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Found some information at a few blogs and at Techcrunch today. You need to be careful about your use of social networks, particularly the infamous Facebook. Not only is it actively patrolled by drunkards and miscreants (just kidding), but it is a definite time zapper. And, many organizations are paying attention:

[Charlie] worked for the investment bank Goldman Sachs, he spend an 500 hours in the last six month on Facebook. This is about 4 hours a day!!! What I can’t understand is, what do you want to do 4 hours a day on Facebook? It is getting worse, Charlie got a warning from his employer to stop going on Facebook during work-time. He ignored the warning and posted it on Facebook, mentioning that he is more afraid of losing Facebook than his job.

I don’t know how someone could spend 4 active surfing hours a day using Facebook. According to additional reports on Techcrunch:

Unwisely, perhaps, Charlie posted the warning email on his Facebook account, saying “It’s a measure of how warped I’ve become that, not only am I surprisingly proud of this, but in addition, the first thing I did was to post it here, and that losing my job worries me far less than losing facebook ever could.”

Be careful out there. Don’t lose your life to Facebook.

We’re not in the business of talking about Facebook, or commenting on news regarding Facebook and other social applications, but I just heard some interesting news that I really wanted to talk about. Two sites have already picked up and started discussing the latest development of Facebook and Opensocial, the development is being discussed on Opensocket and O’Reilly.

Apparently, Google has released an app for Facebook that uses open social.  A creative way to break into facebook, but a crazy way to layer apps upon apps.

If you are unfamiliar with OpenSocial I highly recommend checking out Google’s website: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/

From the site:

OpenSocial provides a common set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create apps that access a social network’s friends and update feeds.

It is a great idea, unifying - at least in part - the web, bringing the common features together, allowing you to great apps or gadgets to be used across multiple sites. But, Facebook has yet to adopt it.

Perhaps with this new move by Google they will take a closer look.

Well we were in a scramble to try to make it to California tomorrow, but because of time and money concerns decided not to go. Instead though, after doing a little bit of research we were able to find another upcoming conference that looks even more promising than the one we were considering, The Future of Web Apps, by the Carsonified crew.

I have been a big fan and admirer of all of the developers and services that are attending and can’t wait. Best part is it’s in Miami!

For more information I highly recommend checking out the nicely designed FOWA’s website and blog!

We deal with the web a lot everyday. The developers at JumpSwap are also full time web developers - CSS, XHTML, blah blah blah… we work with this stuff everyday. We advocate to everyone, businesses, college groups & organizations, sororities, fraternities, etc. about the power of the Internet. Whether it’s for College Organization, Sorority, or Fraternity management (JumpSwap), or it’s for fun and leisure, the Internet offers a host of websites, communities, and tools that can help benefit your group. That’s why it’s nice to see creative use of technology:

I stumbled upon the “UCF Students Taking Over The World” group over on LiveJournal today. I was looking up a friend who is currently attending the when I found this interesting collection of blogs and users on the web. If you are already a UCF student looking for more information about your school, classes, events, etc. I highly recommend you check it out.

Found this little tidbit on Digg and thought I would share.

Apparently a student organization at the California State University, Stanislaus is trying to ban chemically scented products on their college campus. According to the article:

The fact that these fragrances are concocted from a vast array of highly volatile chemicals that could cause various unpleasant symptoms and lead to ill health never enters the minds of most who wear them.

I personally try not to wear deodorant because I am afraid the aluminum will seep through my pores and into my lymph glands (I think I heard that in a movie). For real though… some people do wear far too much cologne or perfume and I for one wouldn’t mind less chemicals in my body.

I was asked to plan a party a few weeks ago, and I realized this morning that I should write a quick something about how Jumpswap can be used to (in fact was used) to plan a college party or get together.

First, a backdrop on the situations we think Jumpswap helps solve:

I don’t know about you, but it seemed like a lot of our college group’s get-together’s and fund raising events were unsuccessful - or at least - not as successful as they should have been. Someone would be assigned a task (plan a car wash for example) but, when the time came to actually start scrubbing not everything was in place. One person would be in charge and tell someone else briefly that they were in charge of collecting buckets, soap and supplies, another person was told they had to do marketing for the car wash. Everything was discussed in person, briefly, not written down, not formally assigned, and when the car wash was turned into a wash, everyone starts pointing fingers.

It sucks… and its really just a communication issue - not an issue with any of our members.

Jumpswap Can Help

Jumpswap has helped us plan a number of successful college campus events. With Jumpswap you can login and create an event. Within the events section we also have created a discussion board so all of your members can talk about the event, issues can be discussed and recorded. From there you can then create a committee to work on certain things relating to that event, and then, if you are in charge of certain aspects of your college party or fund raising event, assign your crew to-dos or tasks to make sure everything stays on target.

(PRLEAP.COM) Fort Myers, FL - Jumpswap.com – College Group Management Software

For the last year and a half 3 Florida college students have been working on a website that will help college groups, sororities, fraternities, and student government become more productive. The system, created by college seniors Devin Castro and Zach Katkin and College Graduate Harry Casimir, is a completely customized web application that allows college groups, fraternities, sororities, and student government to collaborate with members and get things done:

http://www.jumpswap.com

Jumpswap is revolutionary because it has utility, unlike social networks (like Myspace or Facebook), whose primary goal is social interaction, Jumpswap was created with Student Groups and Student Government in mind. Jumpswap’s management tools allow group leaders and presidents to manage members, manage dues and finances, assign tasks to members, and schedule group wide events and notifications.

The system already has a number of students across the nation using it and reaping the benefits of its features. According to one member:

“Before Jumpswap, communication in [my] fraternity was terrible. We used to use facebook and email to communicate, but it never seemed to work. People wouldn’t check their email or use facebook as a management tool. We no longer have to worry about random people. It simplified things – it was just for our fraternity.”

The Jumpswap team plans to aggressively market to college campuses throughout the nation.

With JumpSwap your college group can focus on communication! Our online college group management application has your needs in mind. As a college student, group leader or group member, we understand your distinct needs in getting things done, organizing events, and cultivating a successful college experience.