Social Networking Spaces: From Facebook to Twitter and Everything In Between (Beginning)

✍ Scribed by Todd Kelsey

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 535
• Series: Beginning
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Social Networking Spaces is a great resource for those looking to build or expand their understanding of social networking sites. The author's style is casual and engaging--it's like having a friend sit down with you and explain the ins and outs of Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and more. I normally have a difficult time staying focused on this type of book, but I had no trouble with this one.

I came to the book with a basic understanding of how many of these sites worked and how to set them up, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that every chapter offered me a better way to do things, or a use I hadn't previously imagined for each social network, such as traveling virtually using Second Life.

Since I'm not a "techie," I appreciated the use of lingo that I could easily understand. I recommend this book to anyone who's interested in using these popular social networking sites for personal or business use.

✦ Table of Contents

Apress - Social Networking Spaces (2010) (ATTiCA)......Page 1
Dear Reader......Page 2
Contents at a Glance......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
About the Author......Page 19
About the Technical Reviewer......Page 20
Acknowledgments......Page 21
Introduction......Page 23
Introduction......Page 27
Sharing Stories from Your Life on Social Networks......Page 28
Dr. Fun’s Prescription: Capture, Preserve, and Share......Page 29
Bad News: Social Networks Aren’t Eternal or All Powerful......Page 30
Social Network Roadmap: Back It Up, or Capture, Preserve, and Share......Page 31
Blogs/Blogger/Google Tools......Page 32
YouTube......Page 34
Second Life......Page 35
Meetup......Page 36
The Story of Personal Digital Archaeology......Page 37
Conversation and Community......Page 38
The Life Story Suitcase......Page 39
Meet CFTW......Page 40
A Visual Tour......Page 41
2069.us......Page 45
The Importance of Sharing Your Stories......Page 46
Conclusion......Page 48
Introduction......Page 51
Facebook Friends......Page 52
Status......Page 53
Keeping in Touch, Catching Up, and Show-and-Tell......Page 54
Career Networking......Page 55
Understanding Facebook......Page 57
Writing on the Wall......Page 58
Photos......Page 60
Profile......Page 63
Swimming in the Stream: News Feed......Page 64
Hide and Seek with the “Hide” Function......Page 66
Facebook Applications......Page 67
Games......Page 68
Groups......Page 70
Links......Page 73
Conclusion......Page 75
Introduction......Page 77
Joining......Page 78
Filling Out Your Profile......Page 84
Searching for Friends......Page 89
Exploring Friends’ Profiles and Photos......Page 91
Leaving a Message on Someone’s Wall......Page 92
Leaving a Link on a Friend’s Wall......Page 94
Exploring and Commenting on Pictures......Page 96
Exploring Friends’ Pages and Becoming a Fan......Page 101
Post Privacy......Page 103
Controlling Who Sees Your Friends’ Wall Posts......Page 106
Exploring Groups......Page 107
Sharing a Link......Page 110
Hide and Seek with the Hide Function: One of the Most Important Things to Learn on Facebook......Page 113
Changing Your Profile Picture......Page 114
Adjusting General Privacy Settings......Page 118
Facebook Messages and Notifications......Page 120
Browsing Applications......Page 123
Trying an Application: Scrabble......Page 125
Q/A......Page 133
Conclusion......Page 134
Introduction......Page 137
Creating a Photo Album......Page 138
Uploading Photos......Page 141
The Uploader......Page 142
The Simple Uploader......Page 143
Publishing Your Album......Page 144
Sharing an Album (or Individual Pictures)......Page 148
Organizing Photos......Page 152
Sharing Photos with a Facebook Group......Page 153
More Ways to Upload......Page 155
Facebook for Your Phone......Page 156
Adding the Video Tab to Your Profile......Page 157
Uploading Videos......Page 158
Sharing Videos......Page 163
Adding the Notes Tab to Your Profile......Page 164
Making a Note......Page 165
Q/A......Page 169
Conclusion......Page 170
Introduction......Page 173
Understanding Facebook Pages......Page 174
Understanding Facebook Ads......Page 177
Creating Facebook Pages......Page 178
Getting Help!......Page 183
Linking to Twitter......Page 185
Accessing, Editing, and Expanding Your Facebook Page......Page 189
Editing a Page......Page 191
Facebook Page Promotion......Page 193
Facebook Advertising......Page 194
Scenario: Advertising a Facebook Group......Page 195
Scenario: Advertising an External Site......Page 196
Advertising a Facebook Page......Page 197
Targeting Choices......Page 198
Campaigns, Pricing, and Bidding......Page 200
Review and Payment......Page 201
For Further Reading......Page 202
Q/A......Page 203
Conclusion......Page 204
Introduction......Page 207
Decoding a Tweet......Page 209
Signing Up and Getting Started......Page 210
Following Someone......Page 214
Another Way to Follow Someone......Page 216
Adding a Profile Icon......Page 217
Creating a Profile Icon on www.PicResize.com......Page 220
Making Your First Tweet......Page 222
Checking on Your Followers......Page 223
Q/A......Page 224
Conclusion......Page 225
Introduction......Page 229
Tweeting Within Budget......Page 230
TinyURL.com......Page 231
Making a Short URL with a Custom Alias......Page 232
Other URL Shorteners......Page 234
Texting Refresher......Page 235
Using Twitter on Your Cell Phone or Mobile Device......Page 237
Re-tweeting......Page 243
Twitter Goodies......Page 244
Adding a Twitter Search Widget to a Blogger/Blogspot Blog......Page 246
Connecting Twitter to Facebook......Page 252
Q/A......Page 256
Conclusion......Page 257
Introduction......Page 259
Now, Back to Our Show......Page 262
Creating Your Own Blog with Google’s Blogger......Page 268
Blogger and Wordpress......Page 273
Q/A......Page 274
Conclusion......Page 276
Introduction......Page 277
Uploading Pictures......Page 278
Shuffling Pictures......Page 280
Cutting and Pasting Pictures into Place......Page 282
Changing the Profile Picture......Page 284
Rearranging Elements on the Blog......Page 286
Changing the Template......Page 288
Fonts and Colors......Page 290
Sharing Your Blog on E-mail, Twitter, or Facebook......Page 292
Adding Your Blog Address to Your Facebook Profile......Page 295
Making a Private Blog......Page 297
Q/A......Page 298
Conclusion......Page 299
Introduction......Page 301
Getting Started: Searching Flickr......Page 302
Taking a Tour......Page 307
Creating an Account......Page 310
Getting Started on Flickr......Page 313
Getting Back Home......Page 316
Q/A......Page 320
Conclusion......Page 322
In This Chapter:......Page 323
Introduction......Page 324
Some Pointers on Watching YouTube Videos......Page 329
Browsing on YouTube......Page 336
Creating a YouTube Account......Page 339
Setting Your Age Not to Display......Page 341
Help with Learning YouTube and Resources for Parents......Page 342
Facebook vs. YouTube......Page 345
Getting Started......Page 346
Sharing on Facebook......Page 350
Sharing on Twitter......Page 352
Q/A......Page 353
Conclusion......Page 354
Introduction......Page 357
Why Bother?......Page 358
Referrals: The Power of LinkedIn......Page 359
Exploring the Learning Center......Page 364
Creating a LinkedIn Account......Page 366
Q/A......Page 374
Conclusion......Page 375
In This Chapter:......Page 377
Introduction......Page 378
Adding Contacts......Page 379
Searching for Colleagues......Page 380
Adding Connections by Company......Page 383
Searching for a Job on LinkedIn......Page 385
LinkedIn Groups (and Jobs)......Page 390
Accessing LinkedIn Groups......Page 392
Encouragement for Career Changers, Job Seekers, and Anyone in Career Transition......Page 393
Q/A......Page 398
Conclusion......Page 399
In This Chapter:......Page 401
Exploring MySpace......Page 402
Creating an Account......Page 403
Uploading Songs......Page 407
Uploading Photos/Video to MySpace......Page 415
Q/A......Page 420
Conclusion......Page 421
Introduction: The Original Social Network......Page 423
What the Heck Is Meetup?!?......Page 424
Registering and Exploring......Page 427
Finding a Group......Page 429
Accessing Your Profile/Account......Page 436
Getting Help......Page 437
Starting a Meetup Group......Page 439
Q/A......Page 443
Conclusion......Page 444
Introduction......Page 445
Help......Page 448
Create a Ning Site......Page 450
Add Content: Create a Blog Post......Page 459
Inviting People......Page 462
Q/A......Page 464
Conclusion......Page 465
Visual Introduction: Why Try Second Life? Virtual Tourism, Taking Life Story Pictures, and More......Page 467
Exploring Second Life......Page 471
Virtual Tourism: Going on an Adventure and Taking Pictures......Page 473
Virtual Picture Taking......Page 474
Virtual Heritage......Page 475
Getting on to Second Life......Page 479
Registering on the Site......Page 480
Installing Second Life......Page 487
Exploring Second Life with a SLURL......Page 488
Q/A......Page 490
Conclusion......Page 491
In This Chapter:......Page 493
Social Networking around the World......Page 494
Asia......Page 495
Brazil: Orkut......Page 496
Google Translate......Page 497
Google Multilingual Chat......Page 498
Gmail Translation......Page 505
Conclusion......Page 508
Kahonua and RGB......Page 511
Describe your idea in more depth.......Page 512
Describe the optimal outcome. How would you measure it?......Page 513
RGB......Page 515
CFTW: A Personal Invitation to Join the CFTW Conversation......Page 519
Thinkwriter......Page 520
How will the project improve communities?......Page 521
How is the idea innovative?......Page 522
NewsAid......Page 523
How is the idea innovative?......Page 524
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