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With the evolution of Facebook and its desire to compete with other networks such as Twitter, one of the features that Facebook has done for its live feed, now known as the Most Recent option in the News Feed section, is control who you see in this feed. My roommate, Chris Leslie, pointed out to me that there was a way to change this feature so that everyone could be seen in my Most Recent news. I admit that I have a larger amount of friends on Facebook than average users, but it would be nice to see more of my friends on the newsfeed rather than Facebook taking control and choosing who I’d like to see. The first thing you need to do is make sure you are viewing the Most Recent feed
Image showing News Feed and Most Recent News selected
Following this step, scroll down to the bottom of the feed. You will see the option to view Older Posts or Edit Options. Click Edit Options
Click on Edit Options to display the feed options for Most Recent
From there, you will be taken to a screen that shows two separate lists; the first list handles and manages the friends you would like to see more on your feed, and the second list manages friends that you do not want to have appear on the feed. As you can see in the below image, you have full reign in customizing who you want to see more of in your feed and not see at all, rather than letting Facebook handle the bulk of this work. I have the Maximum number… box highlighted becase the default value on mine was originally 250, which I changed to 5000 (the max number of friends a Facebook user can have, unless its a Fan Page). I changed the value to this because I did not feel like handpicking and customizing who I wanted or did not want to see on my feed. By having this setting maxed out, I can control on the fly who I want to hide from my feed while updates are posted, which is easier for me, but that’s just a personal preference.
Control who is seen on your Most Recent Feed by changing the settings in this window
As a result of changing these options, I’ve been able to see status updates from a lot of my friends whom I thought dropped off the face of the earth. It’s also made Facebook a little more interesting for me, personally.
I’d like to give some props to Erik Cieslewicz for pointing out that these options are only available in the Most Recent news feed category, not in the Top News.
Hello Everyone!
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted something, but I just wanted to let all of you know that I am alive and well, even though semester just started. Lots of work to follow, that’s for sure. Anyway, I’ve made a few changes to the site recently. I removed the About Me page and moved it over to the sidebar on the site. I’ve replaced it with my umm… Portfolio? Yeah, we’ll call it that. It was something I put together last year over a day or two and have modified a little recently, but it needs work. Lots of it. I plan re-vamping it to show off and highlight some of my work at Planet Label, but right now it’s not a top priority to update since I’d like to re-build it from scratch. It will likely be constructed in Adobe Flex again, but with a little more organization and consistency. I’d say, though, that it is a good start to something with potential, and lots of it.
Other than updating the site, I’ve been busy getting back into the groove of academic life and putting tutorials together for WDMD 302, a course that introduces our students to Adobe Flex. I’ve decided that I will be putting up videos with code for both Flex 3 and FlashBuilder 4, seeing we are at a transitional phase in the Adobe world. I will also be recording both lectures I will be giving weekly on the material to give people who visit the site an understanding of what the code is doing, rather than just viewing code captured in Captivate. The plan is that there will be two sections of one hour lectures a week where students can dive into what the tutorials are trying to convey, and to observe the big picture of the project. Both lectures each week will be recorded even though they will cover the same content.
As for Planet Label, things are going great, as always, but seeing that the release of Adobe CS5 is drawing near, I feel hesitant posting content on the blog that relates to Adobe CS4 material. Maybe I can spend more time and posting resources for designers or focus more on the label and sticker industry, we’ll see come Tuesday. As usual, here’s the list of posts I’ve written for the blog since last update:
Furthermore, I’ve been expanding the web presence for Planet Label by reviving the Plurk account; setting up Tumblr, ArtFire, SocialURL, and Flavors.me accounts; and bringing more people to our Twitter account. It’s been nothing short of a fantastic experience. The people are wonderful, and it’s one of the reasons why I love the job so much.
Anyway, it’s time for me to head out. It’s a bit late and I still have some work to get done for class later today. Take care!
I’m currently in the process of wrapping three majors at UWSP in Computer Information Systems (CIS), Web and Digital Media Development (WDMD), and Philosophy with emphasis in Religious Studies. Right now, I am a VB.NET programmer at Sentry Insurance, Social Media dude for Planet Label, and computer, social media, and web guy at the Stevens Point Brewery.
I specialize in .NET and the Adobe Flash platform, but also love HTML/CSS, JavaScript/AJAX, PHP, and SQL, to name a few. I have an appreciation for the design side of the web, too, and content management systems such as Joomla or Wordpress.
When I am not developing or designing, you can catch me reading about Comparative Religion, Philosophy, Physics, and the occasional fairy tale or two. I also love going to concerts.
