Category Archives: Design

Ways Facebook Could Promote Saving Lives Beyond Organ Donations

I read today that Facebook is encouraging organ donations.  I think this is a great effort and more people should be organ donors.  Ultimately I want this campaign to be successful (and it looks like it is) , but I do have a few concerns: This feature is kind of hidden away.  In fact, I didn't realize the amount of "Timeline Life Events" I could indicate until I started writing this.  This speaks to a larger problem Facebook has with rolling out new site changes without really communicating Read more [...]

How-To: Turn off Facebook Chat Sidebar

Are you as annoyed as I am about the sidebar on Facebook?  In addition to not being a user of Facebook Chat, it confuses me that I get to see people online because then it makes me feel like I’m supposed to use FB Chat.  So, I hid it.  Here’s how (until they do their next interface change tomorrow or something…): Click on the '”Gearwork” (I think?) symbol and there’s a “Hide Sidebar” option.  Fair warning: some friends have expressed that this might Read more [...]