Thing ? (3 perhaps)

Monday, February 2, 2009
Facebook
Well, I set up a Facebook account, and begged several family members & co-workers to let me be there friend. I was told I would have to be approved - reminded me of wandering into a high school cafeteria looking for a table that would be welcoming.
I cannot post pictures because I do not know how to use our digital camera, so it is a cascading snowball of technological ignorance! I filled out a few of the "Profile" questions, perhaps horrifying a few people who didn't know these things about me (we're everywhere!) and realized there was not a single person I went to high school or college with that I really wanted to talk to again - unless I'm still talking to them already.
Facebook is a good tool for networking, especially for making those initial connections that are valuable. However, I prefer more specialized networking sites because I'm not that interested in the general social networking that the younger types enjoy. I also think Facebook is probably geared to be photo-heavy and I'm a words person (with a face for radio).
So I think it's a good "entry level" type social networking tool. Yahoo mail is driving me nuts and the biggest problem I've had is being told that my password needs reset, that I've done this or that wrong, and getting bogged down in the technical side of things. I assume that eventually I will get better at that but I thought that about piano lessons, too, and it never happened (after seven years, I gave up. Heck, after being missing seven years you are legally dead, so I figured it was a good time to throw it in).
I am now a "fan" of the Roselle Library, according to Facebook, and will check that out as I have more time. It's tax season, and all good CPA families are otherwise engaged.
Posted by Lori Challinor at 10:31 AM 2 comments Labels: Facebook, social networking


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