rm I've seen in a while. It combines the interface for e-mail, Facebook and Twitter. I have 10 more invites to the beta. Help yourself by going here:http://bit.ly/cP5pBv
Set up Facebook friends lists. They help you create different channels so you can see your close friends, work friends, high school friends -- however you'd like to see people -- one group of the time. This blog post will walk you through how:
http://bit.ly/5SRjaQ
Explore Twitter. If you're not a Twitter user, and you wonder what all the buzz is about, here's an easy way to just sort of listen in. Google the phrase "Twitter advanced search," or click here. Type into the search field any phrase you're interested in. You could try "snow" or "Saints" or "Tar Heels." Then set the parameters for "place" to within 15 miles of where you live. Now you can see what the people right around you are saying about the topic that you are interested in. Some of the posts will be a little inane. (Welcome to Twitter.) But you might discover that you occasionally like to do this search, to listen in on the conversation in your area on a certain topic.
Explore Foursquare, the most successful geo-based social media platform. Is it still in a silly, somewhat irrelevant form? Yes. But everything is heading toward mobile, GPS-based smart search, and you need to understand this stuff. Start an account, and play around with it on your phone. Be careful about friending people you don't trust. You don't really want frenemies knowing where you are, do you?
Polish up your LinkedIn profile. In this economy, everyone should have a sparkling public, living resume. If you have a halfhearted LinkedIn profile, you may be doing your career more harm than good. This is a methodical process, and has none of the voyeuristic fun of checking out your high school sweetheart on Facebook. But it could help you get your dream job. Go through and make sure all your jobs, your educational information, any awards, and any professional group affiliations are represented. Join the group Charlotte Business Professionals, the city's best face-to-face networking organization. And write a few recommendations for people you've worked with. Chances are, a few will return the favor.
Check out Evernote, everyone's favorite app for improving productivity. This helps you save all kinds of information from the Web, syncs it to your phone, and makes it all searchable. Within a day you will be raving about it.
Explore voice-related dictation programs. Give your wrists and hands a break. They really were not made to type on keyboards and phones all day. If you're a Mac user, get MacSpeech. (I'm writing this with it right now.) there are many different recorder and dictation programs for your phone, as well, including the free Dragon Dictation.
Create a folder on your computer of "head shots," closeup photos of yourself that you like, including casual pictures and more formal, work-related shots. It's surprising how often we need head shots today. You should have at your disposal a variety that you like, cropped and ready to go. You should also have these on your phone. Otherwise, you will end up with pictures that you don't like of yourself being circulated for work and other purposes.
Create a personalized business card you love. If you let face-to-face meetings go
during the recession, get back out there. Zazzle lets you create your own, prints and ships within a week or so, for cheap. Remember to inlcude your photo on your card, so people remember who you are.
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