Bored of Facebook?!

BORED OF FACEBOOK

Bored of Facebook?

Remember Hi5? And Orkut? And now the virtual speedometer - FACEBOOK (FB).

With today's technology one cannot keep away from their laptops, iphones, ipad, ipod, mobiles, video games, web based devices. How difficult has it become to be tech free! Savvy eh ;)

Even a child has one of the above or... a combination of many :).

FB is a space to brag about yourself, upload photos, say what is on your mind, privacy settings are not really private (inevitably, your comments / photos / activity are viewed and vice versa)!

I primarily use(d) my FB account for gaming. 

So this steep dive into FB - Wow, the social networking! How addictive and a daily dose has this become in our life. This is definitely an amazing interface for promoting and running a business. Networking is awesome as well (if used the right away)

But are you getting bored of FB? Just log in for 10-15mins; browse through your news feed like Daily Times; logout?! Once you know what to expect - sub consciously your mindset steers towards experiencing something new, eh!  Yeah, same with me!

Username & Password

USERNAME AND PASSWORD

Username & Password

I just forgot details to one of my old account and I entered my alternate email to recover my password details. How convenient, I forgot my alternate email ID details! So here I am... 
While technology is at its best today, there are flaws too.

With today's virtual world, one cannot do without a username and password for accounts in gmail, yahoo, hotmail, facebook, twitter, bank accounts, online transactions which require login details, varied websites that need login details etc.

The hassles tagged along - You need to change your passwords frequently. Changing passwords frequently is the prime spot on reason for me to forget my passwords. Coming up with new combos (alphas, numbers, characters) is a skill by itself. Not to forget; the notification on weak and strong passwords! Few of the sites, you cannot use the same passwords used once upon a time. I have had my bank account locked for incorrect passwords. Sigh! The trouble to retrieve my password - It was not just "Forgot your password" that did wonders for me. There were security questions to get through. I understand these are security measures but c'mon it does get frustrating at a point when you denied of your own identity. Had to patiently try and convince (with the question rounds and verification's) that the account belongs to ME.

At one point in life, the least I did hear of passwords was for my mom's bank account. Even if you had accounts, it would have been so very limited and one would obviously remember their details. The last I remember receiving frequent handwritten messages / mails was back in early 2000's. Gone are the personal touch messages. Those were the days on paper and pen... no address link, username, password, compose message and send!

It is painstaking to forgot a password when I need to access an account asap! So now, I write down all my passwords against each account. Now, I would not just write the passwords on a piece of paper. It would be encrypted :D.

I understand there is something called Password Management?! I mean ... seriously?!! Not that I would want an external source to manage my accounts. I am content with my encrypted version and no... my document is not password protected :)