One of the “in” things to do online these days is lifestreaming. Lifestreaming is where you have an online record of your daily activities. You might use Twitter to share random thoughts throughout the day. You might snap photos or take videos and put them online. You’ll write blog posts. You’ll update your statuses in social networks like Facebook.

In a way, I do this. I blog regularly both here at PCMech and on DavidRisley.com. I am a regular user of Twitter and have been known to send in “tweets” even while using my cell phone when I am not in the office. I use FriendFeed and love the site because it aggregates all of these various activities into a single feed. Continued

I am a professional blogger. This means I am pretty tuned into the Internet and what’s happening. Social media and the whole Web 2.0 phenomenon are second nature to me. It is the same for other bloggers. But, those of us who are familiar with all this stuff make up a small percentage of the Internet. In fact, most of my readers here on PCMech (yes, that means YOU) are probably not very in tune with social media. Continued

Looks like the well-known business-oriented social network LinkedIn is sporting a re-design today. The navigation design has changed and we have a few little feature updates. For example, LinkedIn is now offering status updates a la Facebook. They also have a customizable widgets panel to display things like answers, jobs, and important contacts.

Here is a video describing the changes:

These changes are nice to see. LinkedIn is a great social network to belong to for business purposes. And the great part is that the people on the network are professionals, not horny asshats looking to pick up 14 year-olds