That’s the question being asked in the latest Vista News newsletter. After recounting some of the horror stories of people losing their job because they, apparently, didn’t understand the public nature of social networking sites, Deb Shinder does explain how having a professional profile and connecting with smart people in your field can be very…
Rob Fahrni’s post wherein he lists one small complaint about Fusion reminded me that I’ve been meaning to write about my own, small, complaint. As much as I love Fusion, and I love being able to flip back and forth between OSX and Windows on my Macbook, I have discovered one area where, on a…
I have a random question for the audience today. Do you have a LinkedIn profile? Do you list your blog/podcast/other on-line entity as a position in your profile? Why, or why not? Personally, I do list this blog on my profile, because it’s part of my professional persona. This is the place where I can…
OK, so obviously there are way too many microblogging services out there to keep track of (Twitter, Pownce, Identi.CA, etc.), and there are far too many social networking tools with status updates, to keep track of. I don’t even try anymore to keep up with everyone everywhere. One thing that did catch my eye this…
Saw this post today and it set off some random thoughts in my head, so being the self-absorbed blogging type, you get to read them. Blocking Access to Web sites at Work Could Backfire It seems that a recent study is showing that people who work for companies that block a lot of access to…
Seems like I’ve been having similar conversations with folks in my network of friends, be it offline or online. Mostly they go like this: “I just feel like I need to make a change, what I’m doing now just isn’t doing it for me. I’d like to move into “X”” X of course being a…