Hey, Facebook, listen up...

Ok, Facebook listen up, I use you daily and would say am quite in love with you, addicted, or whatever...I am extremely tired of logging in to see the same stuff and then having to scroll up and down to see what stuff friends have posted, what news they have read, or what videos they have seen.  It's a daunting task to do especially on a mobile device.  So I demand a few changes and have taken the liberty of outlining them for you.  Please be kind enough to oblige and maybe finally your stock prices will start increasing:


1) Comment on Comments: Give users the ability to "comment" within "comments."  Another words, if there are 500 responses to a post, I do not want to respond with a @John: thanks, @Boris:@this @ that...I just want to respond to that individual's single comment.


2) Pictures on Comments: Ability to upload pictures in response to other user's comment.  Another words, if Joe posted some comment, I want to be able to upload a picture in response to that comment.


3) Profile Reminders: Ability for a user to set reminders to ping certain profiles.  If I visit Brad's page, I should be able to set a reminder to ping me 2 weeks from now to say hello to Brad again.


4) Other Like Buttons: Give users more options than just "Like" button.  What if there was a dropdown and a user could choose from "Like", "Dislike", "Sad", "Take it easy there", "Wow", "LOL", "LMAO", etc...We are getting sick of the "like" button, time to spark things up baby!


5) Profile Dashboard: This is the most interesting one, how about giving us users a "Dashboard"? This suggestion can apply to Twitter and LinkedIn too.  So listen up developers/execs:

• 5a) Allow users to meta-tag their comments/posts.  Meaning if you share a post or comment or a nice quote, before submission you would quick and easily select a meta-tag category from a drop-down saying that you are posting a "Quote" or "Latest Article" or "Event" "Check-in Somewhere" or "something you just purchased" "video you are posting" or a "funny image you are posting" or you are "sharing a URL", etc. 

          then....

• 5b) Meta-tagging the posts would allow you to provide users with a dashboard with top listed items such as:
• Last 5 Check-Ins
• Last 5 Purchased Items
• Last 5 Likes
• 5 Upcoming Events
• Last 5 Shared Videos
• My top 5 Reminders.
• Last 5 Shared Photos
• Last 5 Birthdays
• Upcoming 5 Birthdays
• Last 5 Shared News Articles
• Last 5 General Comments
• etc
• etc
• Basically this would give users an "at-a-glance" birds-eye view of what is happening with their friends on Facebook instead of us (users) having to go search for these various posts.  Along with the above options to viewing quick feeds, the user would of course be able to drill-down and see more than just "Last 5..." they could see all of them or just read the normal "News Feed" as it is now.

• 5c) Include the pictures of my Top 8 (top 16, 20, 25, etc) friends within this dashboard...just like T-Mobile Top 5 Friends used to do.  This way their beautiful faces can be right there for me to remember to keep in touch with them.

So...

Facebook, for more ideas on how to improve your services, call or email me.  The best time to do so is usually 6am, when I, every morning,  wake up in a shocking cold-sweat thinking about how much better your services and how much better my investment in your stocks could be....

Thank you :-)

- Leon

If you want it, it will come!

Follow these chronicles below and be amazed:


            - Failed in business 1831

            - Defeated for legislature in 1832

            - Second failure in business 1833

            - Suffered a nervous breakdown 1836

            - Defeated for speaker 1838

            - Defeated for elector 1840

            - Defeated for confressional nomination 1843

            - Defeated for congress 1848

            - Defeated for senate 1855

            - Defeated for VP 1856

            - Defeated for senate 1858

            - Elected President of US 1860 (Abraham Lincoln)

Useful Organization Techniques

Here are some useful organizational tips for you to try. Read through these carefully as they will improve your ability to handle tasks, complete projects, and impress your bosses.  Becoming proficient in organization is not hard to do, it just simply requires persistent practice and attention. With that said, here are some useful practices:

1)  I have a daily planner (stored in a binder):  Each sheet of paper represents a day. When each day begins, I review the previous day notes and move uncompleted items to today.   The things I put on the daily plan, are coming mostly from "My Master Task List (see below)".
Each day I review and write in the following sections:
               [  ] Work To-Do’s Today
               [  ] Personal To-Dos Today
               [  ] Meetings
               [  ] Things clients owe me
               [  ] Things Coworkers owe me:
                               [  ] John: report for project A
                               [  ] Bill: analysis for project D

For an example of this watch video on YouTube at:
http://youtu.be/HnwQX62gaes

Another example that you can use is a simple 1-sheeter on a powerpoint that looks something like this:

2) I have a notepad file on my desktop that I called "My Master Task List":  In this file, I keep a master list of all tasks I need to do.  I have this list prioritized by importance and stay on each task until I finish it.  Once a task is done I move it to the “Completed” section of this notepad file for archive purposes.  This should be used along with a daily planner and checked every morning. I usually update and print this list every morning.

                Example of tasks are:
                [  ] Send introductory email to person B
                [  ] Order a new workstation
                [  ] Follow up with John, VC
                [  ] Prepare QA report
                [  ] Write procedures for department
                [  ] etc.

3) I have created a notepad file called “My Checklists”: The file is separated into Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly checklists.  All things I need to keep tabs are on this list.  Examples include:

               Daily
               [  ] Print daily reports from BA department
               [  ] Print daily reports from HR department
               [  ] Check ITS system

               Weekly
               [  ] Am I updating My Master List?
               [  ] Are all projects properly billed?
               [  ] Do a production meeting
               [  ] Do a weekly business development meeting

               Monthly
               [  ] Update monthly financial statement for department
               [  ] Do backups of all computers
               [  ] Monthly status call with VCs
               [  ] Prepare monthly On-Call rotation schedule

               Yearly
               [  ] Prepare progress report on each employee
               [  ] Revisit department goals
               [  ] Revisit and update department procedures
               [  ] Check up on BBB certification
               [  ] Check up on PCI certification
               [  ] Check up on DUNS access
               [  ] etc


4) My files on the desktop are fully organized.  I have created a “My Work” folder which contains the following sub-folders:

My Checklists – where I keep a copy of the checklist
My Masterlist – where I keep a copy of the masterlist
My Logins – where I keep documents related to various system accesses, etc
My Documents – where I keep various documents such as templates, presentations, powerpoints, financial reports, reimbursement reports, etc.
My Clients – where I keep client folders further sub-categorized into completed, active, and potential projects. Within
these folders I store various documents, NDAs, contracts pertaining to each client folder.

5) My email program is organized into directories.  Within directories I have it organized by PEOPLE, PROJECTS, etc. Example of organization within an email program  includes:

               PEOPLE
                     -- Emails from John
                     -- Emails from Bill
                     -- Emails from Mike
                     -- Emails from Anthony

               PROJECTS
                     -- Project A
                     -- Project B

6) I keep a binder called "Projects."  In this binder, I have sub-dividers for each project.  All printed and collected documents, paperwork, etc, are organized there, in relation to each project.  Very useful, as paperwork always gets lost if not organized and stored properly.

The rest is up to you to keep perfecting and learning from.

Regards,
Leon Elperin

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