Facebook, ou la force des liens faibles Comme une partie de plus en plus importante de la jeunesse désœuvrée et rebelle à laquelle j’appartiens, je traîne à mes (rares) moments perdus sur le fameux site dont tout média de référence se doit de parler en ce moment, je veux bien évidemment parler de Facebook. Je regarde les pages de mes « friends », « poke » et « superpoke » à l’occasion, rejoins des groupes comme « j’écoute des MP3 sans chaussette » ou défend des causes qui vont de « Stop Global Warning » à « Libérez Magenta ». Perte de temps que tout cela… Hum… pas si sûr. Le capital social (1) Voici un beau prétexte pour vous parler d’une de mes notions préférées : celle de capital social. 1. On présente généralement la notion de capital social en disant que celui-ci est constitué par le carnet d’adresse de l’individu. Qu’est-ce que cela veut dire ? On peut ainsi définir le capital social comme l’ensemble des ressources qu’un individu peut obtenir au travers de ses relations sociales. 2. A quoi sert ce capital ? 3. 5.
Scratch makes programming like playing with LEGO bricks In the past, many computer journalists have tried to explain advanced concepts such as object-oriented programming by comparing the activity to building applications by connecting smaller components in the same way a child assembles LEGO bricks. While early object-oriented programming environments such as Smalltalk were originally intended for children, the reality of programming never quite lived up to the simplicity of the LEGO model. That has all changed now with Scratch, a project developed by Mitchel Resnick and his associates at MIT's Lifelong Kindergarten research group. The group, recently noted by The Chronicle of Higher Education, was previously responsible for creating the popular LEGO Mindstorms series of programmable robotics kits. The designers were inspired to create Scratch because of the difficulties involved in teaching programming to young children—Scratch is designed for kids aged eight and up. The Scratch user interface.
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10 privacy settings every Facebook user should know We’ve updated this guide with the new privacy settings just launched by Facebook. You can get the new Facebook privacy guide now. Everyday I receive an email from somebody about how their account was hacked, how a friend tagged them in the photo and they want a way to avoid it, as well as a number of other complications related to their privacy on Facebook. Perhaps he was tired of receiving my status updates or perhaps he didn’t want me to view photos from his personal life. 1. I can’t tell you how many people are not aware of their friend lists. There are a few very important things to remember about friend lists: You can add each friend to more than one friend groupFriend groups should be used like “tags” as used elsewhere around the webFriend Lists can have specific privacy policies applied to them I’ll touch on each of the things listed above in more detail later. Using friend lists is also extremely useful for organizing your friends if you have a lot of them. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
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How to friend Mom, Dad, and the Boss on Facebook...safely Oh no! Your mom just joined Facebook and what’s even worse, she wants to be your friend. More and more people are finding themselves in this situation today and unsure of what to do. Friending mom and dad, the boss, or other work colleagues opens up the details of your private life for the whole world to see – and you might not be entirely comfortable with that. The Big Question: Should You Bare it All Online? It’s still up for debate how much personal information you should share with others on your Facebook profile. Others would say that those are precisely the sorts of photos that make it dangerous to use online social networks like Facebook for both personal and business networking. Sharing Some Things, Not Others The issue isn’t really that black and white, though. If you’re not ready to expose everything about you to anyone who asks to be your online friend, it’s time you learned how to use Facebook’s friend lists. How To Use Friend Lists Image Credit: canyonjam