So I’ve seen a number of the techie folks writing about how they’re removing their Facebook profiles, due to various policies of the Facebook team, or the lack of stability in some of the features, etc. I can’t say that I agree with everything the Facebook folks do, nor am I in love with all…
Earlier this week I was reading Kevin O’Keefe’s post about what you really learn about blogging from lawyers who give it up, and I was reminded about some conversations I had about this time last year. As I was preparing to talk at the ILTA09 conference about social networking, I had many conversations inside and…
This post by Michelle Golden is actually referring to dress code policies, but I think the sentiment certainly applies to what I’ve been saying around here. Just imagine this quote when it comes to employee’s use of social networking tools: When can we treat our team members like the judgment-applying knowledge workers that they we…
I’m sure many of you have seen the announcement that Ning will be closing down the free side of their social network platform. The news hit me personally, as I have been using Ning to host a social network for child abuse survivors. One of the biggest reasons I choose that platform, as opposed to…
Since It’s Wrong to Friend Your Boss on Facebook, I guess that makes me sort of an idiot, huh? Yes, one of my Facebook “friends” is my boss. No, that doesn’t really bother me. Not because I would want my boss to know everything about my life, (I don’t want anyone to know everything about…
Like most of you, my gmail account was integrated into Google’s new “Buzz” social networking tool, and unlike many in the blogosphere, I decided to give it a little while before commenting on it. So, after using it for a few days, and seeing what the “early” commentators had to say, I’d have to say…