I’m pretty public on my use of social media applications like Facebook, twitter and my own personal blogging. Normally I’m not too worried about what I share on these sites or who reads. I’ve not got much of anything to hide so I don’t think about it what people may think or see when they read something of mine.
 
Speaking with a friend of mine though and they were amazed at how easy it was for someone to find everything they’d said on twitter. Now, let’s clarify, unless you specifically have all of your updates protected, everything you tweet is …read more

I’ve spent quite a bit of time lately trying to get rid of all the quizzes that have been hitting my Facebook pages from people. I’ve blogged about one way to get rid of them, which has been working well for me, but today I got another suggestion on how to ban them from even displaying on my page in the first place.

You can follow the instructions below that were given to me by Papa Roux on Facebook. He operates a cajun restaurant here in Indianapolis, but he’s serving up more than great food with this tip.
If it’s not enough …read more

There’s an area of Facebook that I believe really needs to be addressed for a variety of reasons. As you begin finding old friends from high school, connecting with extended family members as they begin using Facebook, and maybe even start connecting with clients and co-workers, there’s an issue of who gets notified of your updates when you have them.
If you imagine all the different groups of your contacts as an extending circle of influence similar to what would be shown in the image below.
Let’s think about your closest friends or family being the center circle, and extend from there …read more