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Do You Have Facebook? A Word of Caution.

// March 5th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // tips and tricks

What’s the good of getting connected but not reaching out to each other? The paradox of what is happening nowadays in social network sites such as Facebook and its predecessor Friendster. Some seem to have lot of “friends” yet feel alienated. Others seem to be boring person by filling up the wall with pointless remarks and another seem to be consumed up by being there day in day out. Yet Facebook will greatly benefit us if we have the right attitude. Below a few pointers that I hope will guide you to the right pathway.

Don’t upload any picture that you may regret later since it will remain on database though you have deleted it. Such as sight of you dead drunk on one occasion viewed by one of your would be employer or business partner won’t do justice to your real qualities.

Use the proper channel to air anything that’s supposed to be kept between parties. Please, I beg you not to get involved in brawl out there for everybody to see. Let your reputation intact by settling any kind of dispute through private means. Don’t make a spectacle of yourself by divulging skeletons in your cupboard. We may have a spat with anybody in real life but your acquaintances won’t find out unless you tell them personally. On Facebook, it will be left out in the open and the repercussion will be massive!

Expand your network by adding people that you know in real life. Occasionally you also may add people that share similarities with you such as hobbies, activities, and aspirations. But please don’t add people for the sake of making up the number. I, for one once managed to gather beauties from all corners of the globe until I realize the banality of my attempt. Also before you invite somebody, make sure that you will treat him as a friend not as one of your “decoration”. It isn’t fair to him to be treated like that.

A particular useful feature in Facebook is “suggestions column” on the middle right (as of March 2010). It suggests to add friend’s friend and send any friend in your circle a message. It appears in random especially those to whom you didn’t get in touch for a while. If it was utilized properly it would be great tool to reconnect with your friends and colleagues around the world. Make it a habit to write a friend who you don’t remember the last time you get in touch with him. Friendships need to be watered just like flowers in order to flourish. We need to take care of them and nurture them otherwise they will be withered.

Post meaningful things on the wall. Don’t fill up the wall with your daily activities, complaints, and other trivialities. Those will make others’ head spin and in the long run it will force them to hide you entirely from their wall. You absolutely can post interesting topic such as cooking tips, a dining place’s recommendation, fishing techniques etc. Limit yourself to post twice daily on the wall.

I don’t advise you to use the poke feature. It’s just foolishly immature and don’t serve any real purpose, plain or super poke wise. You are not certain of their intention by the way they poke you. You may straight up sending them a message instead.

Anyway don’t let those pitfalls deter you from getting into Facebook elite. It helps you reconnected with friends and expand your network. It let you know what your friends are up to. It is also loaded with some of useful applications to help you get through the day. Oh yes, you are welcome to invite me to your brand-new Facebook account by typing Aloysius Yacobus on the search column. Have fun!

P.S I use pronoun him throughout article just for the sake of simplicity. By mentioning him I also refering to her.

How to Remove Recent Documents Listed Document in Microsoft Word 2007

// March 2nd, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Uncategorized

An opportunity presents itself to wipe your slate clean. Imagine your colleague or worst, your superior comes up to your cramped cubicle suddenly and asks to use your personal computer for a while because his computer is out of order or he needs to point out something on the screen. He wants to open document in Microsoft Word, the most popular office application on the globe, which in turn found out to be like this:

The chagrin look on your face, an embarrassing and awkward moment of silence fills the air and the very next day you are a disgrace to the entire department. You swear this won’t be happen again thus you decide to clean up your act by going to words options and click it.

The WORD OPTIONS menu flashed before your eyes, choose advanced then scroll it down until you find the menu options under title DISPLAY, where Show this number of Recent Document option is resided. Change the number to 0 (zilch, zero, nil, nothing, nada, zippo you name it) then click OK. The image below is the outcome of your recent action.

Congratulation! You just took a step to eliminate chances of your boss or just anyone breathing down your neck again or better yet to take precautions!

P.S: If you interested in any of those “X-rated” files above, feel free to ask