Facebook: Finally

I got tired of saying "No, but I'm sure I could learn it," when prospective employers asked me if I used Facebook for social networking.

Lo, I could. I signed on yesterday and I already have 66 friends, mostly thanks to the fact that my friends already had plenty of mutual friends. Had I joined two years ago, I would have had to make a lot of those connections myself.

May I say that it took me all morning? I'm sure it won't take so much time in the future, but even so, that's a lot of time.

What I found spooky was that, as a first-time user, Facebook seemed to know a lot about me. I did not upload all my email contacts, and yet Facebook suggested half a dozen "People You May Know." It was right.

Uncanny.