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Screenshot: Downtown News Article
I had an impromptu interview this week with Ryan Vaillancourt of Downtown News about Twitter. His article “All the News That’s Fit to Tweet” is now up, and a couple of my points about twitter were mentioned. Great article for those who want to learn more about twitter or wondering if they should sign up.
Downtown News Article – All the News that’s Fit to Tweet
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Just posted on ExperienceLA Blog – Geeks and Guitars: Fender Custom Shop and Tom Morello at the Grammy Museum.
On a random related note, up soon on intellichick.com will be the story of my guitar noted on the ExperienceLA post. My guitar is named after poet Thomas Moore and eerily eventually signed by Tom Morello. Crazy, right?
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I kind of hesitated writing “efficient” and “facebook” next to each other, but there are a few changes to facebook I have liked (and I’m kind tired of being a ‘negative nancy’ – where does that phrase come from? all the nancy’s i know aren’t negative – ’cause I’m generally pretty chipper). The thing that striked me recently that I liked was when I created an event listing.
Well…
When I finished creating an event. The process of creating the event itself is quite annoying. As I do work for an event-related website, I’m a big fan of “add event/create your event” buttons and links. But wait this was supposed to be positive…
Okay. So once you get through the process of adding an event, when you look at the guest list of attending, maybe attending, etc., it now appears in a light box.
Facebook - Event Guest List Light Box
If you’re an admin, you can easily click “Make Admin” button beside the person and authorize that they become an admin. So simple and concise.
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Screenshot: Facebook Sidebar (4/07/09)
Now added to my “Inefficient” Web Commentary* series is Facebook. Facebook recently underwent a design change that caused quite the uproar with its users (not that it stops them from using the service, but like the current theme, we do somehow seem okay with living life with a marginal amount of dysfunction and a healthy dose of hope – or ability to complain). In any case, this series will just be about things I think would make Facebook work more efficiently. We will start with something I noted today about the Home Page.
I could go on about the insanity of the Friend Feed, but I’m not as bothered by it. What I want to focus on is the sidebar. See the screenshot to the left. It’s a lot of stuff and I’ve even cut out like four boxes from my “highlights”. I don’t really mind that they’re telling me all this stuff. What I do mind is that I can’t tell them how important this stuff is to me.
If I had my way, I’d order it
1) Requests
2) Events
3) Highlights and
4) “People You May Know”.
I understand entirely not being able to move the advertisement (they have to make money, right?).
What bothers me a bit is that it’s not like Facebook doesn’t let me do this in other places:
Facebook Profile - Moving Boxes
For now, I guess setting the precedence of my Fluff Friend is about all the power I have.
Next Inefficient: Facebook? Profile Feed.
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*To be fair, I will have some “Efficient” posts up. Found one I really liked today on facebook actually.
From Michael Kors Spring Collection
Fake Caption: “I’m off to a soiree soon, but let me take a moment to lean against this half-naked hottie.”
This is a new random category where I make fake captions for pictures I find online. Feel free to make your own in the comments! 
On a more serious note, I think this dress is fantastic. The optical mind twist of the stripes on the back with the rest of the red/black striped design is awesome. Unfortunately I cannot afford such luxuries.
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