Monthly Archives: January 2011

Experimenting with BuddyPress for the SMUGgle Community

BuddyPress is plug-in for WordPress blogs that enables social networking. You will see some changes here on SMUG as I experiment with the BuddyPress functionality. For instance, you will now see tabs for Activity, Members, Groups and Forums. And yes, I realize that the tab structure is a little out-of-whack, but I’m working on that. [...]
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The Chancellor and The Chairman

Earlier this month I had an opportunity to do a live radio interview on short notice with Scott Hennen, who was broadcasting his program from Rochester. Scott’s program is called The Common Sense Club, of which he is the Chairman. His program airs on AM1100 WZFG in Fargo, North Dakota. Scott sent me the audio [...]
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Facebook 111: Customized Facebook Privacy Settings

In Facebook 110 I provided a basic intro to Facebook privacy settings, and how by selecting one of the pre-configured settings you can substantially control access to your personal information on Facebook. And it only takes a minute or so. This course will help you take the next step. Shaun Dakin, a commenter on the [...]
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Facebook 110: Protecting Privacy in Facebook

In “What’s Wrong with this Picture?” I made an analogy that relates to a situation I think is all too common: people who express anxiety about their privacy in Facebook, but who haven’t taken advantage of the privacy protections Facebook offers. It’s like playing goalie in the National Hockey League without a mask, and then [...]
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Facebook Star Chamber

I got an unwelcome notice when I signed in to Facebook Monday night: The help link didn’t live up to its billing. Since I knew I wasn’t guilty of posting videos that were hateful, graphic, or attacking an individual or a group (although I occasionally take a poke at Green Bay Packers fans), I was [...]
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