Join the FB crowd Marvin, resistance is futile. I first joined a social network (MySpace) to keep track of what my kids were doing, then my oldest dumped MySpace and joined FaceBook, I followed along, and started discovering that it was definitely more for the older group of the population. (My almost 80 year old mother-in-law has a FB account)
It's interesting to see that CIO's are starting to see the advantages of social networking as opposed to it just being a time waster. It's a case of "if you can't beat 'em, then join 'em" and leverage it to your advantage. On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 2:15 PM, MarvinC <marv...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a personal blog that I "try" to keep updated with fresh content yet > for some odd reason I will not bring myself to create an account on sites > like MySpace, FaceBook, and Twitter. For some reason I've convinced myself > that I just don't relate, yet I find that more "self titled professionals" > I know and meet use these as main communication mediums. The IT journeyman > in me is split as one half sees these as time wasters from a corporate > perspective, while the other half see their evolution for what they are, > potential cash cows that tie into a particular consumer need. So since I'm > constantly looking for ways to grow and break away from the "corporate > loophole" to pursue my own ideas, I try to tap into the mindset of the > individuals that create these solutions to try and shape my own. Having a > little over 10 years in this field and pushing 40 I've come to the > conslusion that I won't get rich working as a sys admin supporting an > organization who's user base depends on the very tools that aid in > increasing my administrative overhead. If anything I'm doomed to struggle > while hovering around that glass ceiling, pondering, and waiting to be > shoved out of some side hole. > I seem to recall having discussion with some eldermen 10+ years ago when > instant messaging was making it's debut about how much of a time waster it > was. So here we are years later discussing an evloved form of messaging. I > figure in another 5 - 10 years streaming video will evolve and I'll be > somewhere having a discussion on how much of a time waster it is from the > corporate perspective. > > ya' gotta love how evolution marches to the beat of its own drums... > > > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Cameron Cooper <ccoo...@aurico.com>wrote: > >> Sorry, sometimes I don’t like having a huge list of replies. >> >> >> >> _____________________________ >> >> *Cameron Cooper* >> >> *IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified* >> >> Aurico Reports, Ine >> >> Phone: 847-890-4021 Fax: 847-255-1896 >> >> ccoo...@aurico.com >> >> >> >> Cameron, >> >> >> >> It would be much more helpful if you included text from the posts that you >> are replying to so others can follow the conversation. >> >> >> >> Eric >> >> >> >> *From:* Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] >> *Sent:* Monday, March 16, 2009 1:27 PM >> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues >> *Subject:* RE: OT: Social Networking >> >> >> >> Installed it to see what it was about… but then uninstalled it due to >> system resources. It’s a neat tool if you have enough resources to run it. >> >> >> >> _____________________________ >> >> *Cameron Cooper* >> >> *IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified* >> >> Aurico Reports, Ine >> >> Phone: 847-890-4021 Fax: 847-255-1896 >> >> ccoo...@aurico.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
