Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Thing #45

Thing #45 Account Settings
I am a firm beliver in always checking your settings when you sign up for a new email account, facebook page, blog, or anything new to see what advantages that certain site may have over others.  I went in and checked my setting for my email account.  Things here that I found that I always think are interesting but I tend to never use is the setting for the vacation reminder.  A setting that will allow an automatic response to emails while you are away and on vacation.  This is also where you can setup your signature, a picture to go with your emails, and even pictures for your contacts. 
The other site that I wanted to mention was Facebook.  I actually think that alot of these setting are great.  I had a fellow co-worker that was asking some questions about facebook and didn't understand why she was receiving emails everytime anyone even (practically) looked at her facebook page.  I took her into the settings and showed her that she had email notifications on everything checked.  Obviously we went through and took alot of check marks out, and she was very happy! 
Just to bring up another quick one, I really like all the setting on Blogger.  For our NECC library blog that I have created, I have added the setting that keep a counter on how many times our blog is visited, which is a wonderful tool, and also I have added a little pond of goldfish to the bottom.  Some very cool settings are available here, so if you haven't checked them out yet, now is the time.  Thanks for Thing #45 great project.