have Elven weaponry to aid you and you don’t have an army of knights and magical powers; but the parallels to this are just as important.

Take A Look At This
CASTLE AGE // REAL LIFE

Defeat the Orc King // Defeat college or work
Fight another player for money and points // Duel with people and personalities that TICK you off!
Build Castles // Buy a house, rent an apartment
Stash your gold // Save your money
Grow your army // Network, make friends
Increase Health, Stamina, Energy and Experience
Level Up

You may have trouble wrapping your mind around this, but so many people live life through a virtual world rather than taking the same basic ideas and creating a promising life in the real world. Not every one of course, but some people are too intimidated by the unknown that they never take the chance to live life out for themselves.

I think life is full of exciting quests and lands to be conquered. I love the distraction of the virtual world, but living real life is so much more rewarding.

Take all the experiences you have, all your resources, your network, your circle of friends and invade the real world! It may take you awhile to get to the next level, but GET THERE! DO IT! I know you can.

Thanks for reading.

Social Networking Presentation: Live on Nov 5th via RepublicMedia.TV

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Please join us for a rather unique experiment; we will be doing a live presentation with a power point audio-visual in a multi-media format. We hope to also have live call-in question and answer at the end. Special thanks to RepublicMedia.TV and Sam Ettaro and E. Wayne Johnson for putting it all together!

Constitutional Liberty Coalition Thursday – November 5, 2009 7pm to 9pm Eastern (6 – 8pm CST) RepublicMedia.tv

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Sandra Crosnoe will share her unique and insightful presentation on Social Networking: “Wise as Serpents and Gentle as Doves”. Sandra, a conservative committed to returning the Republican Party to Constitutional footing, has over thirty years of activist experience, including her service as one of the Oklahoma grassroots coordinators for the Ron Paul Presidential Campaign in 2008.

Her presentation will feature livestream video followed by calls from viewers and discussion. She hopes to be joined by Shelli Dawdy of Facts are Stubborn Things to talk about some upcoming plans also.

More info: R3publican (political blog) and Finding Gems & Sharing Them (personal blog)

Watch Livestream Video or Listen via Revolution Broadcasting

Thursday night at 7 – 9 PM EST (6-8PM CDT)

To participate live for Questions & Discussion

email: ewjohnson@republicmedia.tv for access

Power Point presentation online for Social Networking

9 Facebook Tips That You May Not Know…

Here’s some tips from a seasoned Facebook user, which should help even the most experienced Social Networker get a little more out of our favourite social network…

1. Added applications don’t have to sit on your profile

Contrary to what the default options for most applications would have you believe, adding and interacting with an application on Facebook DOESN’T automatically mean that it has to clutter up your profile. As well as getting an opportunity to restrict this at the “add new application” stage…

…you can also click “applications” in your left-hand menu at any time, and customize it from there too. Just click the little “edit settings” link next to each of the applications, and you’ll be able to further customize them – you can change who sees them, where they appear, whether they’re allowed to send you e-mails and a few other bits and bobs. Perfect if you’re getting spam from an application in your e-mail – though if you’re being spammed by an app, you probably don’t need it that much!

NOTE: Applications should never ask you to install anything on your PC – if ever an application says something like “Now, to get the full benefit of this application you need to download and install this program on to your PC”, report that app to Facebook (click “about” next to the app on the list, then click “Report Application” on the right-hand menu…)

2. You can change the way different people see your profile

When you add a new friend (or accept somebody who has requested to add you), you get the option of only showing them your limited profile. This is particularly useful if you’re adding somebody you’re not quite sure about, or adding a work colleague (for instance) who you don’t want to see your holiday snaps or the contents of your wall. If you’ve already added somebody but then decide you want to change their settings later, click on “privacy” in the top right corner and you can add people to your “limited profile” (or even “blocked” list) – plus you can click “edit setting” to edit what is actually included in your limited profile as well.

3. Your News Feed is fully customisable too

I often get frustrated because whatever controls my news feed (presumably an algorithm of some kind) has decided that I need to hear a lot more about a certain person – and when I do, I change my settings! You get to your mini-feed settings by clicking on “preferences” in the top right corner of the feed itself. As well as telling your feed to show you more or less about certain people, you can also use their snazzy slider bars to adjust how much your feed shows you about things like photos, status updates, notes, groups and the like.

4. Use friend lists to gather friends together in collections

I won’t spend too much time on the new “friend lists” feature, as I wrote quite a comprehensive post on it when it was released back in December; Needless to say they’re a very nifty way of “grouping” your friends in to lists, from which you can then communicate with them a lot more simply. Your friends will never see what lists you’ve added them to – so don’t worry if you add them to the group “People I don’t like much”, they’ll never know!

5. Most Facebook elements can be dragged and dropped

Because Facebook is built in a fancy, web 2.0 way (lots of Javascript and DHTML, or so I’m told) it’s a lot more customisable than you might at first imagine. Your profile for instance can be rearranged to your hearts content by dragging and dropping elements to change where they appear…

As well as your profile, your left hand menu can also be customised. You can drag things between the top (always visible) menu and the bottom (which is only visible when you click “more”) – you can also drag applications in to this menu from your application list. This can be useful if, like me, you’re always playing on certain applications and want to be able to access them from anywhere.

6. Photo comments can be read an album at a time

One of the big things that helps me save time is being able to see all the photo comments in an album at the same time, without having to click through each of the pictures. It might not seem like a useful feature at first – after all, you usually want to see the photo that is being commented on don’t you? But if you find that people keep adding comments to the same album over and over (as they do in some of the family albums I’m tagged in!), you can save quite a bit of time by clicking “View Comments” at the bottom right-hand side of any album’s main page…

7. Don’t want to be a Zombie? Block the App!

If you’re getting annoyed with the same invitations to the same applications over and over (my personal bugbear at the moment is Texas Hold’em Poker!), you can block the application from sending you any more invites. It’s easy to do and saves you cluttering up your feed with hundreds of different invites to play the same thing – but it still lets you add the application if you change your mind later! All you need to do is click on the application’s name to go to it’s “about” page and then click the little “block application” button on the right hand side. Easy! You also get the chance to do this in your notifications list by clicking the X next to the application snippet, though this only removes the notifications from the list and won’t stop people inviting you still…

8. Poking people lets them to see your profile, and vice versa

Whilst most people think that “poking” is just a means of grabbing another user’s attention, it actually originated as a way for you to check out somebody else’s profile without having to add them as a friend first. For instance, if I was searching for a school friend and found several people with the same name, but their profile photo didn’t help, I could poke them all. They’d all then see that Henry Elliss had poked them, and with any luck one of them would recognise me and poke me back. We could then check each other’s profile for a week and have plenty of time to see if we really were the people we thought we were – so to speak. The same thing happens when you email someone who isn’t a friend – they can see your profile. Unless of course you’ve updated your privacy settings!

Clicking on “Edit Privacy” on the above pop-up takes you to a page that shows a list of people who you have poked in the past – and who can subsequently see your limited profile still! So be careful who you poke, and customise that limited profile too.

9. Make friends more easily with a Facebook badge

The Facebook Badges page lets you create a neat little banner which you can use on a blog or other website to let people know you’re on Facebook.

Clicking on this banner will take users to your public profile – basically a version of what people find when they do a search for you within Facebook, and also the page that comes up if your Facebook page gets listed in a search engine result – don’t worry, it’s very limited as you can see with mine below!

So there we have it, hopefully some useful tips for getting more out of Facebook. If you’ve got any good ones that I haven’t mentioned, leave me a comment so we can all share them.

here’s some tips on using the facebook. article from Tamar.

Retro Speck

I don’t usually write about strangers.  In fact, this entry isn’t about a stranger. I would like to dedicate this post to Irwan, my newly accepted ‘friend’ on Facebook. No, I don’t know him yet. He did not introduce himself in his Friend’s Request to me. And from this profile picture of himself, I swear I have never had a friend this retro. I pray to God hope this is just his ‘Untuk Hiasan Sahaja‘ kind of photo.

 

I don’t, let me assure you, usually accept any Friend’s Request from someone who does not have any mutual friend with me. I even wrote a note to a few people, asking if I had met them before, or if we had been introduced to each other before. True to the meaning of a friend, a stranger remains a stranger, ya know.

 

But in this case, because Irwan is a friend of a very very good friend of mine… I thought, Irwan would not and should not turn out to be DJ Dave or any Hi-One I would not really want to know. I also figured out using my own logic, that for Irwan to put such a hideous mysterious photo on his Facebook profile, he must be one of the two: i. He is extremely good-looking, ii. He is extremely mysterious. And both are good. Hehehehehe. You are free to interpret my “Hehehehehe” in your own way. No mystery here.

 

Uh, did you know that DJ Dave’s other name is Irwan Shah?