Should people have to be careful on what they put on their own web page, even if it has special privacy settings?
I don't think so, but we all have to be careful now.
Internet reputations are being built through our sites on myspace and facebook. Reputations which could eventually cause us a good job. And that's just because we thought we were safe behind those 'privacy settings.'
Most recently employers such as government agencies, are getting around such things as the 'privacy settings' on our myspace and facebook accounts. They are getting around that by hiring hackers to break the codes and find out that information about you that you want only your friends to know and see. These sort of things are being considered important for background check procedures in a security clearance at any one of the government agencies.
I don't think we should have to worry about such things. I feel as if it is invasion of privacy. I mean if you have your pages set to public, then that is your deal. I don't have anything to hide, but I also have to protect my information from reaching the wrong hands(i.e. stalkers-ex boyfriends and the like, lol) The only thing I'm saying is I don't want to be judged by my employer just because I like to party or go out a lot. That doesn't necessarily make me an irresponsible person and it also doesn't mean that I don't like work work or I can't be serious.
Reputations are not easily made. But they are easily broken down. When this happens it is extremely difficult to clean it up or make it better. Your reputation is very important!! Believe it or not. You may not think that you are being judged, but you are and that is how people build and destroy reputations, by judging others or even yourself.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Tag YOUR IT!!!
Why would businesses use tags?
Why would anyone use tags for anything?
Tags are connectors between people, which can be used as a 'six degrees of separation.' Everyone is doing it. Tagging has also become a habit on websites such as facebook.com by tagging things such as pictures, profiles, videos etc. Think of tagging as an extra link or a virtual person if you will, that knows other people and links them together.
By the time tags are used by the majority of business people in businesses, they will be 100% comfortable and very firmiliar with this tool allowing them to be connected to people that aren't only in the business itself, but also other connectors which may help the business either in or out of the country as well.
Tags identify people with similar interests.
Kevin Bacon's people are other people's tags.
Why would anyone use tags for anything?
Tags are connectors between people, which can be used as a 'six degrees of separation.' Everyone is doing it. Tagging has also become a habit on websites such as facebook.com by tagging things such as pictures, profiles, videos etc. Think of tagging as an extra link or a virtual person if you will, that knows other people and links them together.
By the time tags are used by the majority of business people in businesses, they will be 100% comfortable and very firmiliar with this tool allowing them to be connected to people that aren't only in the business itself, but also other connectors which may help the business either in or out of the country as well.
Tags identify people with similar interests.
Kevin Bacon's people are other people's tags.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
WORD OF MOUF
Word of Mouth is one of the most important ways of getting information around. Especially to those who you are in constant contact with, such as your friends.
I believe that word of mouth started everything that is widely known around the world. As Conversations stated "AIM started on the expectation of word of mouth." Without word of mouth there would be no AIM which is widely used around the world. AIM has been one of the many networking tools that is commonly used in today's society. I would also say that AIM is a type of personal blog that is simply responded to instantly.
Blogging has been made popular with the help of word of mouth. With help through friends, family and coworkers they have been able to pass along the idea of blogging to the people who they constantly interact with. Conversations says that the people who you interact with constantly, mainly your friends and family, you listen to them the most and are very influenced by those people. So that is how word of mouth takes take into affect.
Word of mouth is marketing and has been a good asset to blogging.
I believe that word of mouth started everything that is widely known around the world. As Conversations stated "AIM started on the expectation of word of mouth." Without word of mouth there would be no AIM which is widely used around the world. AIM has been one of the many networking tools that is commonly used in today's society. I would also say that AIM is a type of personal blog that is simply responded to instantly.
Blogging has been made popular with the help of word of mouth. With help through friends, family and coworkers they have been able to pass along the idea of blogging to the people who they constantly interact with. Conversations says that the people who you interact with constantly, mainly your friends and family, you listen to them the most and are very influenced by those people. So that is how word of mouth takes take into affect.
Word of mouth is marketing and has been a good asset to blogging.
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Inventing the Innovation Commons
Internet as the artificial public good right???
The internet would not be a public good if it weren't for the browser that helped it's launch and allowed it to become an artifical good to the public.
The internet was only good for government purposes and hackers before the invention of the browser which happened to be in 1994.
The internet would not be a public good if it weren't for the browser that helped it's launch and allowed it to become an artifical good to the public.
The internet was only good for government purposes and hackers before the invention of the browser which happened to be in 1994.
Intro:Bloggers & Blacksmiths
What does this mean... Blogging is the most powerful tool in business today?
I would say that the internet would be the most powerful! How you might ask. Well think about it. If there were no internet there would be no such thing as blogg therefore our social network would be completely different.
And if the internet isn't the most powerful than let's just make it that the way people may network on the internet through IM, other messaging systems, bulletins, etc. Many years ago blogging wasn't high priority for a business. And I don't think that today it is either. As businesses look for more of a personal relationship with their consumers and suppliers.
So although blogging may be important to the next man it isn't the most powerful tool available to businesses.
I would say that the internet would be the most powerful! How you might ask. Well think about it. If there were no internet there would be no such thing as blogg therefore our social network would be completely different.
And if the internet isn't the most powerful than let's just make it that the way people may network on the internet through IM, other messaging systems, bulletins, etc. Many years ago blogging wasn't high priority for a business. And I don't think that today it is either. As businesses look for more of a personal relationship with their consumers and suppliers.
So although blogging may be important to the next man it isn't the most powerful tool available to businesses.
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