I have posted Troy’s most current post on his blog because the message was so simple but so true. I saw it as keeping information in one basket (like this institute) and only those who have access to it are allowed to take it. Where if it was shared then anyone could access it and there would be no gatekeepers of knowledge.

This whakatauki is similar to don’t keep all your eggs in one Basket, I thought this an

appropriate whakatauki because of my habit of saving a copy of important documents on my desk-top and a copy using one of the many cloud storage options that are open to us and of which we learned in thing 18.

I really don’t like Social networks because you give a lot of your personal and professional information out that it feel likes everyone knows you, but they don’t. Lately though I find myself on Facebook … I wonder if that is because I’ve just finished my Masters and really have nothing better to do?

My thoughts on social networks are schizophrenic, sometimes my alter ego comes out and I say things that I might (scratch that I know I would) not say out aloud. This could be one of the dangers of using social networks for research. It offers feed back (+&-), ability to load information, videos and your own voice. As I’m typing this I’m thinking ummm this isn’t a bad thing maybe this could be good. So I wonder what is the difference between FB and a Blog? Ok I’m going off on a tangent here, big picture I think FB is good, I go on more then I make phone calls, I like what other people are doing and I’m getting in some reading everyday.

I also belong to LinkedIn but I don’t go on here unless I see someone I know trying to contact me. I have had many job offers on LinkedIn which was cool but I’m still interested in studying. That’s pretty much all I think about LinkedIn. If anyone could tell me how to use LinkedIn a bit better I would be interested.