08 Feb

The Critical Social Skill of the 21st Century: Managing your Online Image

Managing how you appear on the internet will be the critical social skill of the 21st century.
What we are starting to see are the ramifications of a very public, private life. Celebrities have dealt with tabloids exposing the most intimate details of their private life for years. As such, celebrities have learned to avoid the [...]

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07 Feb

The days of being anonymous are gone

There is a belief that people think they are anonymous on the internet. This is fueled by people thinking the internet is vast and huge, and they are a small player on the internet. Further, the belief is backed up by the thought that only the people they want to see their information have access [...]

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07 Feb

The 12 commandments for writing web based content for an online image.

Although it is improbable to anticipate all of the possible things people could write about on the web, there are some general rules that you should use when creating any type of content; be it text, pictures, video, or sound.
Commandment # 1 - Always consider the impact to your online image.
This is the overriding rule [...]

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06 Feb

Taking out the digital trash

The focus of the web in the early part of the 21st century will be to make the experience richer through user involvement. All of this focus on user involvement has created mounds of digital trash. Specifically speaking: blogs, comments, facebook profiles, etc. that are accumulating exponentially.
Why is this a problem
Ever hear of a little [...]

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