Tip Du Jour: If You Use LinkedIn Do This NOW
There are times when I realize that some things I do reflexively would make good tips to share. I was reminded of this  by Daniel Johnson Jr., founder of New Media Cincy. Do you use LinkedIn? the  this one is for you. It’s an important thing for anyone who has built a solid network on the service. Its also very simple: Have you backed up your data? Anyway, have no fear its really easy. Jibber Jobber has the step

Audiocasting is a Cinch!
All right then, I was just thinking it was about time for another really fun Internet tool to come along. Nothing really huge since twitter, with the possibility of the elusive Google Wave. Well my dear readers, I think that time has come. The folks over at BlogTalk Radio debuted a new service called Cinch last Friday. It’s a lovely little social platform that allows you to post audio, text, ad pictures or any combination of them you wish. Here is an example, a test of it I just ran:

How To Fix Facebook’s New Feed
Well Facebook has trotted out it’s new Feed and I see a lot of confusion from people who can no longer see content from their friends. There is an easy fix for this. You see Facebook is now blocking our friends’ news feeds except for 250 they choose. If, like myself, you prefer to make your own choices you can undo this in a few quick steps. First, make sure you are on your HOME page. Then make sure your news feed shows LIVE FEED, once it does  scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Edit Options” in the lower right-hand corner. At the bottom of the pop up box you will  see “Newryn

The FTC and Bloggers, My Two Cents
There has been a lot of furor over the disclosure guidelines recently put forth by the FTC. On a personal and professional level it really makes no difference to me. All you have to do is click the Transparency link in my sidebar and you’ll see a full disclosure for the website and then additional case by case ones on individual posts. I always advocate transparency both in my own work and to my clients. That said, I think that while the FTC guidelines may seem a fine idea at first I don’t believ

Are You Sick of Facebook Apps? Block ‘Em!
No offense meant to anyone who plays games on Facebook, but there are many of us who feel bombarded by the endless stream of Mafia Wars and Texas Hold ‘Em invites . Today I’d like to share the easy way to get bothersome notifications out of your hair with only a click or two. That way if you don’t want to play you can opt out of seeing them when reading your wall. I’ll also show a quick way to block apps completely when invited. Off The Wall: When you look at a Wall post, like the YoVille one pictured below, there is a small pull down menu in the upper left corner. See it? It says “Hide.”