Think first before posting certain facts on Facebook

This is an excellent article about some of the facts you should probably be careful about posting on Facebook. http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/28/dcot.socialmedia.privacy/index.html

Think twice about posting:

--your birthdate (can be used for identity theft)

--your mother as a friend (hackers can use her maiden name to answer security questions)

--your vacation plans (burglars can be tipped off)

One way to make your site more secure is to create "lists" that allow complete information to only close friends and family (so maybe you can friend mom after all).

Check out Tim O'Shaughnessy's quotes in Wired, Aug. 09

Tim O'Shaughnessy, from the first OPIM class to graduate from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, is quoted in the Aug. 09 issue of Wired (I know I'm late, but August was not the relaxing month it should have been.) Be sure and check it out: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/magazine/17-08/st_hotseat

Tim's had quite a career, starting with the undergraduate project he did for AOL, while taking an e-commerce class. His innovative project ended up in his being hired by AOL in 2004. After a few years with AOL, he went with Steve Case to start Revolution Health. A couple of years ago, he and some colleagues started hungrymachine.com, which rapidly turned into livingsocial.com, when they realized that their facebook applications were going to be where they had the most success.