Category Archives: social media

Facebook changes for personal accounts — tabs going away

robinna/ October 15, 2010/ social media/ 0 comments

Okay, so this WAS announced some time ago, but it seems that Facebook is finally moving forward with getting rid of tabs (whaaaaa….) for personal accounts. Sigh. Seems like Facebook is taking away control from users in terms of how they want to organize their content. Read all about it here. Sigh. ;-(

New features: Privacy controls, download your data, & Facebook Groups — does everybody hate them?

robinna/ October 7, 2010/ social media/ 0 comments

Facebook news roundup: Why the New Facebook Groups Suck on So Many Levels The ugly side of new facebook groups Jason Calacanis Wasn’t “Force-Joined” to NAMBLA’s Facebook Group, Here’s Why Facebook Group and New privacy dashboard will change how you game So, some are reporting that it is Opt Out only, and others say, it is Opt In only. Either

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Dispora* opensource social community (yeah, kind of like facebook, but well.. not)

robinna/ September 28, 2010/ social media, opensource/ 1 comments

Really interesting article about the progress of dispora* as well as interviews with the developers. Diaspora*—if it worked—would do everything Facebook did. But users would own their data. If they wished, they could run their own servers. There would be no data-mining. No whiplash privacy protocols. And no Mark Zuckerberg. http://nymag.com/news/features/establishments/68512/

Free! 1 Voice Many Channels> Blogging & Tweeting 4 Libraries (a robin & amy gig)

robinna/ September 24, 2010/ Libraries, social media, my projects, twitter, networking/ 0 comments

Join us – Free! from the fab @amywatts @georgiawebgurl One Voice, Many Channels: Blogging and Tweeting for LibrariesFreeRobin Fay and Amy WattsUniversity of GeorgiaDoes your library blog or tweet? Interested in getting started? Wondering what all the buzz is about? We’ll explore how libraries use Twitter and Blogger to share news, events, as well as a community building tool. If

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How to Not Give (and Give!) a Webinar (Free webinar)

robinna/ September 22, 2010/ social media, Training, Train/ 0 comments

Social Media Consultant (Guru, Dude, etc.) Chris Brogan is offering a free webinar on how to not/give a webinar. For many of us, webinars are becoming an increasingly important form of training and teaching (I teach Drupal classes as a webinar through Lyrasis – next intro to Drupal Class is coming up in November). Unfortunately, as many of us have

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Question of the day: How do I delete a note in facebook?

robinna/ September 18, 2010/ Technology, social media, meetups/conferences, question of the day, tutorials, Training, Train, web 2.0+/ 0 comments

Q: How do I delete a note in facebook?A: Although not intuitive, this is easy to do. Type Notes into the Search field at the top OR start with your home page (In the news feed list on the left side, click on More, if you do not immediately see ‘Notes’). You may also be able to access notes via

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my thoughts on the future of blogging?

robinna/ September 2, 2010/ social media, my projects/ 0 comments

Here is my mini-essay in response to the question, What is the future of blogging? We’ve already seen traditional blogging platforms (wordpress, expression engine, etc.) moving towards more robust functionality to the point of becoming content management systems. I think we will continue to see people moving to blogs AS their primary website, especially given the ease of use and

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