Greetings, Thanks for the replies all. It sounds like people are signed up on the different social network sites but no one is really making good use of them. It just seems to me that there should be some way we could harness all that tech and put it to good use - helping each other learn, making business contacts, contributing to the community (both inside and outside the CF community), growing HouCFUG to being the best CFUG on the planet....
As we're working on the HouCFUG website redesign, would it be worthwhile to include this type of information on the site? Either in people's user profiles, or by aggregating feeds from the different social networks to display on the site, sort of like how we get messages from the mailing list posted to the site? CFUNITED had a Twitter feed running on the site with tweets from the attendees. Maybe we could do something similar? I'd also like to work Ray Camden's cfbloggers code into the new site and aggregate all the HouCFUG member's posts on the site. We already have links to member blogs (any others out there that we are missing?) but it would be easier to check them all in one spot. On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Sammy Larbi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Seth. Maybe I'll take the time to fill out the forms in the next > couple of weeks. I thought they'd be time-sinks like MySpace (not that I've > ever gotten into MySpace, just that I've seen people who have opted to do > so.) > > Sam > > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Seth Bienek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hey Sam, >> >> >> >> Just for the record, I very rarely check my FaceBook or LinkedIn accounts, >> except when I get an email asking for some approval. They do not require >> anywhere near the time (after setup) that Twitter, or the other more active >> social networking tools do. >> >> >> >> I highly recommend LinkedIn for networking (the more links you have the >> better it works, obviously), but have not found much professional value in >> FaceBook yet. >> >> >> >> Maybe I'm doing it wrong. ;) >> >> >> >> Seth >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On >> Behalf Of *Sammy Larbi >> *Sent:* Thursday, June 26, 2008 8:17 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [houcfug] Re: Social networks >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:55 AM, James Husum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> Gretings, >> >> This came up last night during the meeting and I'm curious - >> >> Who on the list uses a social networking site? Which one(s) do you use? >> What do you use it for? Do you get anything out of it? >> >> I'm on a few but I'm probably not making the best use of them. I'm on >> LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/) for business matters, Facebook for >> social matters among family and friends, and Pownce (http://pownce.com/) >> for following a lot of the ColdFusion world. >> >> >> >> My company has suggested I get profiles on Facebook and LinkedIn, but I've >> been reluctant to do so, mainly because I don't see the point. Its just >> another thing for me to check everyday, and I've got too many of those >> already. >> >> I haven't signed up yet, so at the moment I only pay attention to Twitter >> (I probably have accounts elsewhere, but I don't check them or even remember >> them). >> >> I too, never saw the point in Twitter until I started trying it. It's as >> if blogging, email, IRC, and IM got together and had a love child. The >> shortness leads to the feeling of IRC and IM, both because the messages are >> short and because that leads to messages that use geek-speak, or whatever >> they call it. The fact that you can look when you want (its asynchronicity) >> feels a bit like email. That you're broadcasting to many people and they >> feel no particular need to respond to everything you say feels like you're >> blogging (and the opposite is true of you reading and not feeling the need >> to respond). Plus, its quick: since there's no need to respond, you don't >> feel guilty just skipping messages. >> >> I use it to post mini-rants, questions I need answers, hypothetical >> questions to make people any myself think, links to interesting, sometimes >> futuristicish, items, and ideas I have that I don't mind sharing. I also >> like it because it lets me interact informally with people who I wouldn't be >> interacting with except on blogs and mailing lists, which seem more formal. >> I've even picked up a couple of new friends who found me through other >> links. >> >> Occassionally I post personal items, like when I got married or finished >> my masters. But I try hard to keep it interesting and relevant. You won't >> find me posting my travel schedule on there, updating you with every boring >> detail from when I arrive to airport to when I'm sitting on the plane, or >> having lunch, or any other boring detail like some people. The only time I >> might break that personal rule is if I'm at a conference (or something) >> where I know some of my "followers" are also likely to be, I might say where >> I'm having lunch or dinner to ask if anyone would like to join. But I'd stay >> away from it personally. >> >> Anyway, that's my Twitter testimonial. Obviously, I like it. =) >> >> My account's at http://twitter.com/codeodor >> >> Regards, >> Sam >> >> >> >> >> >> >> The one that seems to have been used the most is Twitter ( >> http://twitter.com/) It is sort of a micro-blogging tool. You send short >> messages (140 characters?) to the service, telling the world what you are >> doing. Then other people can 'follow' you by subscribing to your feed. You >> can of course follow others. At CFUNITED people were posting to Twitter like >> crazy. Seth apparently was taking notes during the sessions. Ken was >> Twittering during last night's meeting. I know a lot of projects out in the >> Flex and AIR world have been based on Twitter. I must admit I'm not yet >> seeing the value of Twitter. Is it really worthwhile or am I just being >> stodgy? >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- James Husum The Quixote Project - one guy's quest to make the world a better place - http://www.thequixoteproject.org/ Brainsludge - all the shtuff running around my brain - http://www.brainsludge.com/ Know any writers? I need their input! - http://www.smotu.org/ Currently reading: The Grey King by Susan Cooper --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. 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