LinkedIn: Use Or Lose?
As I have been continuing this journey of cutting out the excess e-fat that I have accumulated over the years, one of the most standard fights is social networking. Facebook made a lot of sense to cut first because it was nothing more than useless spam that added no value in my life. Google+ was to be the next social network I cut, even though I am so new to it (and it is still in its infancy), merely because it is nothing more than another Facebook. Yet, I began following the Occupy movement on it. Twitter, I figured, would be the social network I would never lose because of how easy it is to stream news, and isn't like my Google Reader where I have over 1,000 unread items (that I feel compelled to read!)
Then comes LinkedIn, the "professional" social network. I always defined LinkedIn as a different social network, much like how twitter is a different one compared to Facebook. It was more... professional? The idea makes sense, as it gives people someplace to post their 'résumé' and make connections. But how efficient is LinkedIn in building your résumé, finding new opportunities, and advancing your career?
Can't Stop Watching This...
Chris Poole On Indentity
Internet Privacy
Generation Y
I found this on a comment over at Gizmodo. Very interesting.
Generation Y is a misnomer.
Y implies we follow in our parent’s footsteps,
Y implies we agree with the horrors they have created and left us to not understand.
Y implies we are the same.We Are Millennials.
We are a generation of Change.
We are both Generation We and Me.
Good and Bad.
Hopeful and Resentful.
Loved and Abused.
Wise and Childlike.We don’t echo. We scream!
We are not Net, we are Social.
We rode the Magic School Bus then graduated from Hogwarts.
Sesame Street was left behind for the hand me down Nintendo 64.
We replaced board games with MMORPG and LARP.
We watched dial-up wires become wireless frequencies.
We Skype with people in 10 different countries at once.
We cried over Steve Job’s death and then asked Siri what she was wearing.
One Month Of Being Facebook Free
I will admit, sadly, that this is probably the longest I have gone without facebook after it became the social network to be on. But being off of facebook for so long while the whole world uses it, how am I doing? fine? nope, GREAT actually...
I have a lot more time on my hands to do a lot more of what I wanted instead of wasting time on facebook looking at status updates that I couldn't care less about. I also have been able to follow up on my Google reader and streamline my twitter with information on things I care about. I did dropped facebook right before they started all the changes, so I will admit I am curious about the changes. Just a little curious... (not enough to make me want to open a new account)
For a while I was actually considering dropping my Google+ Account too... that is until I began following the Occupy movement. Google+ has been such a good tool of information along with Twitter.
