Right As Usual

I found this via PowerLine . It's a wickedly funny parody of a Facebook page, but for Barack Obama. I imagine he'll be steamed. Look for them to retaliate with a McCainBook page.

I joined Facebook, at the invitation of a friend in the Pajamas Media , with which I am associated. My kids thought it was cool, and, for a time, it mostly served to get in contact with friends and cousins I had lost touch with. Yes, my friends & family are mostly as geeky as I am. Recently, I've been playing around with the Blog Networks app, and it occurred to me that people could use some introduction to the ways of using it to improve your blog's stats. You want to claim any blogs you have. To do this, sign up for the app, and Add a Blog (yours). Search for blogs with similar characteristics - you will want to join their network. At first, I just looked at the Top Blogs, but what you want to do is specifically look for blogs like yours. The Browse Blogs feature allows you to zoom in on the topics you want, then check them out. This brings up the Top 50. My strategy is to go down to the bottom of the Top 50, and, methodically, take a good look at them. Using this...

I've been playing around with the Facebook apps lately. Some of them are kind of silly, the type of little gizmos that are intended to pass time when bored. Others have a real potential, and one of them is BlogFriends. The ability to link your posts to a larger audience may be the killer app of Facebook. I've joined, and will be checking out my stats to see whether it adds readership. Email me if you want to be added to my friends network .