Facebook is here to stay, for the moment at least...well, remember My Space?
But while it's here, make the most of it to enrich your life and your community.
Don't shoot for the 5000 friend maximum. It you can't put a face to the name, you probably should "unfriend" them...don't worry, unless they're very tech savvy they'll never notice and if they do, maybe they're worth knowing and adding back.
Focus instead on developing around 300 to 500 online friends within your immediate community, your family, your work, your interests and those with whom you, no kidding, want to keep up with.
Then comment in thoughtful ways after carefully reading and understanding what they post and what's going on in their lives. Focus on their successes and improving your community, then: Get Involved in the Real World: Join a civic group, church, adopt a pet, volunteer--anything to start expanding your circle of friends IN PERSON.
Make Facebook a tool, not an occupation.
Showing posts with label olli. Show all posts
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Technology Notes
Have trouble keeping up with the modern world? Does your "smart" phone have a mind of it's own? Have trouble figuring out how to get your CD collection into your walkman, er, ipod?
Check into OLLI, that is Osher Life Long Learning Institute at Coastal Carolina University which provides scores of short courses for adults during the day and evening at three locations along the Grand Strand. I heard about a class for android tablet users, signed up and spent three delightful afternoons at CCU's 79th Street campus with instructor Kathleen Libby, a seasoned instructor and self admitted "geek." The classes cost a few bucks, but I learned numerous tricks about my android tablet AND almost all of them were directly applicable to my android phone. I've now figured out what a widget is, how to "sync" my portable devices with my desk top and how to print from the "cloud."
Kathleen's tip on wire management for all those wires under your desk was alone worth the price of the course--visit the drug store for some of those clips that ladies use to hold their pony tails in place; that's right, they come in all sizes and snap open and closed. You can go from an unsightly mess of cables to a neat solution in a skinny minute.
More information on OLLI at www.coastal.edu/olli or call 843-349-2767.
Check into OLLI, that is Osher Life Long Learning Institute at Coastal Carolina University which provides scores of short courses for adults during the day and evening at three locations along the Grand Strand. I heard about a class for android tablet users, signed up and spent three delightful afternoons at CCU's 79th Street campus with instructor Kathleen Libby, a seasoned instructor and self admitted "geek." The classes cost a few bucks, but I learned numerous tricks about my android tablet AND almost all of them were directly applicable to my android phone. I've now figured out what a widget is, how to "sync" my portable devices with my desk top and how to print from the "cloud."
Kathleen's tip on wire management for all those wires under your desk was alone worth the price of the course--visit the drug store for some of those clips that ladies use to hold their pony tails in place; that's right, they come in all sizes and snap open and closed. You can go from an unsightly mess of cables to a neat solution in a skinny minute.
More information on OLLI at www.coastal.edu/olli or call 843-349-2767.
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