I wrote the below post on my personal blog at www.NhatPham.com

I’m curious… Anyone use this method for Linkedin? Others? If so, how?

You remember the show Get Smart? Remember how Maxwell Smart and the Chief would get under a strange contraption called the “cone of silence?”

Cone of Silence from TV show Get Smart

It was to keep all the noise out as well as give them the privacy they needed to have a clandestine conversation.

In social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, we can use the same principle. It often gets too “noisy” to really hear anything. if you have more than 2-300 friends, you are probably missing conversations all the time.

If you put them into friend lists, now you are able to manage both conversations as well as privacy.

Suppose you have a dozen ‘A’ clients you want to check in on and make sure they’re doing well both personally and professionally. Put those folks into a list and now you only have to see their news feed.

Worried about co-workers seeing your pictures or your boss wondering what your activities are after hours? Now you can segment folks you work with into a list and hide that particular group only from posts, photo albums or even videos.

It’s like Paretto’s law aka the 80/20 rule. I recommend spending 80% of the time, managing the 20% of the “friends” that matter most and scanning the other 80%.

Otherwise, you might be relegated to only hi-tech conversations vs. meaningful hi-touch connections. There should be a balance.

Show Chat Notes

Road Warrior Show11/02/09
9:18 Lolicon: is it ok to ask questions? or should I just shut up and watch?
9:18 RoadWarriorShow-1: please!
9:19 RoadWarriorShow-1: get you on in a sec…
9:19 Lolicon: ok, im sorry. I’ll stop talking
9:24 RoadWarriorShow-1: Linkedin Lists allows you to categorize connections
9:24 psfrancis: MalwareBytes – http://tr.im/DUso
9:25 psfrancis: SuperAntiSpyware – http://tr.im/DUrL
9:26 mtnluvr1230: can these links be access after the show or do we need to click the link in the chat box?
9:26 psfrancis: You should be able to access anytime. You could also Google both programs and access from there.
9:27 Lolicon: I have a question…a few accually
9:27 RoadWarriorShow-1: blog.successwerks.com
9:28 Lolicon: wiki it
9:28 RoadWarriorShow-1: http://blog.successwerks.com
9:28 Lolicon: How do you watermark an image on GIMP so it can be used on a video later?
9:29 Lolicon: its like photoshop
9:30 mtnluvr1230: yes!