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Take action today to learn about Facebook timeline and hide embarassing and potentially endangering old status updates

Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 17 December, 2011 - 23:32

Facebook is again evolving and growing its offerings, this time to bring a new feature that makes it easy and fun to explore and engage with someone's activities on facebook through time. As I've been saying over the last few years as Facebook gained in prominence (and I'm not alone in this) I am very concerned about Kabissa members working in potentially risky environments using Facebook in a non-tactical way and risking not just embarassment but arrest or worse.

March Net2 Think Tank: Cloud Computing

Submitted by Claire Sale on 3 March, 2011 - 14:57

Hi All -- This month's Net2 Think Tank is about using the cloud at NGOs and other social enterprises. We're really interested to see how the cloud is having an impact in Africa! If you have a good case study, I hope you'll share it with us. The whole announcement post, including the guidelines for submission are included below. Looking forward to seeing hearing what you have to share!
-Claire

You use Facebook. But what about LinkedIn? My contribution to the Feb Net2ThinkTank

Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 8 February, 2011 - 16:18

I have had an account on LinkedIn for years, but recently devoted a solid week to beefing up my LinkedIn Profile, which I used to create my Curriculum Vitae using the free LinkedIn Resume Builder.

RIP: del.icio.us

Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 17 December, 2010 - 15:32

I woke up this morning to the news that del.icio.us is going to be shut down, which is quite sad news for many veteran social media enthusiasts. The best summary of the news, its implications and what our options are is on Beth's Blog, which is crossposted in full below.

As usual, hit the reply button in your email to share your thoughts/ideas/questions in the comments to this post.

Deadline 14 September: Apply to participate in Voices of Our Future online citizen Journalism and Web 2.0 Training Program

Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 9 September, 2010 - 08:13

I wanted to pass on this great elearning opportunity which I received today via the @risingvoices mailing list. It would be great to see many Kabissa members in Africa participate. "Join the Applicants Group, and you could be one of thirty women selected to participate in the full five-month citizen journalism and empowerment training program!"

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