It's OK to make mistakes. The problem comes when you repeat them. I cringe whenever I see people making mistakes in social media, mostly because they are so easy to fix.
Today, let's concentrate on Facebook. Here are six things you're probably doing wrong on Facebook and how to fix them.
1. Liking your own posts. Self-proclaimed social media gurus say that's the first thing you should do because it will make your post show up in their news feeds. But you just shared it, so it's already in their news feeds. Besides, this is the real-world equivalent...
A difficult-to-quantify but quite vocal group of people can't fathom how a woman could willingly go home with a man and then not engage in consensual sex with that man.
It's beyond the bounds of logic, to them, that a woman could flirt with a man and not intend for that to lead immediately, that night, to sex.
Women, they argue, should understand this expectation and behave accordingly.
Don't ask for it, in other words, if you don't want it.
I bring this up not to speculate on the guilt or innocence of any one person, but to focus the conversation...
Researchers at a New York City hospital several years ago conducted a test of the widely-accepted notion that skipping breakfast can make you fat.
For some nutritionists, this idea is an article of faith. Indeed, it is enshrined in the U.S. Dietary Guidelines, the federal government's advice book, which recommends having breakfast every day because "not eating breakfast has been associated with excess body weight."
As with many nutrition tips, though, including some offered by the U.S. Dietary Guidelines, the tidbit about skipping breakfast is...
University of Illinois trustees Wednesday rejected a $400,000 bonus payment for outgoing Chancellor Phyllis Wise, backpedaling on a resignation deal made last week and instead choosing to begin dismissal proceedings against her.
The unanimous decision to reject Wise's resignation came six days after she announced she would step aside just ahead of the revelation that she had been using a personal email account to hide discussions of sensitive and controversial issues from the public. The deal had been recommended by new U. of I. President Timothy...
Already the target of ridicule for its knockoffs of the Eiffel Tower and other world landmarks, China's latest exercise in copycat design has a distinctly Chicago flavor: It bears a striking resemblance to The Bean sculpture in Millennium Park.
Located in the oil-rich Xinjiang region, the stainless steel sculpture will open at the end of August, the online version of the state-run People's Daily reported Monday. A headline says the sculpture was made in the shape of a "big oil bubble."
The piece has been under construction since 2013 at the site...
As the Bears host the Dolphins in Thursday's exhibition opener at Soldier Field, here are four storylines to keep under the magnifying glass:
Jay Cutler, Jay Cutler, Jay Cutler: Yep, the Bears' narrative still revolves heavily around the same ol' quarterback. And while Cutler's most telling progress report won't be available until a month into the regular season, his every move will still be watched during the preseason. The first-string offense will likely play through the first quarter Thursday with coach John Fox hoping that unit can take 12...
Democrats and Republicans in the House found common ground amid the budget stalemate Wednesday when they supported legislation to free up $5.2 billion in federal funds — though not before more of the ubiquitous partisan bickering that's marked the summer-long overtime session.
Under the measure approved 98-0, the state would gain the authority to spend federal dollars on programs ranging from counseling for domestic violence victims to energy assistance for the poor. Illinois has been without the power to tap into that money since it began the...
Kraft Heinz on Wednesday laid off 700 workers at Kraft's corporate headquarters in north suburban Northfield, part of a cost-cutting plan that will slash the combined company's head count in the U.S. and Canada by 2,500 jobs.
Employees affected by the cuts, which have been expected for months, will get "generous" severance benefits that last at least six months and outplacement services, said Michael Mullen, Kraft Heinz's senior vice president of corporate and government affairs. The cuts took effect immediately.
"As we work to build something...
Dominick's acted like "a thief" when it took Michael Jordan's identity without permission and used it in a 2009 print advertisement that would have cost the company "in excess of $10 million," lawyers for the retired basketball superstar argued Wednesday.
But during opening statements at the start of what's expected to be a weeklong trial, lawyers for the defunct supermarket chain and its parent company, Safeway, said jurors should not use Jordan's multi-year mega-deals with Nike, Hanes and Gatorade to determine what it owes Jordan. Instead, they...
"OK," the short, bearded guy with the gravelly voice said into the microphone, "we've now reached that portion of the tour where we're running out of shiny things to point at."
It was the last stop on a journey through Lagunitas' massive new brewery on the edge of the Pilsen neighborhood, a facility whose scale and ambition make you wonder if, along with malt and hops, the craft beer recipe includes performance enhancing drugs.
My dad, my teenage son and I, plus about 20 beer-curious others, were standing on this Friday afternoon on a catwalk two...
There are two distinct kinds of political correctness: the kind that runs afoul of good common sense and the kind that sets the stage for common decency, the Tribune's Dawn M. Turner writes.
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