Great job on the posts! Keep up the good work on the information!

I'll be interested to hear how your experience with the Groups works out for you. I've noticed, since October when this change occurred, how many groups I now belong to without ever joining. It's a little frustrating to see that I belong to so many now, but alas that is the way of Facebook at times. The nice thing is that I don't see what is happening in these groups unless I get overly inundated with spam. Hopefully your groups are more collaborative than the ones I belong.

It is good to note that the groups overhaul didn't affect groups created before October ... just all the groups after the fact. So if you had a thriving working group nothing really changed for you. Keep me updated because I would love to hear more about how your group is working successfully. Those stories are great to hear about and post!

Personally ... I've always thought that Microsoft gets more successul after they release Service Pack 3 of products. I know a lot of people love Microsoft XP, but few remember when it launched how horrible an OS it was. It was buggy and slow and finally fixed itself with Service Pack 1. It wasn't until Service Pack 3 that XP really became a great OS.

Same thing happens with their other products. Office 2007 has had two Service Packs. Office 2010 feels like Office 2007 Service Pack 3. They fixed a number of problems and updated a look and feel that operates smoother. Migrating to Office 2010 will feel really smooth after using Office 2007. I'm sure you'll see this when you upgrade. Which ... I hope is soon. :)

Keep me posted on what your "Attraction Principle" is going to be for your blog. I've always enjoyed your content. The trick behind growing your audience is getting the information out to the right people. It can be difficult to not see growth. Keep in there and I'm sure you will have growth ... once people know what they're getting. :)

One of the things people underestimate is the power of order and directions. When you work on a goal you have an end goal in mind. You create actions to move you towards the end destination. However, we don't always thing about those terms when we look at business interactions. A successful business is more than just information. We need to have end goals in mind and create actions to get our consumers and clients to where we want them to be. The simpler the process, the easier it is to engage our audience.

Good luck with the redesign!

My favorite item on this list is the under the "Facebook Ads" settings where it states on the page "Facebook does not give third party applications or networks the right to use your name or picture in ads. If this is allowed in the future this setting will govern the usage of that information."

It makes me wonder what other "settings" are in Facebook that don't work right now, but when turned on we will not know about it. :)

I'm glad this helped you out!

That's great Chris. The one thing I really like about Microsoft products is how they try to make every function available to you through a multiple of different ways. One I love quick keys, so being able to set up "Categories" that I can use by just hitting <ctrl> <function key> is also really great.

That way ... I never have to move to the mouse from my keyboard. And to me that's golden. I'm glad to see you started playing around with the categories. Start using them and you'll be able to see some cool functionality.

It's amazing the ability we have to impact when we have the ability to connect. I think that is the whole innovation of "Social Media" in todays world is the possibility of connection. The overwhelming thought is the maintenance. But with really great tools out, like Digsby, it makes working in these complex spaces really easy.

Now if they could implement Skype I would a happy camper. :)

Larry,

I'm so happy that you're starting to implement a system for blogging that works for you. I doing activities in 10 minutes and looking at how the 10 minutes can be used effectively. One of the things I've found that works well is writing down the tasks that I wanted to accomplish. A mini "goals" list. Then once you have those goals ... you prioritize what you focus on for the day. Then when you want to incorporate more tasks, you just add another 10 minutes. That way you work a lot more effective and focused.

Of course ... I need to implement a better 10 minutes as well. :)