If you have been paying any attention on
Twitter the last few days you probably saw a bunch of tweets from Twifficiency
that looked like this
Once it started I saw these tweets popping
up everywhere, as people ran to find out their score, most people not realizing
that they were granting the application access to tweet on their behalf
(slightly embarrassing for some, extremely
embarrassing if you are a google exec).
This got me thinking, how many of you
bother to maintain test accounts? I do maintain test accounts on
some networks, Twitter being among them. I use them for a number
of reasons for example when I first used Twitterfeed
and later moved to dlvr.it
to integrate my blog with Twitter, I wanted to make sure I didn't spam
the twitter stream, related while I did not fall for Twifficiency
yesterday, there is a new Twitter tool practically every day that looks
compelling, if it doesn't come from a trusted source, I always have a (protected)
twitter account with no followers to try it out on.
You can not necessarily have a "test"
account on all sites, for example the Facebook
Terms of Use could possibly prevent
you from maintaining a fake account
Facebook users provide
their real names and information, and we need your help to keep it that
way. Here are some commitments you make to us relating to registering and
maintaining the security of your account:
1. You will not provide any false personal
information on Facebook, or create an account for anyone other than yourself
without permission.
2. You will not create more than one
personal profile.
I can't find anything similar in the
Twitter
Terms of Service, in fact it is
common practice for people to have multiple Twitter accounts, and accounts
not in any persons actual name.
E-mail accounts - they are certainly
easy enough to come by these days, I have a couple I consider throwaways,
I use them to register for new sites that pop up that I am interested in
but don't know and trust. I have seen too many sites do things like
e-mail you your password in clear text, or spam your friends, using accounts
and passwords that can not be connected back and have no contacts,
protect me if the site turns out to be a fraud or just poorly designed.
Finally while we are talking about
protecting your online security, how many of you go back and review the
services you have granted access to Facebook, Twitter or other accounts?
For example
readtwit a number of people including
myself found the service useful, but it did not last
I wonder how many people still have
rights granted to Readtwit in
their twitter accounts
How do you protect your online interests
and your followers? These are some of the steps I take to protect mine,
in addition to strong passwords that are not the same on every network,
and certainly not the same password as I use for my e-mail addresses.
My Review of the HTC Jetstream Android Tablet
Thu, Feb 9th 2012 9:12a Mitch Cohen The kind folks at HTC who I met at Lotusphere were kind enough to provide me with an HTC Jetstream Android tablet to kick the tires on. Those who follow me know that I am a huge fan of Android, prefer it over iOS, and have been in search of the right Android tablet for some time now with no luck. I am not going to bore you with the Jetstream’s specs you can read them yourself, but the hardware is nice. My main point of comparison is against my Droid X (running Gingerbread), and my orig [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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NitroDesk Touchdown to Officially Support Lotus Traveler (Kindle Fire Owners Take Note)
Fri, Feb 3rd 2012 9:20a Mitch Cohen This is a rather interesting press release I spotted this morning. NitroDesk the makers of TouchDown an Activesync client for Android have announced their plans to officially support Lotus Notes Traveler. Now Touchdown has worked well with Traveler for a while, and there have been a number of new releases since I last played with it.
Here is the interesting part, I am not sure why someone using a supported Android Device would choose Touchdown over IBM’s Android App, but Touchdown supp [read] Keywords: ibm
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Lotusphere 2012 Recap
Thu, Feb 2nd 2012 6:13p Mitch Cohen It has taken me longer than I expected to recap Lotusphere this year, but I finally finished it. See the end of the post for links to my pictures from Lotusphere 2012.
Sunday
I managed to get to two Jumpstart sessions this year, the first JMP203 Getting the Most our of IBM Connections Profiles and Tivoli Directory Integrator. I have had some bad luck in past years with Jumpstart sessions presented by IBMers but this one was excellent, and I did pick up a few new tricks to bring home and implemen [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Which one am I?
Wed, Feb 1st 2012 7:10a Mitch Cohen I know I have been talking about the Super Bowl quite a bit this week here, here and here (maybe even here too), but hey the Giants are in the big game and I am excited. For a little fun today can you pick which of these Super Bowl party goers I might be? Leave a comment with which one you think I am, and let me know which one best describes you.
Lets Go Giants! [read] Keywords: twitter
What is the Blogger Open?
Wed, Jan 25th 2012 8:06a Mitch Cohen Read my guest post on the Social Business Insights Blog, The Blogger Open: Not Your Typical Round of Golf.
There are pictures of this years event here and here. Special thanks to our 2012 event sponsors. [read] Keywords: connections
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Meet the Gurus of Lotusphere
Tue, Jan 24th 2012 7:56a Mitch Cohen One of the Thursday morning mainstays at Lotusphere is Gurupalooza, a session that features speakers from the Best Practices Track on stage taking questions from the audience and occasionally even answering them.
Hosted by Susan Bulloch it is a fun and informative session, starting with each of the Gurus introducing themselves, which I captured here. [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM Champions on the Big Screen at the Lotusphere OGS
Tue, Jan 24th 2012 6:32a Mitch Cohen It was nice to see my photo along with other IBM Champions up on the big screen at the OGS.
Thanks to Joyce and IBM for all they did for the IBM Champions at Lotusphere, and for this new addition to my office wall.
View an interview with IBM Champions Adam Brown, Lisa Duke, and Mikkel Heisterberg on the Social Business Insights Blog. [read] Keywords: connections
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