Posts Tagged ‘Facebook’

Y’know, just the other day I was having this conversation at my day job with co-workers. Can you get fired by posting something online? Specifically social network sites like Facebook?

Well, British Airways suspended 15 cabin crew members because they allegedly posted inappropriate comments on their Facebook pages.

About a dozen cabin crew have been suspended while investigations are being carried out. The suspensions had to do with a number of reasons, including inappropriate comments the staffers posted online.

BA is locked in a long-standing dispute with cabin crew over issues including wages, job security and working conditions. The union has called for a strike vote by members. 15 flight attendants allegedly wrote Facebook comments and sent private emails about a “name and shame” list of pilots who volunteered to help break any strike.

The airline has also demanded that unions reveal the identities of a further 32 members of the cabin crew who posted messages about the list on a thread on its discussion forum.

The wave of suspensions began last weekend, after one cabin crew worker acquired a list of 40 pilots who had volunteered to work as cabin stewards should a strike be called. That worker posted a message on a Facebook page saying they had the list, and asking others what should they do with it.

Those under investigation received calls from airline management, ordering them to attend meetings at the crew report center. Those meetings have resulted in 17 suspensions so far, it is believed. Some of those suspended insist they had not read the Facebook message, nor replied to it. Others, who were not Facebook friends, say they were suspended because someone else had messaged news of the list to them through Facebook. So, most were suspended on the basis of guilt by association.

On the whole, it is an obvious witch hunt. However, it does give one an idea of just how careful you should be on websites like Facebook. This story is only the latest example of how social networking, blogs and the internet can be your undoing in the workplace.

Well, I just have NO energy to beat down Farmville today– because I’ve been too busy playing Superhero City!

Facebook’s place for superhero hi jinx, and no farming. A super hero sim with ’3D animated battles’, which is a BIT of a stretch. The fighting is pretty comic book-ish, and you have no control over the fight itself. You build and arm your hero, with missions, practice fighting, and a good ol-fashioned job.

The facebook game Superhero City has a few things that make it stand out from other games. The battles actually unfold in front of you. Seeing both of your stats, and, if out gunned, hoping for that lucky strike that gives you the advantage, is pretty exiting. Of course, if you have a short attention span, there is the ‘Skip to End of Battle’ button.

There is a real finesse to becoming a good hero as well. I see so many people who have steroided themselves up, by bulking up their attack and defense stats. They are the ones you fight in the arena. Easy to spot, as they have a LOT more losses than wins.

Like any of these online games, there are pitfalls to avoid. Paying actual money for increases may be the fast way, but it sure isn’t a good idea. If you cannot get merit points for free, and you have your fingers on the credit card, it’s time to walk away.

But the thing I really like about this game is the LACK of social interaction. Unlike YoVille, no one is going to come visiting my apartment. It would do them no good to do so, since I’m never there. Between my job and my saving the city, there is no time for a relaxing evening on the sofa.

Aside from having a few friends who have joined me, I don’t share my adventures. I just keep fighting and winning and taking home a paychecl.

So, all-in-all, it isn’t about what this game is… it’s about what it can be!

Electronic Arts has hinted that at least one of the gaming behemoth’s titles is headed to Facebook.

An anonymous source says this does mean that there will be a Facebook version of “Madden NFL”, and that it will be a “simpler experience” of the original game.

It is easy to see that, if this takes off, more of EA’s titles could get a Facebook presence. And why not? FARMVILLE is really just a version of THE SIMS. As anyone into Facebook is aware, some of their most level headed friends have fallen victim to this cyber-growing game!

Late last year EA acquired PLAYFISH, one of the BIG manufacturers of social games for the Facebook platform, for about $300 million. It became the first of the gaming industry’s titans to really acknowledge the muscle of social games, and now it has a stellar Facebook game development team in its ranks.

One can only guess as to the games to come! SIMCITY MAFIA? SPOREVILLE? YOVILLE CLUE? Game on!

Facebook users have found a way to top the sharing your bra color meme, which I really could not participate in anyway: Celebrity Doppelganger Week.

It all started when some IT person put it to Facebookers to find their celebrity lookalike. The thing went viral immediatly, with folks replacing their profile picture with famous people they most resembled. The website MyHeritage.com became the go-to site for research, if you were unaware you looked like anyone. It even caused them to crash, from the flood of requests.

According to My Heritage, the celebrity that closest resembles me is- David Schwimmer.

Now, when this started, I was hesitant to upload a picture of him, since there are copyright laws about using celebrity pictures, and Facebook’s terms forbid it. I abstained from posting one, as a result. However, this idea intrigued me. What would the results be of my Bitstrips Avatar?

Well, the answer is– Desmond Llewelyn!

The man who played the ingenious ‘Q’ from the James Bond movies is my Doppelganger! Well, at least my cartoon version’s double!

You should try this! Get a Bitstrips account, make your avatar, and see who it closest resembles! I think you will be amazed!

So I got emailled these. I am not sure where they came from – although there was thought they may have originated from College Humor.

Still, this makes me think – Who has the time to put this together. Better yet, who is the ingenious person that took the time. Or even more – Where is Leia’s Facebook profile and can I be her friend.

What other Facebook profiles can you imagine? Star Trek? Gremilins? Good Times? William Katt from Greatest American Hero is on Facebook – Check out what he says.

In the meantime, here are the posts. Pretty friggin hillarious.

Would you get upset if you were Re-gifted? Re-Gifting is taking a gift you were given and giving it to someone else. Sometimes a Re-Gift is also known as a “White Elephant“. This dates back to Southeast Asian monarchs.

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Rules for RE-Gifting

• RE-Gift only if you would want to receive the item – Unless meant as a joke.
• RE-Gift it outside your normal circles.
• Make sure you remember who gave you the gift so you don’t RE-Gift it back.
• Quality of a RE-Gift is important
• Remove all markings
• If asked, honesty is the best policy

There was a ture Urban Legend about brothers-in-law (Roy and Larry) who RE-Gifted Moleskin pants. They did it for 25 years, back and forth. Only difference is the idea around the wrapping. Creativity was the key. One year the pants were encased in a 1974 Gremlin. The packaging got more creative, but the game ended apbruptly in 1989 when the packaging – an elaborate glass sculpture – went awry and the pants were turned to ash.