It maybe an "Apple" day, but... (humor)

so, apple has a new gizmo (will it take on the kindle? hard to say...) , but the apple humor is full force...


and from the onion...

CUPERTINO, CA—Claiming that he completely forgot about the much-hyped electronic device until the last minute, a frantic Steve Jobs reportedly stayed up all night Tuesday in a desperate effort to design Apple's new tablet computer. "Come on, Steve, just think—think, dammit—you're running out of time," the exhausted CEO said as he glued nine separate iPhones to the back of a plastic cafeteria tray.

...and even 5 hits and misses from apple via mashable.

..and the answer is - 150 (how many facebook friendships you can actually maintain)

Ever heard of Dunbar’s Number? According to British anthropologist Robin Dunbar, it’s the cognitive limit to the number of people you can be friends with. The number is 150, meaning your brain can only handle that much friends, and – shockingly enough – it also applies to Facebook.

Very interesting, more about mashable.

Social media etiquette

I'm tweaking my facebook, privacy & identity workshop, so I tidied these up. You can read all of my previous writings about privacy, here, facebook ones are a here, and here are the commandments... LOL

Social media/ Facebook Etiquette

· Be aware of what you can control and what you can’t. Make sure to read TOS and Privacy statements – they do sometimes change. Don’t be caught by surprise.

· Use preferences and settings wisely to control and manage your social network. Consider what you want to keep private and what you want to share.

· Pages (a website) and Groups (discussion forums) provide alternatives to having a personal profile.

· Develop your own social media policy and use your social media appropriately. Are you using it for PR? genealogy? To keep up with family? Network professionally? A combination?

· Do not spam, spy, cyberstalk, or bully. If you are a victim of those behaviors, deal with them appropriately. Report inappropriate behavior.

· Consider carefully who you friend. Be very careful about friending staff that you supervise, students, or children that you may know.

· Consider your language and appropriateness of content. Does it match your audience and your social media policy?

· Consider if facebook (or any social media) is the best choice for the activity. If you want to create an open event, facebook may be a good choice. It may not be the best way to archive links or discussions.

· Remember: social media is about sharing (sometimes called microsharing). Accept that your social network may not have the same political or religious beliefs as you, and they, are well, human.

· …finally, if it’s on the web – it’s published. It may be private, but it is archived somewhere.

Technology Essentials Online Conference (Free!)

http://ow.ly/WA85
This just came through my twitterstream:
This webinar is part of WebJunction’s Technology Essentials 2010 Online Conference. This innovative conference is a chance to engage, network and do some hands-on learning without travel or any registration cost.
Date: 2/9/2010, 2/10/2010
Start Time: 11:30 AM
End Time: 6:00 PM
Description:
WebJunction is hosting a free two-day online conference. The theme for this inaugural event is Technology Essentials, with a focus on practical and timely strategies for leveraging technology to help you in a wide range of library services and operations, including:
* Staff training
* Marketing
* Outreach, funding, advocacy
* Services and programming
* Technology planning
* Virtual libraries
* Your library's web presence

What color is your... those color posts on facebook

I'm sure many of you have been wondering about all of the facebook status updates:
PINK!!!! screams one of my friends...
another has a purely made up color combination (complete with technology enhanced decorations....)

.................
According to various posts on the 'net such as this one:
"Something fun is going on," the message reads. "Write the color of your bra in your status. Just the color, nothing else. And send this on to ONLY women no men. It will be neat to see if this will spread the wings of cancer awareness. It will be fun to see how long it takes before the men wonder why the women have a color in their status.....LOL!"


So, there ya go... A little fun on facebook, proving the nature of viral marketing, as it has gone way beyond the early potential orginating networks mentioned in the articles (Detroit, being one).
It will be interesting to see if anybody 'fesses up to starting this...

The history of online video

Very interesting overview of the rise of online video, especially as relates to journalism.

2004:

Coinciding with the election of 2004 was the prevalence of broadband speeds, and with half of American homes reaching better than dial-up transfer rates, along with all the noise created by the blogs and pundits of the internet, an audience was born, capable and accustomed to online payments (i.e. market potential) and finally able to watch video, on demand by the masses.

..and now we can watch tv online, both episodes from network television as well as original programming.