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http://saber-taylor.livejournal.com/298068.html
You can do this book proposal:
Social Networks for Dummies [or Brain-Friendly, Smart Choices Made Simple ✓ etc] (2007/2008):
Each chapter would include
- best of the Internet features if the site has any.
- a section on how to delete yourself.
- an advanced section at the end
*** Chapter 1 Be sure to explain what a URL bar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_bar) is since that's the most valuable correction that can be provided to newbs right now.
How to use Firefox.
*** Chapter 2 Risks.
Quickie on how to update your software and tighten security.
Minimize impact of security breaches.
Bibliography/linkdump the 100 links to mainstream articles on the subject of employment impacts.
*** Chapter 3
What is hotlinking?
*** Chapter 4 Myspace.
Best of the Internet: most popular.
Reduce spam advertisements by deactivating your "user is online" feature.
Advanced section: deleting your relationship status with Web Developer add-on.
*** Chapter 5 Orkut
?
*** Chapter 6 Livejournal.
Best of the Internet: good communities.
Misc: Ljseek, ljfind, FRNK, ljdrama.
Advanced section: console commands, LJ-Simple scripts.
*** Chapter 7 Linked-in
?
*** Chapter 8 Facebook
Misc: eTrust violation. 90% of the "communities" are just poll answers in disguise.
Advanced section: include a new script which crawls friend pages for their music interests and collates the selections.
*** Chapter 9 Usenet
How to use the Google archives. For the love of Eris do not start this chapter with "In the beginning the host file was using NCP on 100 abacuses blah blah blah..."
*** Chapter 10 Yahoo
Best of the Internet: email lists
*** Chapter 11 Craigslist
Misc: include the newsworthy events.
*** Chapter 11 Blogspot etc
Misc: better integration with technorati?
*** Chapter 12 Youtube
?
*** Chapter 13 Romance sites
okcupid, eharmony, ...
*** Chapter 14 Online games
Deserves a whole nother book. Mention pogo, mmorpgs etc.
*** Chapter 15 Other
Trade-offs of simple website hosted on your ISP versus social networks. For example, with trusted 3rd party, users can interact on even terrain.
Any quirks of forums such as BBSpot or Slashcode or news comment systems etc.
2 seconds of html instructions and links to more information.
*** Chapter 15 Futurism and further reading: scifi and howtos.
*** Appendix A: How to monitor your audience.
Referred to in Chapter 2.
Also the Alexa tools. RSS feeds, aggregators.
*** Appendix B: List of niche social networking sites
Include 1-2 phrases of description per site.
*** Appendix C: Usericons with The Gimp.
I don't want to write this $$book$$ so you can have it. enjoy. Altho I could see writing a book focused on 1 site.
I expect this book on amazon.com in Q3. Thanks for your co-operation.
Amazon.com searched for "myspace" and "livejournal".. I think this book should be a go.
Published by :saber-taylor 2007-04-05 21:21:05.0
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