Deliberations by Darrell » Geek

Lost: The Facebook Edition

Darrell Buchanan — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:52:42 +0000

The New York Times has provided a helpful chart to make sense of the maze of options to manage your privacy on Facebook. According to the Times, you will need to navigate through 50 settings with more than 170 options.

Read the article that accompanies the chart and start clicking!

Your Facebook Exposure

Darrell Buchanan — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:30:01 +0000

The new Facebook API (Application Programming Interface) is so easy and unrestricted that someone has built this site where anyone can plug in any Facebook username — and see what results.

While no secrets will be exposed, the search results may reveal things that might otherwise take some time to obtain.

Give it a test run by typing your own Facebook username name into the site. If you are surprised by what you see, this guide will show you how to increase your Facebook privacy.

HT: Downloadsquad.com

End of Semester Encouragement

Darrell Buchanan — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:55:07 +0000

As the Fall Semester enters its final days here at Western Christian College, I have changed the wallpaper on my laptop to the following:

I’ve encouraged my students to do the same.

Get it for your own desktop from the great collection of free wallpapers, themes, and icons at InterfaceLIFT.