Take this Lollypop

Another freaky campaign, Take This Lollypop has emerged. Although it's similar to Notruf Deutschland, Take This Lollypop isn't about a new film (as far as I can tell) but instead aims to show you how open your Facebook profile is. I know mine is pretty open - I share my updates and my photos (although I've stopped uploading new photos), but I don't list my address or phone number - which all becomes very clear over the next few minutes. I've no doubt at all that there are still hundreds of thousands of people who don't realise how much they're sharing, and have no desire to share anything. It is still all under your control though, so please, give this a go and then head over to your privacy settings :) 

 

Sorry Helle.

OMG! They Changed Facebook!

It's like being surprised by the sun rising every morning. 

Normally, I'm not a huge fan of the changes, mostly because I've only just got used to the old new and it's always a bit of a hassle to have to go through all your privacy & account settings to make sure nothing's been changed by someone other than you, and to try to figure all the new stuff out. But, we get used to it. Every single time we get used to it. For once, I wish Facebook would change back to how it was just to see if people complained just as much as when it changed to what it is - if you see what I mean.

Anyway! This time, I am a fan of the changes. I love the ticker tape, I love the new lists, I love that I don't have to go to profiles every time I want to comment on something or write the obligatory 'happy birthday!', and I'm not bothered one bit by the new News Feed. 

The more I use Facebook, the more my feed looks like the old feed - the most recent posts are first. It's a smart move to make you use Facebook more. I've simply gone through my friends, made lists (which is extremely easy to do) and bingo - my feed shows me what I want. 

For once, I can't figure out why everyone's complaining. Mind you, it's probably far too early to be writing this given that today, as far as we know, Facebook will announce even more changes. I, for one, am excited. 

That was all. Just had to get it out. 

Gimme Gimme Gimme!

I've recently discovered the Gimme Bar. I might be a little bit in love with it as it basically gives me everything I've ever wanted. Well, not exactly. It allows me to do almost everything I've wanted to do online.

It lets me save images, videos, bit of text, whole pages - anything - for later. Public or private, gathered up in little collections for me to share or come back to later. 

I'm constantly finding things I want to look at later, or be reminded of, or think that one day I'll buy, and I either stick them on Pinboard or add them to TeuxDeux, but as much as I love Pinboard and TeuxDeux, it's not what they're for. Gimme Bar is exactly that; a place to store stuff.

Check it;

New Gimme Bar Demo from Gimme Bar on Vimeo.

It's open for sign up until Friday, when it will close again for a while. This is because SwissMiss, Queen of all Blogging Cool, blogged about it. Thank you, Tina. So - go! Sign up! Gimme!