Has your relationship with your social media contacts changed for the worse since the election? Perhaps these social media contract templates can help return your feeds to what you expect. Copy the contract that fits your situation, and select from the bracketed options. Choose all that apply. Dear person I follow on [popular social media platform], … Continue reading Social media contract templates for these contentious times
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For today's Works for Me Wednesday I am sharing one of my most basic pieces of computer security advice: Enable two-factor authentication (a.k.a. two-step verification) on every account you can. Two-factor authentication is a simple way to prevent someone else from getting access to your accounts. I've written about this before (including here, here, and here), … Continue reading Why you should turn on two-factor authentication
Why do I use that hashtag? Because I'm tired of ugly prejudice tainting this beautiful country. I've always been uncomfortable when people around me--often friends who I otherwise respect--start spouting hate, and I'm finally speaking out about it. You "hate" black olives? Why? Do you really feel that way, or are you just echoing things … Continue reading #blackolivesmatter, or the peril of misreading a hashtag
If you post something on Facebook there is a good chance that someone will click the like button, but what do those Facebook likes really mean? Sure, sometimes someone clicks the Facebook like button to say "I like this," but what if they click like on a picture of your loved one who died or … Continue reading 20 things Facebook likes may really mean
Last weekend I got to spend time with a friend from college. To be specific, she is a friend I know from college, but we were not friends when we were in college. There was no dramatic reason why we were not friends. She was a few years ahead of me. We were in the … Continue reading Social media and a friend from college who was not my college friend
Kim Z. Dale 