Part of Facebook’s job is to suggest people you might know, so you can invite them to be your friend and grow your circle. Occasionally, I’ll run through the list of suggestions and see how I might know the suggested people. Usually, there’s some kind of connection: Went to the same school, worked in the same place, friend of a friend, same network, etc.
Today, Facebook presented me with a potential friend, Jon Doe (name changed to protect … ). I was quite surprised, as I recognized the name as one of my own aliases. Let me explain: Read the rest of this entry »
I love Facebook, for many reasons. One is that it helps me keep track of friend’s birthdays and other events. But after the last Facebook update, the Events & Birthdays box has been moved to the bottom of the right-hand column, and as a result I’ve been missing some events I would like to have participated in or contributed to.
Well, thanks to Wezz, there’s a solution. You can move the Events box to the top of the column in three easy steps:
1) You need to be using Firefox. If you don’t have it, you can get it at Mozilla.com.
2) Next, you’ll need the Greasemonkey plugin for Firefox. Using Firefox, click here to install the Greasemonkey plugin.
3) Install Wezz’s awseome Event Fix script. Again using Firefox, click here to install Wezz’s Facebook Event Fix script.
REVISED June 4, 2009
Facebook seems to have made an invisible change to their page layout. While most people did not notice, folks using the above script were disappointed to learn that their Events box was back at the bottom. Hence, this fix …
4) Once installed, there will be a small Monkey icon at the bottom right of your Firefox window. Right-click it and select “Manage User Scripts”. The “Manage User Scripts” window opens.
5) In the “Manage User Scripts” window, highlight “Facebook Event Fix” (top left) and click the “Edit” button (bottom left). Though it’s a little tough to read, the script code opens.
5a) If you’ve never edited a Javascript file before, you may be prompted to find an editor for that file type. “Notepad” is a good choice. Turn on Word Wrap too.
6) Look for a piece that reads
'UIHomeBox'
Change this to read
'UIHomeBox UITitledBox'
Capitalization and spacing matter.
7) Save the file. This should do the trick … till Facebook changes something again.
It started with a message from my old Youth Group Director to my brother. “Hey, I’ll be in your area soon. How about dinner?” My brother said “Sure!”
Then Facebook happened. The word spread like wildfire. The director was well known, and in very short order a collection of 30-40 people were possible attendees at what shaped up to be an impromptu reunion of sorts. The result was that 22 old and dear friends gathered for the first time in (a well overdue) 30 years and a good time was had by all.
Much of the credit goes to my brother and the director for seizing the opportunity. But this could not have happened without everyone’s participation on Facebook. Our initial “investment” in the time to reach out to old friends opened a window of opportunity. That window would not have been there and the reunion would not have occurred if we were not already in touch with each other. Do you business folks see a parallel here?
Status? Social Net Working.
