Sort out your social status

Social status? I’m pretty sure I’m middle class… But that’s not the sort of social status I’m on about. I’m talking about status updates on social networking sites. There are ever more social networks for businesspeople – I regularly use LinkedIn, Facebook and the newly super-popular Twitter, plus occasionally Ecademy, Ryze, Naymz, Plaxo, and SocialMedian. Windows [...]

Business shouldn’t be antisocial

There’s quite an argument going on at the moment about social networking websites (like Facebook and Bebo) and their role in the workplace. In the red corner are the HR departments of several large companies. They’re convinced that employees are wasting time surfing these websites for spurious purposes, like arranging waterfights or watching videos of [...]

Listmania- Ten great online business services

Everyone loves lists, and every now and then I’m going to compile one. It’s what slightly obsessive men do on a Sunday afternoon instead of putting their CD collections in alphabetical order. Here’s a list of ten wonderful online business services. Get networking. I mean business networking, not laying computer cables. LinkedIn has stormed ahead [...]