Tag Archives: social networking

Experimenting with BuddyPress for the SMUGgle Community

By Lee Aase | Published: January 23, 2011
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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Facebook 106: Inviting Friends to Join Facebook

By Lee Aase | Published: November 4, 2008
Facebook without friends is like… well, I’m not sure exactly what the simile would be, but it would certainly be lonely. But you don’t need to remain friendless for long. If you’re a SMUGgle, I for one would be glad to be your friend. Just indicate your SMUGgleness when you send the friend request. But [...]
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Facebook 104: Intro to Facebook Groups

By Lee Aase | Published: November 4, 2008
Facebook Groups are a great way to gather people with a common interest, and have a common space for them to interact. There are three basic kinds of groups in Facebook: Open Groups – Anyone can join these, and they can form on a whim. In fact, as you are categorizing you group, one of [...]
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LinkedIn Application Platform: A Major Advance

By Lee Aase | Published: October 29, 2008
In a playful, tongue-in-cheek, maybe even SMUG sense, I’ve previously called LinkedIn “social networking without the social.” So the announcement last night of its Applications platform raises its usefulness significantly from my perspective. I first saw this news in my WordPress dashboard as I was writing a post last night, and went to install the [...]
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Yammer 102: Your Yammer Profile

By Lee Aase | Published: October 22, 2008
This course is part of the Yammer curriculum for Social Media University, Global. It shows you how you can adjust your personal settings to tailor Yammer to meet your communication needs. After you’ve experimented with Yammer, please share your impressions in the comments. And if you find this course helpful, you can use one of [...]
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