#1
/ October 28, 2008 / 1:40 min.
Learn how to sign up for your free
Facebook account and create your personal profile. You'll be able to find old friends and see what they are up to. As well as converse with fellow Facebook friends.
#2
/ October 28, 2008 / 2:35 min.
Once you have your own
Facebook account, it's time to
find your friends online. That's what
Facebook and the social networking phenomenon is all about. You can find out what your high school crush is up to now as well as seeing whether the coworker that called in sick today was actually sick or just faking it.
#3
/ October 28, 2008 / 3:32 min.
Now that you've
found your friends online, it's time to get a full
Facebook profile online. Here, you can update your interests, musical taste, favourite books and movies, even political and religious leanings. Then, decide how much of this information you want displayed publicly and how much you want your network of friends to see.
#4
/ October 28, 2008 / 3:40 min.
In addition to
networking with friends, you can use
Facebook applications to play games, have fun and tell people what you're up to. You can also stay in the loop as to what your friends are doing and saying through
news feeds, post photos, stories and much, much more.
#5
/ October 28, 2008 / 3:38 min.
Facebook's privacy settings allows you to set up privacy on many aspects of your profile. We'll show you how to set these
privacy settings to block people from viewing your profile, as well as show you how you can play with the settings to be as visible or invisible as you would like to be. You can also seem more about
Facebook's privacy policy.
#6
/ October 28, 2008 / 4:06 min.
Facebook can be used to connect friends and to schedule and attend
events. Also, in keeping with Facebook's social networking mantra, Facebookers can search for
public events and join virtual
groups to meet people with similar interests. You can also create your own events and groups for your friends to join and so you can make new friends.
#7
/ October 28, 2008 / 2:16 min.
Facebook is not just about still pictures; you can
upload your videos to easily share them with your network. You can also
record and share video greetings for friends. In order to keep junk videos out though, Facebook requires that you or someone in your network appears in the video. You can even
send videos straight from your phone to Facebook!
#8
/ October 28, 2008 / 2:32 min.
Facebook includes some fairly powerful
photo uploading and management tools. We'll walk through the process to
upload your photos to Facebook,
create photo albums, descriptions and set privacy preferences. When you tag friends in photos, they can be automatically notified and can make comments.
#9
/ October 28, 2008 / 2:48 min.
Your
Facebook profile can get cluttered with all your info, photos, videos, applications and it's time to clean up your profile. We'll walk through ways to present the most pertinent information front and center on your page and keep the junk off your profile.
#10
/ October 28, 2008 / 1:46 min.
Facebook's user interface is a easy to manage. In this tutorial we'll help you understand how to navigate the different sections and how best to use it to your advantage.
about Facebook for grownups
Facebook.com exploded out of a Harvard dorm room and hit the mainstream stage. It has grown exponentially since its launch and the number of people using the service has consistently doubled every six months.
Chances are the majority of your real-world friends have a Facebook account. Facebook for grownups is a practical guide to getting started with Facebook and unlocking some of its more powerful features.