People have been known to spend hours agonizing over their Facebook profile picture ….really shallow people. Still, it’s a big decision for anyone, as the profile picture will likely be the first image of you seen by potential employers, potential dates, and all the crazy exes who still stalk you. And now that your Facebook picture comes up on a google search, it’s especially important to avoid looking like a jerk. Here are some things avoid when you’re choosing a new picture… Things To Avoid In A Facebook Profile Picture: 1. A Headshot/Glamour Shot . You’re an ac-TOR. And very little else. 2. A picture of you as an infant or young child . What happened to you in the last twenty years? And why were there no pictures taken? 3. A Mirror Self-Portrait . No. Minus points if you’re casually looking away …

Spring has sprung, even if all the flowers in Central Park haven’t. It’s time for spring cleaning, and while for some of you that means your closets, for tech geeks and online self promoters, that means Facebook. Yes, it’s time to rid yourself of unnecessary Facebook friends! They’re just clogging up your newsfeed, lurking on your statuses, and potentially stalking your every move. We’re sure by now you’re cyber social network is looking a little unrealistic. It’s time to clean out those virtual closets everyone, and we’re here to break it down for you… People You Met Drunk (You Don’t Remember Them, But They Remember You…) At least well enough to find you on Facebook the next day. Do you really care what they are doing at 2pm in the afternoon?…

Go HERE for more photos from this event by Azikiwe Mohammed and TAG YOURSELF and YOUR FRIENDS! Environmentally conscious teens and parents gathered at the Tribeca Whole Foods Market to celebrate the Teens Turning Green and Organicworks for Project Green Prom .  Real Housewife of New York City Jill Zarin came to support her daughter, Teens Turning Green co-President Allyson Shapiro Zarin (dressed by Nicole Ramonos black eco-dress) who helped plan the event with fellow presidents Hannah Gross and Nattie Kahn. The eco-chic event provided green alternatives for prom, from eco-friendly make up and hair products, to fully organic designer shoes and dresses featured in a fun fashion show, modeled by who else? NY teens!TTG director Jodi Shils orchestrated the educational soiree with support from plenty of eco-friendly companies, including Marco, who provided t-shirts and awesome re-usable bags. Designs in the runway show included earth-friendly prom …

The good thing about Facebook is also the bad thing about Facebook: you can connect with people you haven’t seen or heard from in years. It’s a bit like a reunion that never ends. So when I received an invitation to join a “Class of 99 Reunion” group, I ignored it. Mostly because I’m not really the reunion type: high school was not really an experience I feel the need to relive, especially in a crappy hotel ballroom in my hometown. But also, because the entire point of a reunion, to catch up with long-lost friends and find out what happened to So-…

A few months ago, an item in my Facebook news feed sent a weird, sick feeling through my system: my kid sister had just become Facebook friends with someone I knew very well: our mother. My mother loves the computer. She is obsessed with emails, particularly forwards telling me about the dangers of lemons, the truth about credit card scams, and how we can all find hope in the poetry of a dying child. She and I communicate mainly through AOL Instant Messenger, as both of us are somewhat phone phobic and prefer the safety of keyboards and emoticons