How can I clean up my Facebook Home Page?

As mentioned in the Home Page blog post "What is up with the Home page?", the Home Page now shows news not only from your friends but also from groups, and of course those annoying applications. So how do you limit the information shown on your Home Page?

Before I show you how to do it I first want to say that if you see your name in any image, please do not take offense. These are only images used to illustrate the process and there is no meaning behind it.

So how can you clean up your Home Page to only show what's important to you?

If it's an application you are trying to hide mouseover the right top corner of the news item and click Hide and then select Hide + the application name.

Now in case you want to hide news from a group or friend, you can follow the same steps but select Hide + Friend's name. Right after you hide the news item you will have the option to click on Undo in case you did something by accident.

If you ever decide you want to show those news items again on your Home Page, all you have to do is:

1. Click on Edit Options at the bottom of your Home Page.
2. Click on "Friends, Public Profiles or Applications" depending on what you are trying to edit. In this example I'm selecting Applications.
3. Click Add to News Feed button next to the application (or friend's name).
4. Click Close.

You can also opt to view the hidden stories by clicking on Show xx Hidden Posts at the bottom of the Home Page.

Well hope this helps with you.

How can I accept or ignore all Facebook friend request at once?

Yes and No :O(

Unfortunately you can't accept all friend requests at once but you can ignore all of them. I think the reason behind this is because of the privacy settings everyone has on their profile. You might not want all these friends to have the same access to your profile therefore you need to add them one by one. If you think about it, it makes sense, right?

To ignore all friend request:

1. Click on x friend requests (x=number of friend request) or See All link on the top right corner of the Home page.
2. Click on Ignore All link on the top right corner.
By the way if you don't see anything happen when you click the link make sure to either hold down the CTRL key as you click or allow pop-up blockers.
3. Checkmark the box next to Friend requests (x), and then click Ignore these requests.
4. Click Okay.

In step 3 you can also see other requests sent to you by your friends and groups so just make sure you checkmark the correct thing.

Hope this helps!

Remember that text from last night?

If you think FML is funny then you haven't laughed hard enough yet. Now there is Texts from last night where users can send text messages to the site by using their area code and others can reply. The number you see before the text is the area code where the text message came from and if you see another text message right below it, it's because some one has responded to it.

You can leave a comment by clicking on reply or rate the messages as good night or bad night.

Here are a couple of them to give you a sample.
(775): I was too high to figure out which of the three doors would lead me to my classroom, so i sat down in the middle of the hallway and ate a twinkie.
(248): Is your delayed response due to the massive amount of judging going on?
(802): My social work teacher just told our class about her bicurios adventures in college
(516): is she hot?
(802): She is now
(702): what made you think it was a good idea to trust the girl that hides tequila in her backpack?
(204): My cousin's wedding had personal beer funnels for each table and a drinking game against the bride and groom. im sorry for ever calling you white trash
(504): She looks like Sash Grey but sounds like Fran Drescher. Advise.
(858): This concert is like a reunion of all my bad sex.
(203): a girl in my class is on a twilight fan site and running her fingers on the screen as edwards body comes up.


Oh and there is an app for this too!!! It's $0.99 for those that would like to know and you can downlad it here .

Just remember, you might forget the text messages you send but will we?

How do I tag friends on my Facebook status?

This new feature was just rolled out. You can now tag your friend in your status by adding the @ in front of their name. As soon as you do that, you'll see a list of friends with similar names displayed and all you have to do is select your friend from the list.

After you select your friend it will add their name highlighed in blue as a hyperlink and the @ symbol dissapears.

You can also tag more than one person by just adding again the @ in front of the other name.

via apps.facebook.com

Posted via web from All Things Cynthia Medina

How NOT to use PowerPoint!

I can see this being used at the beginning of a PowerPoint class, enjoy.



Agree with Don. PowerPoint should be used to give your lecture a visual effect be it a class you're teaching or a presentation to your management team.

Keep it short, to the point, and use images that will add to your lecture.

How do you use PowerPoint?

Social Media is About People, Not Logos

View this video to give you an idea on how to use Social Media and humanize your brand. Some Great information is shared. 

Video HowTo: Reviewing the changes to the Facebook Friends List

It's always hard to keep up with the ever going changes of Facebook. Friends list is one of the topics which use is not much understood. Sure everyone has tons of friends, but are they all close friends? Is everything you post ok for everyone to view?

This is where Friends Lists come in handy so I took the time to document the latest changes done to this feature.

Hope the video helps you understand the latest changes.

How do I organize iPhone Apps in iTunes 9?

If you're like me then you probably have tons of apps that would be difficult to find if you had endless pages of pages. With iTunes 9, you can now organize them in folders which makes finding an app much more easier. I've compiled a couple of videos that will help you succeed at this. Enjoy!


How to Organize iPhone Apps in iTunes 9 Part 1

How to Organize iPhone Apps in iTunes Part 2

Now that you've learned how to do that, organize away.