Linkedin

I've been posting a lot on linkedin today.  I believe anyone in a professional field should get one.  I use it to keep updated on what is going on in my field, what my competition, coworkers or possible future employers are up to.  I've learned a few tricks.  I've also been able to apply a little bit of my knowledge from classes by commenting on articles and evaluating and giving feedback to other's work.

New Verified Users for CELEBRITIES

Based off an article on the CNN web site it is clear that Facebook intends to clear up the misunderstanding of having a thousand "justin beibers" and "demi levatos."  similar to twitter they are adding a "verified" user possibility for people who have a lot of subscribers.  I think this is a good idea.  I dislike seeing posts from convincing fakes, it makes me feel swindled.  

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/16/tech/social-media/facebook-verified-accounts/index.html?npt=NP1

See the full article here.

Another benefit to the celebrity is their ability to publish posts under pseudo names.  Such as Madonna, she can now post things with just her first name.

New Social Media

It is interesting, how deep my generation is entrenched into the internet without knowing how and the effects that follow.

For example when Facebook recently changed the format one of my acquaintances was outraged that anyone could look up the information they post on Facebook.  They had been using the internet not realizing that it was a global network the entire time.

Another example is a friend of mine when trying to consider my preference to not be exposed to some of his interests decided to create a sub blog for such content.  However he didn't realize that the sub content shows on the home blog.

The world is changing we need to be aware of the consequences of our actions off and online.