A day after Mark Zuckerberg took Facebook public, the CEO tied the knot with longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan - and updated his relationship status to "married."
The couple got hitched on Saturday at his Palo Alto home, in a secret ceremony with less than 100 guests. The attendees had been told that they were invited to a party to celebrate Chan's graduation from medical school.
The Wall Street Journal (which, refreshingly for a biz publication, frequently captures the wacky dynamics of modern motherhood) ran a piece last Wednesday chronicling all the ways kids try to outsmart their moms and get onto Facebook and other social media sites that parents have forbidden.
I read the article in our kitchen via old-school newsprint while my three kids hovered around me immersed in our family’s iPhones, iPads, and Macbooks.
Do you ever post photos of your children on your social media profile pages? Is it possible that sharing photos of your kids on your Facebook account could actually hurt you career-wise?
Writer Janet Paskin made a compelling point about this issue on the Wall Street Journal’s The Juggle Blog:
There comes a time for many stay-at-home moms when they realize that they turn their hobby into a business. Throughout phases of motherhood, moms have chunks of time during the day to feed their creative side. Whether the kids may be napping or in school, moms can showcase their talents online quickly, easily and on the cheap.
A while ago, my friend Louise relayed that she was horrified to learn that a woman she knows “unfriends” people on Facebook who brag about their kids a lot.
When my son, who is now 15, was in 7th grade, I became appalled by the amount of time he and his friends spent online. None of them had Facebook pages. All the timesink occurred via gateway drugs like Google Buzz and iChatting and other communication vehicles I had never heard of.
Did you get a little freaked out when your Facebook profile completely changed overnight? Yeah, us too. Not to worry. We’ve done a little research to help you parse out the updates that were made and how they will affect you.
By now, you've probably heard of the latest and greatest social networking site to hit the scene: Google+. But between carpool, work, dinner and soccer practice, we know you might not have the time or energy to sit and learn yet another way to “connect” to the world. That’s why we’ve figured it out for you! Read on to discover the nuts and bolts of Google+, why it’s different and how you can use it. Don’t worry, we left all our techie jargon at home.
Marriage is hard work. It so easy for me to drift apart for periods of time from Jon while dealing with the trials and tribulations of navigating the early intervention system for our twins, navigating the public school system for Elby and attempting to ensure our house doesn’t smell like cat pee -and we don’t own a cat - take a moment with that one.
If you've been thinking about starting a biz or launching a new product but just don't know how or where to begin… I suggest beginning with the industry itself.
