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Your Facebook Profile is About to Change

Posted on 12/7/2011 by Beth Carpenter | AARP Blog Author | Comments

TechnologyIs your Facebook profile stuck in a fashion rut? Does it feel more “summer 2011″ than “fall 2011?” We kid, we kid, but in the next few days, your Facebook profile is about to look a lot different. Again. (Facebook will ask you whether you want to switch – you’ll see a message along the same lines as the one to your left.) We’ll run through a few of the things you’ll notice first after the change. More here. (Have …

Facebook? Phooey

Posted on 11/16/2011 by Bill Newcott | Movies & TV | Comments

EntertainmentDid I mention I hate Twitter more than anything? I think I did. Well, Facebook’s not far behind, and I say that with sincere apologies to all the people who I dearly love—and with whom I would have no contact whatsoever, were it not for that mind-numbing, brain-draining, time-wasting, ego-bloating little icon with the lower-case F. For a year or so, I’d strictly limited myself to being “friends” with the people I stil quaintly call my “children,” as well as …

5 Things You Need to Know About Facebook

Posted on 09/24/2011 by Patti Shea | Home & Family blogger | Comments

Technology | Your LifeOK, Facebookers. We know you have questions, especially since they’re launching a bunch of new stuff. But let’s stick to the fundamentals. Here are the five things you need to know about Facebook:

Online Etiquette: Why Being Accountable, Responsible and Honorable is a Good Thing

Posted on 07/12/2011 by Leigh Anne Tuohy | Volunteering | Comments

Technology | VolunteeringIf you cannot say something nice, then don’t say anything at all. How many times did your mother tell you that growing up? I am Southern from the tip of my head to the end of my toe. I believe in good manners, using china and crystal, dressing up every day, lighting candles, handwritten notes and being nice to everyone! That being nice part includes the social web. I’ve always thought of Facebook, Twitter and all the others as online …

Don’t Tweet Me

Posted on 07/8/2011 by Bill Newcott | Movies & TV | Comments

EntertainmentThe President of the United States held the first-ever Twitter press conference recently, and while it’s true the event did not mark the end of Western Civilization, it did lead me to believe that when the end comes, the last living historian will Tweet: “2bad ” There was one heartening aspect to the White House exercise, however: Although the questioners all stuck to Twitter’s 140-character-max requirement, the Tweeter-In-Chief responded in actual unlimited, thoughtful sentences, fully understanding that unless you happen …

Help the AARP Foundation Win A Classy Award!

Posted on 07/7/2011 by Jen Martin | Volunteering | Comments

VolunteeringEach year, four million people 65+ years live on less than $10,000 a year. These same people often have to choose between eating, buying medication, and other necessities, often neglecting their hunger. Over the past year, AARP Foundation and Drive to End Hunger have been hard at work to raise awareness for senior hunger. Jim Moret, last year’s Classy Award host, explained that “the Most Effective Awareness Campaign award goes to the organizations with campaigns that continuously sound the alarm …