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Being safe on Facebook.

by Nadya Arnaoot on October 20, 2009

I hear more and more stories these days about folks being burnt by the (bad) privacy default settings on Facebook. As more and more older folks join Facebook, I’m concerned that more and more of the people I care about are going to have embarassing Facebook mishaps– or worse, lose jobs or relationships due [...]

Tagged as: family, geeky, harassment, how-to, net, net publics, privacy facebook, publics, tools

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what my brother is seeing right now

by Nadya Arnaoot on October 6, 2008

My brother is still in Syria.  He’s an artist, and has told me for years that I should be watching Flickr to see what he’s up to– but I’ve never really gotten into watching other people’s photos on Flickr.  Until now.

Google’s free screen saver can be hooked up to photostreams.  By default, it shows pretty [...]

Tagged as: cool, family, shiny, tools, work, yay

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A couple cool tools in beta.

by Nadya Arnaoot on December 10, 2007

I’ve been trying out a couple nifty tools; I Want Sandy has yet to win my heart, but I’m quite appreciating Jott.
Jott allows you to hook up a particular phone with a particular account.  When you phone Jott’s number from the phone you’ve authorized, you’re asked who you want to Jott.  You speak for up [...]

Tagged as: cool, family, fun, gtd, tools

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