Earlier today, I was reading the post by my friend Kerri from Sixuntilme where she refers to how her views on privacy/disclosure have evolved since she became pregnant. It dawned on me that I have also changed how much I value my privacy online, perhaps not since we had our son but more in the past couple of years.
Below are some of the things I do when it comes down to my privacy. Why? Because there are enough people out there that don’t have the best intentions in the world. So that doesn’t mean I have shut up and stopped participating in social media altogether (those who know me know that NOT to be the case -if you don’t know me, Google me and you will see what I mean). It just means to be mindful when you share something online, withholding what you don’t feel comfortable sharing with people you don’t know.
If I am traveling, for vacation or business, I don’t announce it ahead of time. Even more so, most of the time, I don’t write ABOUT it while I am away.
If I am at a place at a given moment, I may write about it (a restaurant or a venue) AFTER I leave, not while I am there. That is why my use of FourSquare was so short lived.
I only give my personal address to people I know (in real life) in person or people who need to know it (like someone sending me a personal package).
On Twitter, I follow everybody I find interesting and relevant in connection with one or more of these: Venezuela, diabetes, nonprofits, social media, music, etc. But on Facebook I only befriend people that I know, either personally or through enough of an online correspondence, to make me feel comfortable sharing with them more than I do on Twitter.
On Facebook, I have a list of Family and another list of panas (my real-life buddies). Any personal photos (where anyone in my family appears) I only share with those two lists.
On LinkedIn, I typically only accept invites from people I know or have worked with before.
Some of these list items have been cause for some people to get upset at me: I insist -it’s nothing personal… just my own privacy policy.
Do you think I am too paranoid? What is your online privacy policy like?
Also called “The Social Media Scientist”, Dan Zarrella shares boatloads of useful advice to help others achieve social media success.
His latest blog post was as fascinating as the finding he published The Science of Retweets. In today’s post, he states that articles published/shared on Facebook in the course of the weekend are shared A LOT MORE than articles posted in the course of the week.
It kinda makes sense, if you come to think of it. Besides the reason Dan shares (that so many companies block Facebook to help with productivity), the weekend is also the time when we slow down, so we may catch up on the latest in the lives of our Facebook friends.
Have you found this to be consistent with your experience?
Today, I took part in a local protest along with dozens of teachers, parents and children facing the (new) potential budget cuts to education in California.
I took lots of photos, which you can see on my Facebook page. However, the most revealing one in my opinion was the one I included here, which had a father of a student holding up a sign that read “It’s a Priorities Problem.”
The state Government doesn’t have a spending problem. It has a PRIORITIES problem: what it’s valuing most and what it’s willing to do for that vs. what it’s willing to do to maintain (and improve) public education.
What can YOU do?
Call your state legislators (1-888-268-4334): tell them to think like Oregonians! In Oregon, on January 26, to protect public education and other vital social services, voters passed two ballot measures that raised taxes on those with the highest incomes and corporations.
Read about progressive tax alternatives to cuts: www.cft.org
Talk to everyone around you (family, neighbors, friends) about the issues.
Ultimamente, hemos estado leyendo el libro con la historia de Marco a Santiago (se lo regalo su tia Adriana en navidad). Esta noche, se me ocurrio buscar el video con el que comenzaba la historia de Marco en television, cuando era chamo… Se acuerdan?
Today, as I was following the Healthcare Summit on Twitter, I was fascinated to see the way transparency has set in and opened up data for all the world to see who is who and where some individuals may be coming from, while defending or opposing an issue.
The Sunlight Foundation offered a live feed of the health care debate, with data right by the side of the video feed showing Top Industry Donors 2010 for each person speaking.
If you have heard the buzz, so have millions of others lately: Google recently launched a service in direct competition to Twitter and Facebook called Goggle Buzz… or is it a complement to them? Or none of the above?
Don’t worry: you are not alone in having questions about this new service in the social media landscape! To help you figure out what to do about Google Buzz, make sure to read this great post about the role of Google Buzz for nonprofits by John Haydon.
P.S. While I decide how to go about the use of Google Buzz, I decided to activate the Google Buzz Button Wordpress plugin, which you can now see at the bottom of all posts on the blog.
April will be a great month for nonprofit groups. The 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference will be taking place in Atlanta. I will be having the chance to speak in two different sessions there this year, which I am very excited about!
As we gear up for three great days of technology conversation among nonprofiteers, I recently received from Holly Ross (the hear of NTEN, the group responsible for organizing NTC every year) an invitation to highlight our sessions, so I thought I’d blog about it instead, responding the questions she sent our way here…
1. What’s the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010?
At the 2009 NTC, I did an Ignite session about Ning For Nonprofits. Back then, there were not that many nonprofit groups taking advantage of this platform to build niche communities.
Today, more and more groups are developing their own social networks on Ning (many others are also using other tools such as Joomla or Drupal) to improve their outreach and fundraising efforts. No wonder Mashable featured a great article by Geoff Livingston with 5 Tips for Creating Non-Profit Online Communities.
I see this is an important trend in nonprofit technology this year.
2. Why do you think your session topic is important for nonprofits to address
I am fortunate to be able to participate in two different (though related) topics this year:
Both topics revolve around the concept of communities and social networks. So they are very relevant to this growing trend mentioned in question #1.
3. What’s the one thing you want attendees to remember from your session
It is possible to still retain your sanity while running an online community… see my reply to the next question for evidence of this?
4. Which Muppet do you most identify with and why?
That’s a tough one, but I am going to have to go with the Swedish Chef!! He still cracks me up to this day. I guess what I love about him is his goofy nature.
5. Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)?
It’s kind of hard to miss me since I am online so much, but if you must get the links, here there are:
After nearly 8 years of living in its Blogger home, my blog has now moved to its new home on Wordpress HERE!! The content is all here, but under the hood, I am happy to have a better engine powering it.
Thanks to my friend Danilo Campos (who is also now a Bay area neighbor) who gave me a hand setting it up!
