Social Networking
I’ve been recently introduced to the Social Media World from studying Multi-Media at UBC. It’s been a real eye opener to find out that I’ve been out of touch with how to network now through Social Media. Everyday, I blog, Twitter and use Facebook for networking. It’s great and I feel so connected in sharing information. Also, I was also pleasantly surprised to read that we as Canadians are rated tops in using Social Media. Here’s... [Read More...]
Social Networking Privacy Makeover
With everybody enjoying social networking it’s easy to get too comfortable putting our private lives out in public. In a recent CBC article, Granby resident, Nathalie Blanchard, reminds us of the dangers of posting personal photos to sites like Facebook. Blanchard suffers from depression. When her insurance company saw her party pics they figured she was better. Now she has to go to court to get her disability benefits back. More people are... [Read More...]
How Canada made Facebook better for everyone
You might remember that Canada’s Privacy Commissioner slammed Facebook about a month ago that it was in violation of Canada’s privacy laws–Facebook breaches Canadian privacy law: commissioner. This was a big deal. There are real teeth to Canada’s privacy law (PIPEDA) which could have posed real legal and financial threats to Facebook’s future. Today we heard from the Privacy Commissioner again about Facebook, this time... [Read More...]
Bradley’s recommended privacy settings for Facebook
This morning Bradley was on GlobalTV this talking about Facebook and privacy settings. In the segment he mentioned his recommended settings and that he’d have more information up later today… Here are screenshots of privacy settings that are pretty tight to protect your own privacy: All of these settings can be found under your Privacy settings, from the settings menu. Click the images below to see a larger version: #gallery-1 { margin:... [Read More...]
Slides from my Third Tuesday Vancouver talk: Did you get the message?
Last night was another great Third Tuesday Vancouver and I’d like to thank everyone for coming out (it was stiff competition with the Canucks playing I know). I would especially like to thank Raul for live blogging the session:[From Hummingbird604.com » Blog Archive » Third Tuesday Liveblog - Tris Hussey on the Paradox of Communications in the 21st Century]It’s a good thing that Raul takes such great live blogging notes, because... [Read More...]
Massive 2009 Vancouver
I was just checking out the Massive 2009 (April 1) speaker list. Lots of great speakers, including: friends of the blog – Tristan Jutras – founder of webspotter.com, Jennifer Lowther – Director of Social Media for 6S Marketing, and our very own Bradley Shende – founder of M2O . I’m anxious to hear what they all have to say about the changing digital landscape. Still, the keynote I’m most looking forward to is:... [Read More...]