- New Tweet: Back at the Mercy of CityRail and Sydney Buses http://schwoit.com/2011/03/07/back-at-the-mercy-of-cityrail-and-sydney-buses/ #
- New Tweet: Workplace Beauracracy and Politics http://schwoit.com/2011/03/08/workplace-beauracracy-and-politics/ #
- New Tweet: When Social Networking Works for a Geek http://schwoit.com/2011/03/08/when-social-networking-works-for-a-geek/ #
- I just ousted @broos100 as the mayor of Oak Flats Railway Sation on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/cKPD7j #
- New Tweet: Significant Delays on the CityRail Network http://schwoit.com/2011/03/09/significant-delays-on-the-cityrail-network/ #
- Between Sutherland and Helensburgh on the trek home. Don't mind the office except its an eternity from home. #
- New Tweet: Light On The Gardening http://schwoit.com/2011/03/10/light-on-the-gardening/ #
- New Tweet: Test Syndication http://schwoit.com/2011/03/10/test-syndication/ #
- Saw a real potential house candidate today. Best bit, its about 10m from the current place! Literally across the road. #
- New Tweet: C'mon Essendon http://schwoit.com/2011/03/11/cmon-essendon/ #
- New Tweet: Socialising http://schwoit.com/2011/03/11/socialising/ #
- The AFL pre-season final and the NRL's first round are but into perspective by Mother Nature. What's next? #
- The AFL pre-season final and the NRL's first round are put into perspective by Mother Nature. What's next? #
- New Tweet: Another Fat Attack http://schwoit.com/2011/03/12/another-fat-attack/ #
- Watching Sky's coverage of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Oh the horror! (@ Flinders Home) http://4sq.com/gqE4CG #
- TechCrunch Giveaway: An iPad 2 #TechCrunch http://t.co/FDnin2N via @techcrunch #
- I'm at Illawarra Yacht Club (Northcliffe Drive, Berkeley) http://4sq.com/hDiom2 #
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Today I have added a couple of extra social networking tools to the sidebar (that the thing over there >>>>>). I have added my Facebook Status, My Latest Check-in from FourSquare and My Latest Tweet. Guess I best be more diligent in updating them now heh!
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When Social Networking Works for a Geek
Facebook, FourSquare, Geek, Twitter Tweets, Web Sites and Social Networking | Posted by Dean
Mar
08
2011
People often wonder what value does social networking truly provide to them. Sure we can all sit around on Facebook and play flash games, or follow every celebrity through Twitter, but does that truly improve our knowledge and lives substantially? Now don’t get me wrong here I am more than guilty of playing silly games and following celebrities, but there are things with more impact possible on social media.
A good example of this is keeping up with industry sector trends, especially important in the endpoint protection space. For example, I follow a number of competing vendors in the threat management product space on Facebook. It is interesting to see that they are all covering each others moves within hours. For example, Sophos detects a new virus type. Within the day Trend and McAfee will have a similar story on the threat and what they have done about it. Symantec are not quite as regular, but they do eventually cover the same topics. This is good for me from a professional point of view as I am not likely to visit each vendors sites/blogs to achieve the same result.
The sharing of ideas with peers is another great facet of Social Networking for the geek. I have been working through a number of challenging topics at work of late and have had to resort to the internet for answers. Google was not my friend on this occasion only throwing up answers that were not relevant or no longer actually there! I had to resort to the forum. The issue was indeed not a straight forward fix. Further the information in the error did not indicate that the problem was as severe as it potentially was. Suffice to say that I am glad I fixed the issue before a client was impacted.
Social networking also allows me to reconnect with colleagues from a bygone era. Recently I have reconnected with old colleagues from the KAZ and WA Newspapers days. Many of these people I have completely lost touch with previously during moves interstate and the like. Their opinions though still carry significant weight, so it is good to get back in touch.
I guess that is pretty much it. Just a quick brain storm of a blog today.
P.S. If you want to socially network with me you can find my links under “Where Else You Can Find Me” in the sidebar on SCHWOIT. Sorry to anyone on SCHWOIT (Republished).
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