In my last blog I encouraged you to get on board the social media train lest you be left behind. I stand firm that we need to participate, but today I want to warn users to be careful. As we expand our networks and make personal and professional connections, we need to fully understand the [...]

Unrestricted participation in social media for technical issues can greatly facilitated the technical interaction of professionals; a good and productive use of this tool. At the same time it allows those who have poorly conceived or ill conceived comments to distribute those comments without having to think too much.

Social networking is confusing. Should I be LinkedIn? Have an account on Facebook? We are busy enough; do we really have time to update our status? Confusing or not, the fact is we should not ignore the social media phenomenon.