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The internet is growing at a lighthing fast pace. Web Applications come and go each day, and user accounts are often a large part of these applications. Making it easy for a user to signup for your website is often a difficult decision. Make another login for your user or allow your user to connect to your site with a Social Network.

The rise of social network logins have grown tremendiously. Facebook Connect is one option, with the familiar “Login with Facebook” button. Another option is the newer Twitter @Anywhere connect buttons popping up as well.

I for one is very happy to see this. It makes that Facebook connect button very familiar. But I also fear that this dependence upon Facebook Connect can be unsafe. Unless something else comes up, I really will stick with Facebook Connect, rather than just Twitter Anywhere. The Twitter Anywhere doesn’t really connect well with the SSI code. The back-end code has to setup to receive the oAuth tokens, while the @Anywhere is just different. Maybe it’s a confusion on my end…

God, social media it becoming more and more popular each day.

It’s an unavoidable fact. You can use a social networking presence for jobs, friends, and more. That social presence can establish friendships in some pretty neat places, opening up job opportunities and allow you to build your resume even more (you know, that thing people think isn’t important until you get denied a job because of it). Networking efficiently (there are books about it) is key. I just ask one thing of you: talk to Twitter or Tumblr like you would talk to your mother.

Cursing of Facebook? Racist on Twitter? You know, if a job or a college saw that, what would they think?

Speaking of social, you can follow me @talkingwithsean or at my new Tumblr, http://findingme.sean-fisher.com/. Good luck!

The summer is already going quite quickly, and it’s onlyRecently, I have had the pleasure (and time) to improve some websites very dear to me. The International Insider and CSI High School websites have been in dire need of a redesign for quite some time. I hope that I can recieve some positive feedback on these redesigns as well as see these websites develop into a community in some sense. Now I really see how hard it is to obtain a visitor’s attention!

The homepage for CSI HS

@csihighschool.org

The homepage for The Insider

@theinternationalinsider.com

Just a random post that you can see

@theinternationalinsider.com/2010/06/csi-experiences-dakamela/

Oh and did I mention that both websites are powered by the wonderful, open-source WordPress? WordPress 3.0 has some amazing features!