My Notes - Facebook adds a blog feature + Rss feeds Screenshots included

Facebook has rapidly been trying to improve their social network with flickr like photos and mobile uploads. Now facebook has finally caught up to the blogging world and added “Facebook notes.”

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As you can see Facebook is still focusing on the tagging and photo aspect of the Web 2.0 world. This commitment being made by facebook to educate the users in the world of technology has us really excited. If users become familiar with blogs, they will obviously start reading more blogs!

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It is going to be very interesting to see how the uneducated college crowd reacts to blogs and RSS feeds.

Blogger Fired From Day Job For… Being A Blogger

She kept her popular blog anonymous, never revealing her full name or workplace. But despite her attempts at secrecy, her employer found out and fired her — unusual in labor-protected France, where workers have strong legal protections.

Strong legal protections yet this woman was fired for blogging? This is simply a case of the big wigs being paranoid and reacting irresponsibly to a non-issue.

The expat in Paris goes only by Catherine and declined to reveal her last name because of the personal tales she recounts on the site, www.petiteanglaise.com. She says she was careful never to reveal online the name of the British company she worked for as a bilingual secretary.

Just the idea that Catherine had to keep this entire gig such a secret is a shame. The world of blogging is defined by the ability of the author to express his or her opinion. Freedom is what allows the writing to be so engaging and articulate.

Her employers, the accounting firm Dixon Wilson, cited “loss of trust” and said they felt she had damaged their reputation, Catherine said. Though her name was never used online, her photo appear in a French newspaper article about her blog.

More nonsense from the higher ups who missed the boat on this one. There were claims that Catherine skipped out on work once or twice, but nothing that should have cost her a job. Blogging is “new” to the general public, and until everyone truly understands what the game is about, cases like this one will continue to riddle our society.

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